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Edward Joseph Hammer

Male 1925 - 2005  (80 years)


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  1. 1.  Edward Joseph Hammer was born 3 Mar 1925 (son of William Peter "Bill" Hammer and Alice M. Letson); died 18 Nov 2005, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-217786

    Notes:

    HAMMER, Edward Joseph Of Cambridge, on Friday, November 18, 2005, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in his 81st year. Beloved husband of Mary Pienta. Dear father of John and his wife Cheryl, Edward and his wife Bonnie, Jim and his companion Carol, Larry and his wife Patena, Doug and his wife Mary Ellen, Don and his wife Alyson, Veronica Kerr, Connie Hammer and her husband Derrick Watson, Debbie Coyne, Sherry Ham mer, all of Cambridge and Cathy Murphy and her hus band Brian of Waterloo. Lovingly remembered by 18 grandchildren. Survived by four sisters Ruth Becker of Maryhill, Lorraine Prickett and her husband Wilson of Cambridge, Patsy Moore of Burford, Cora Brooke and her husband Dewey of Cambridge and one brother Arthur of Kitchener. Predeceased by his parents William and Alice Hammer and one brother Bill. Mr. Hammer was born in Kitchener and had been a resident of Cambridge since 1951. He was a member of St. Clem ent's R.C. Church, a Veteran of the Second World War and was retired from J.M. Schneiders. The family received friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge Saturday from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The Funeral Mass was cel ebrated at St. Clement's R.C. Church, 745 Duke Street, Cambridge on Monday, November 21, 2005 at 10 a.m. In terment in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. Prayers were recited at the funeral home on Sunday at 7 p.m. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario will be gratefully appreci ated by the family. Tributes may be made online at www.mem.com

    Edward — Mary Veronica Pienta. Mary was born 13 Feb 1929; died 26 Jan 2022; was buried , Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Peter "Bill" Hammer was born 5 Jan 1898, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John Hammer and Marion Girodat); died 1978; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Willie Hammer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94785
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shipping,
    • Residence: 1921, 49 Foundry St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    William married Alice M. Letson 26 Jul 1921, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Alice (daughter of Herman O. Letson and Magdalena "Lena" Addes) was born 3 Aug 1901, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 1980, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Alice M. Letson was born 3 Aug 1901, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Herman O. Letson and Magdalena "Lena" Addes); died 10 Jan 1980, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Alice M. Hammer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-166977
    • Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. Arthur William "Hutch" Hammer was born 3 Jan 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 2017; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Edward Joseph Hammer was born 3 Mar 1925; died 18 Nov 2005, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Hammer was born 1 Feb 1870, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Peter Hammer and Margaretha Anna Dorscht); died 20 May 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Johann Hammer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94782
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1921, 49 Foundry St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    John — Marion Girodat. Marion was born 16 Apr 1873, Carlsruhe, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Marion Girodat was born 16 Apr 1873, Carlsruhe, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Marion Hammer
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94783
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
    • Residence: 1921, 49 Foundry St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Children:
    1. Lovina Hammer was born 18 Nov 1895, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jan 1987, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. William Peter "Bill" Hammer was born 5 Jan 1898, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1978; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John "Jack" Hammer was born 11 Sep 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died Bef 2013.
    4. Edward "Eddy" Hammer was born Apr 1903, , Ontario, Canada; died Bef 2013.
    5. Margaret "Maggie" Hammer was born Jun 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died Bef 2013.
    6. Anna Magdelena Hammer was born 30 Jul 1910, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Peter Francis Hammer was born 4 Jul 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Sep 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Rose Isabel Hammer was born 19 May 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 2013, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Madeline "Lena" Hammer was born 8 Apr 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Herman O. Letson was born 22 Sep 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of George Oliver Letson and Sarah Goodwin); died 24 Nov 1940; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53492
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Occupation: 1882, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Labourer
    • Occupation: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Herman married Magdalena "Lena" Addes 20 Oct 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Frank Addis and Lena Brenner) was born 8 Aug 1862, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Sep 1942; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Magdalena "Lena" Addes was born 8 Aug 1862, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Frank Addis and Lena Brenner); died 1 Sep 1942; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Lena Addes
    • Name: Magdalena "Lena" Letson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53493
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1911, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. Joseph Letson was born 21 Aug 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. John William Letson was born 24 Jul 1884, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Nov 1963, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 25 Nov 1963, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Christina Letson was born 8 Apr 1888, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died May 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Margaret Letson was born 21 Sep 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Walter "Pat" Letson was born 8 Apr 1892, , Ontario, Canada; died 28 Dec 1948, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Ann Verner Letson was born 12 Jul 1895, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Sep 1977, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 17 Sep 1977, Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Winnifred May "Winnie" Letson was born 12 Jul 1899, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1985, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 3. Alice M. Letson was born 3 Aug 1901, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 1980, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Catharine Letson was born Nov 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Priscilla Letson was born Apr 1904, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Vera Rubina Letson was born 7 Jun 1908, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1986, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Peter Hammer was born 25 Dec 1842, , Germany (son of Bartholemew "Barthold" Hammer and Maria "Mary" Wittig); died 6 Sep 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Birth: Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46851
    • Immigration: 1842
    • Immigration: 1844, , Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Labourer
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Peter married Margaretha Anna Dorscht 3 Feb 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaretha (daughter of Joseph Conrad "Conrad" Dorsch and Barbara Lunz) was born 10 May 1843, , Bavaria, Germany; died 29 Aug 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margaretha Anna Dorscht was born 10 May 1843, , Bavaria, Germany (daughter of Joseph Conrad "Conrad" Dorsch and Barbara Lunz); died 29 Aug 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Margaretha Anna Hammer
    • Name: Mary Dorsch
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46852
    • Immigration: 1844, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1844
    • Residence: 1863, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Notes:

