John E. Beckett

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-205866
• Immigration: 1902, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoe hand
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker, Shoe Factory
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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BECKETT, JOHN SMITH

On Friday, June 18, 1954, at Galt, of R. R. #2, Puslinch, in his 79th year. Mr. Beckett was born in Sheffield, England on December 25, 1875, the son of the late Catherine Smith and John Beckett. He lived in Sheffield for twenty-five years, went to Eramosa in 1902, then to Galt and had lived on the farm since that time. He retired from farming ten years ago. He was married in Eramosa on Nov. 16, 1904 to Mary Minerva Rudell who survives him, as well as three sons, Fred Beckett of Halifax; Frank Beckett of Hespeler; John Beckett; one daughter, Kathleen (Mrs. Joseph Anthony) of Limehouse, ON; one brother, Fred Beckett of R. R. #2, Puslinch; two sisters in England and one in South Africa; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Beckett was an adherent of the Anglican Church. Service at the Stager Funeral Home, Galt St., Hespeler on Monday at 2: 30. Rev. M. G. McFarlane of Hespeler United Church officiated. Pallbearers: Robert Scott, Gordon Bridgeman, Dan Cudney, Angus McMillan, and Scott Fixter of R. R. #2, Hespeler; Clarence Bartels of Hespeler. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

John married Mary Minerva Rudell 16 Nov 1904, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Thomas Rudell and Catharine Hall) was born Mar 1886, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1965, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Minerva Beckett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-205867
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1965, 185 Hedley St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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BECKETT, MARY MINERVA (Nee Ruddell)

Resident of Preston for the past ten years, Mrs. Beckett of 185 Hedley St., on Friday afternoon, January 22, 1965, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital in her 80th year. She had been ill since Monday. Born in Eramosa Township, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Ruddell and Catherine Hall. Mrs. Beckett had lived in Puslinch Township for thirty-four years, before residing in Preston. She attended St. Andrew's United Church in Preston. Her husband, John Smith Beckett, died in 1954. Surviving are three sons and one daughter: Frederick J. of Halifax; Frank S. of R. R. #6, Galt; John E. of Preston; Kathleen (Mrs. J. H. Anthony) of Acton; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers and three sisters, Joseph Ruddell of Waterloo; Ernest Ruddell of Hamilton; Annie (Mrs. E. W. Maltby ) of Galt; Carrie (Mrs. J. Avery) in Arizona; and Miss Velma Ruddell of Galt. Predeceased by three brothers and two sisters. Service at the Nelson Funeral Home, 23 Galt St., Hespeler on Mon., Jan. 25 at 3, conducted by Rev. Leslie R. Ballantyne of St. Andrew's United Church, Preston. Pallbearers: Wesley Plant of Galt; Fred Beckett and Clare Jordon of Preston; Wesley McEachern of Brussels; Robert Scott of Puslinch; and Clifford Howsey of Elora. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-167906

John — Catherine Smith. Catherine was born Abt 1845, of, Sheffield, , Yorkshire, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Beckett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-167907

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208948
• Immigration: 1879, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Iron Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Thomas — Catharine Hall. Catharine was born May 1850, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Rudell
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208949
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist