Roy Clarence Williams

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• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Williams Appliance Service
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184883

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Obituary of Roy Clarence Williams

Roy passed away peacefully at Innisfree House Hospice in Kitchener on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at the age of 88.

Roy was a devoted husband, loving father, cherished grandfather and great-grandfather (affectionately known as "Chief" by some of his grandchildren), and will be forever missed by all of his family and friends. He owned and operated Williams Appliance Service and continued a successful career in the appliance industry. Roy was an avid fisherman who loved every opportunity to be outdoors with family and friends. If he wasn't catching fish, his stories made up for it. Roy was a long-time member of Calvary Memorial United Church in Kitchener.

Roy was predeceased by his loving wife Doreen (nee Frey) in 2004, parents Stewart and Mary Williams (nee Watson), sister Ruth Schweitzer (Stan), brother Glen, and grandfather Homer Watson.

Loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather of Heather and John Flanagan and their children Trevor (Kasia), Stephanie (Tim) and their children Jaydah, Keagan, and Lilyan, Brent (Rebecca) and their daughter Norah, Shawn (Jess), and Scott (Vanessa); Shelley and Brian Leis and their daughters Christine (Don) and Jessica (Justin); Dan and Lorri Williams and their children Evan (Taylor), Tyler and Katelynn. Roy is also survived by his brothers Bill (Lois), Bruce (Kathy) and step-mother Emily Finney.

Roy's family will receive relatives and friends at Calvary Memorial United Church, 91 Gruhn Street (at Glasgow Street), Kitchener on Monday, August 21, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. \endash 11:15 a.m. A memorial service will begin at 11:30 a.m. with Rev. Lynne Bandy officiating and a reception will immediately follow in Calvary's Kellerman Hall. A private family interment at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener will follow the reception.

A special thank you to all the staff at Innisfree House for your wonderful, loving care. Condolences for the family and memorial donations to Innisfree House Hospice may be arranged by contacting the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

"Obituary Of Roy Clarence Williams | Erb & Good Family Funeral Home". 2022. Erbgood.Com. https://erbgood.com/tribute/details/13583/Roy-Williams/obituary.html.

Roy — Gloria Doreen "Doreen" Frey. Gloria (daughter of Percy Pembrook Frey and Oliva Elsie Roehr) was born 18 Dec 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Dec 2004, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Shelly May Williams

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69442321
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24566
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian Science
• Occupation: 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tire worker
• Residence: 1925, 8 Cedar St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1978, 29 Cressman Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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WILLIAMS, Stewart T.

At his home, 29 Cressman Rd., Kitchener, on Monday, Dec. 11, 1978, suddenly following a heart attack, Stewart Thomas Williams, aged 75 years. Mr. Williams was born in Kitchener, a lifelong resident of the Twin City area and a son of the late William Williams and the former Alice Cole. A member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and before his retirement had been employed at Inter-Royal Manufacturing Company, Cambridge, for 22 years. A member of the Loyal Order of the Moose, No. 1418, he was active in the musical entertainment field and a life member of the Musicians Union No. 226, a life member of the Pioneer Sportsmans Club and as a youth was active in sports, playing baseball in the inter-county league. He is survived by his wife, the former Emily Jean McKie, by his sons; Roy C. of Waterloo and Bruce T. of Blair. Lovingly remembered by his grandchildren, Heather (Mrs. John Flannigan), Shelley and Danny Williams all of Waterloo. He was predeceased by a daughter Ruth (Mrs. Stan Schweitzer) in 1970 and by a son Glenn in 1977. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, until noon on Wednesday, when removal will be made to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, for funeral and committal service, at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. Grant R. MacDonald officiating. Interment to follow in the family plot in the Blair cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 12 Dec 1978 pg 31

Stewart married Mary Margaret Watson 26 Jan 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Homer Ransford Watson and Roxanna "Roxa" Bechtel) was born Dec 1907, Exeter, Devonshire, England; died 14 Jul 1982, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Jul 1982, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Margaret Mundy
• Name: Mary Margaret Williams
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204110
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1925, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1979, 198 Beck St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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MUNDY, Mary Margaret