    Mrs. Peter Hammer of of Bamberg, died on Wednesday August 29th, The funeral was held on Tuesday, September 4th, from her late residence at Bamberg to the R. C. church for services and cemetery for interment.

    The Chronicle Telegraph 6 Sep 1917, p. 1

    Children:
    1. Anna Hammer was born 25 Jan 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Aug 1948; was buried , Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Mount Carmel Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota, USA.
    2. Mary Hammer was born 1866, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 4. John Hammer was born 1 Feb 1870, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Barbara Hammer was born 1871, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. August Hammer was born 1874, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Mary Agatha "Agnes" "Agatha" Hammer was born 16 Feb 1875, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1955, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Alexander Hammer was born 1877, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Louise Hammer was born 3 Oct 1881, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Julia Ann Hammer was born 12 Oct 1884, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 12.  George Oliver Letson was born 27 Jul 1828, , Ontario, Canada (son of Jeremiah Letson and Eleanor Lasby); died Bef 1911.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53490
    • Residence: 1856, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Labourer

    George married Sarah Goodwin 27 Nov 1856, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Goodwin and Ann Walters) was born 19 Dec 1828 OR 11 Dec 1831, , Northamptonshire, England; died 28 Sep 1917, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Sarah Goodwin was born 19 Dec 1828 OR 11 Dec 1831, , Northamptonshire, England (daughter of Joseph Goodwin and Ann Walters); died 28 Sep 1917, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Sarah Letson
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-53491
    • Immigration: 1846, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. Margry Letson was born 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Charles William Letson was born 16 Dec 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 6. Herman O. Letson was born 22 Sep 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1940; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Edward J. Letson was born 15 Dec 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1950; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Amelia Letson was born 31 Oct 1863, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. George H. Letson was born 16 Sep 1866, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1951; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Joseph C. Letson was born 16 Oct 1868, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 May 1944, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Sarah A. Letson was born 25 Sep 1870, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Jennie Letson was born 10 Jun 1880, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1944, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  Frank Addis was born Abt 1829, Of, Carrick Township, Bruce Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48662

    Frank — Lena Brenner. Lena was born Abt 1829, Of, Carrick Township, Bruce Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Lena Brenner was born Abt 1829, Of, Carrick Township, Bruce Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lena Addis
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48663

    Children:
    1. Jacob Addis was born 24 Mar 1861, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Magdalena "Lena" Addes was born 8 Aug 1862, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Sep 1942; was buried , West Montrose United Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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