Of 198 Beck St., Cambridge, Wednesday, July 14, 1982, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in her 75th year, Mary Margaret Watson. Beloved wife of the late Bert E. Mundy; dear mother of Robert E. Mundy of Cambridge, Bill Williams of Kitchener and Roy Williams of Waterloo. Predeceased by one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Schweitzer of Kitchener. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Homer Watson of Doon. Mrs. Mundy was born in Exeter, England and was a resident of the Doon and Cambridge area, for 70 years; member of Knox Presbyterian Church, Cambridge. Also survived by nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge, today, 2-4 and 7-9. Funeral service at the funeral home on Friday, at 2 p.m., interment in Parklawn cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 Jul 1982 pg 35

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• Nationality: , Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3685.7004
• Immigration: 1871, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1872, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1895, , Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Traveller
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, ?
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian Science
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Glove Factory
• Residence: 1921, 10 Otto St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian

William married Alice Eucebis Cole 27 Jun 1895, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Alice (daughter of Heman Cole and Lydia Matilda Moore) was born 7 Sep 1871, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Alice Eucebis Williams
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3685.7001
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian Science
• Residence: 1921, 10 Otto St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian

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Mrs. Alice Williams

The death occurred at St. Mary's Hospital Kitchener, of Alice Cole, relict of the late William Williams, of Doon, in her 59th year. The late Mrs. Williams was a daughter of the late Heaman Cole, and was born in New Hamburg and resided here until her marriage. Deceased, who had been a resident of Doon for a number of years, was removed to the Kitchener Hospital about four weeks ago and, while her illness was regarded as serious, word of her death came as a distinct shock to her many friends in the district. She is survived by one son, Stewart, of Doon; one sister, Mrs. J. P. Ernst, of New Hamburg, and two grandchildren. Her husband predeceased her four years ago. The funeral was held on Saturday, service being conducted by Rev. Mr. Chart, of Galt. Interment was made in the Blair Cemetery.

New Hamburg Independent, February 7, 1930

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• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: artist
• Website: 1754 Old Mill Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Home and Gallery
• Website: wikipedia entry
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0786.1
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
• Historic Building: 1844, 1021 Doon Village Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Painting: 1870; The Swollen Creek
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Club Membership: 1880; Grand River Canoeing Club
• Occupation: 1881, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; artist
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Artist
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Painting: 1884; Near the Close of a Stormy Day
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Artist
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1901, 1754 Old Mill Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Artist
• Occupation: 1911, 1754 Old Mill Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Artist, at Home
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Website:
Home Watson House & Gallery

Website:
University of Waterloo Archives and Rare Books - Home Watson Collection

Website:
Wikipedia entry on Homer Watson

Historic Building:
This rambling old house has great historical interest, being of an early date (1844) and the birthplace of one of Canada's foremost landscape painters, Homer Watson. The Watson family business was a woollen mill, later taken over by Peddlar and cole and susequently destroyed by fire. The building is a long low structure, consisting of sections of varied height. There is a bay window in the angle of two sections facing Tilt Drive, and a trellised porch between wings on the Doon Village Road side. The apple trees, large maples and out buildings of its prominent corner setting contribute greatly to the rural character of the Village.<sup>1a

1a</sup>Upper Doon, a a heritage conservation district plan, prepared by Nicholas Hill (architect planner - London) 1987 pg 32

Homer married Roxanna "Roxa" Bechtel 1 Jan 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Roxanna (daughter of Isaac Bechtel and Jane Tilt) was born 11 Dec 1855, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jan 1918, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Roxanna "Roxa" Watson
• Name: Roxy Ann Bechtel
• Name: Roxy Anne Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0786
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Roxy Ann Bechtel "was born December 11th, 1855. She is married to Homer Watson, an artist. they reside at Doon, Ontario."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-11288

Thomas — Bessie E. Clement. Bessie was born Abt 1840, Of, Wales; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Bessie E. Williams
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24572

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• Business: New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Hamburg Brick & Tile Factory
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69442389
• Historic Building: 1101 Doon Village Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Name: H. Cook
• Name: Herman Cole
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3685.7
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brickmaker
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; brick maker
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brickmaker
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Historic Building: 1890, 1115 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Brick & Tile Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Retired: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian

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Cole, H., proprietor of brick and tile manufactory. Born in the county, 1838. Mr. Cole has village property valued at $8,000.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881 (Village of New Hamburg entries)

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DOON SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.

After Homer Watson's sister , Phoebe Amelia Watson, died on Oct. 22nd, 1947, in her 90th year the property was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hamilton, who started and ran the Doon School of Fine Arts.

Mayor Ross Hamilton, one of Canada's foremost Art critics was born in Kingston. He was a veteran of both world wars and a member of the Kitchener Branch Legion of the Canadian.

With the artist; the late Ralph Connor; Ross Hamilton founded the K-W Art Society. He married Bessie Haist of St. Jacobs and Kitchener. He was very familiar with the Watson Gallery as he had been commissioned, after Mr. Watson's death, to sell the remaining Watson
landscapes. Before moving to the Watson home they lived in the Rockway section of Kitchener. This home had been purchased by Homer Watson in 1894 and was part of the Adam Ferrie land. The studio was added to the house in 1894, with large windows to give him correct lighting for his painting. In 1903 he added the Art Gallery. He removed a small white brick house to make room for the Gallery . The last inhabitants of this house was a family by the name of Bannister. The Gallery was built of New Hamburg brick purchased from his cousin Heman Cole; price two oil paintings.

Grand River Tweedsmuir Book Chapter 1

Business:
Thomas Adamson & Heman Cole

Historic Building:
This handsome one and a half storey residence, with hipped rood, was built in 1890 by Herman Cole, co-owner of the former Watson Woollen Mill. Though not a large building, it displays a wealth of well-executed classical features. These include a porch with pedimented roof supported by grouped Doric columns and roof detail of denticulated frieze. The eaves brackets of the house roof and the sementally arched windows are Italianate features. Set in an attractive garden, with many mature trees and shrubs, this is a building of great charm and presence.<sup>1a

1a</sup>Upper Doon, a a heritage conservation district plan, prepared by Nicholas Hill (architect planner - London) 1987 pg 34

Heman married Lydia Matilda Moore 19 Jan 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Carl Mohr and Rachel Tohman) was born 27 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1922; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lydia Matilda Cole
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3685.7000
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70523
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
• Historic Building: 1844, 1021 Doon Village Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clothier
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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Historic Building:
This rambling old house has great historical interest, being of an early date (1844) and the birthplace of one of Canada's foremost landscape painters, Homer Watson. The Watson family business was a woollen mill, later taken over by Peddlar and cole and susequently destroyed by fire. The building is a long low structure, consisting of sections of varied height. There is a bay window in the angle of two sections facing Tilt Drive, and a trellised porch between wings on the Doon Village Road side. The apple trees, large maples and out buildings of its prominent corner setting contribute greatly to the rural character of the Village.<sup>1a

1a</sup>Upper Doon, a a heritage conservation district plan, prepared by Nicholas Hill (architect planner - London) 1987 pg 32

Ransford married Susannah "Susan" Moore 3 Oct 1852. Susannah (daughter of Carl Mohr and Rachel Tohman) was born 29 Feb 1832, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jun 1907, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susan Mohr
• Name: Susannah "Susan" Watson
• Eby ID Number: 00122-7523.4
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Possessions: 1871, 1021 Doon Village Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21715950
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0783
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Thinker
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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Isaac Bechtel "was born October 8th, 1829. He resided in the town of Waterloo where he was engaged in the making of brick and tile, and died July 22nd, 1892. He was married to Jane Tilt and had a family of eleven children"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Isaac — Jane Tilt. Jane (daughter of William Tilt and Jane Cosens) was born 19 Nov 1829, Capel, , Surrey, England; died 1 Feb 1915, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Bechtel
• Eby ID Number: 00007-0783.1
• Immigration: 1832, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1832, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Chistadelphian
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian Science