Barbara Lovett

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-341231

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LOVETT, Robert Edward Formerly of Ayr, Bob passed away peacefully at Winston Park Nursing Home, on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in his 86th year. Predeceased by his wife Joyce Davis (2005) and son Jim (1974); loved father of Barbara Holmes (Eric) of Guelph, Pat Radke (Bryan), Anne Hutchinson (Dean), all of Ayr; cherished Grandpa Bob to Scott, David (Amber), Mark (Krystal), Paul (Dawn), Jamey (Mike), Grant, Brock, Sibley and Griffin. Great- Grandpa to Lilyan, Gavin, Gemma, Liam, Ella and expected baby Beaudoin. Friends are invited to a Memorial Service for Bob on Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 2: 00 p.m. Knox Church, Ayr. Interment Ayr Cemetery. Special thanks for the wonderful care Dad received from the staff - nursing, food service, recreation and administration at Winston Park Long Term Care. They were professional, nurturing and empathetic - all that a family would want for their loved one. In lieu of flowers, donations to Knox United Church, Winston Park Charitable Foundation (Alzheimer's Research), Parkinson Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Online condolences or donations may be arranged through www.wmkippfuneralhome.com or by contacting Wm. KIPP 519-632 8228.

The Waterloo Region Record May 28 2010

Robert — Joyce Mary Davis. Joyce was born 28 Jan 1927, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 Nov 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Nov 2005, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Joyce Mary Lovett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-341232

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Lovett - Joyce Mary (nee Davis)

After a long journey with Alzheimer's Disease, Joyce passed away at Winston Park Nursing Home, Kitchener, on Wednesday, November 16, 2005, formerly of Ayr; in her 79th year. Beloved wife of Robert; loved mother of Barbara Holmes (Eric) of Guelph, Pat Radke (Bryan), Anne Hutchinson (Dean), all of Ayr; cherished "Grandma Joyce" to Scott, David, Mark (Krystal), Paul (Dawn), Jamey (Mike), Grant, Brock, Sibley and Griffin; dear sister of Jim Davis (Mary) of Maple and sister-in-law of Audrey Davis of Guelph. Predeceased by her son Jimmy (1974) and a brother Curt Davis. Friends were received at the Ayr Chapel, Wm. Kipp Funeral Home, Ayr on Saturday, November 19 from 2-4 p.m. A private family funeral service was held. Reverend Fred Hagle of Knox United Church, Ayr, officiated. Interment Ayr Cemetery. Thanks to the staff of Winston Park Nursing and Retirement Home who provided kindness and caring support of Joyce over the last few years. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Carol Kopp who was a devoted friend throughout Joyce's illness.

The Ayr News 23 nov 2005 pg 5

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• Residence: Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-290061
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, 95th Saskatchewan Rifles / 13th Battalion, Service #32781
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Major

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Col. James H. Lovett

The death occurred on Saturday, December 22nd, 1984, at Brantford General Hospital of Colonel James H. Lovett, M.C., after a brief illness. He was in his 98th year. A son of the late Dr. William Lovett and Jennie Morton, he was predeceased by one grandson James Robert Lovett. Surviving are his wife the former Dorothy Watson and one son Robert of Ayr, also three granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. Col. Lovett was born in Ayr, where his father Dr. William Lovett, practiced medicine on Stanley Street in the house now occupied by the Rick Green family, hanging out his shingle in 1870. Jim as he was known to a host of friends, joined the Bank of Commerce in Ayr following his early schooling here, before enlisting in 1914 with the 1st Canadian Division where he served with the 16th Battalion and the 13th Battalion, Black Watch in England and France. He was a life member of the Military Institute, Black Watch Associations of Toronto and Montreal. Upon his return from military service overseas in World War I he took a position at the head office of the Bank of Commerce, where he retired in 1949. For the past few years, Mr. and Mrs. Lovett have resided at Versa-Care in Brantford. Private funeral services were held at Wm. Kipp Funeral Home, Paris, on Monday, December 24th, with Rev. George Saunders officiating. Interment in Ayr Cemetery.

The Ayr News 26 Dec 1984 pg 10

James married Dorothy Margaret Watson 20 Jan 1922, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Dorothy (daughter of Reeve Alfred Edward Watson and Jennie Wyllie) was born 28 Apr 1895, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died 16 Mar 1992, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dorothy Margaret Lovett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-341230
• Residence: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Mrs. J. H. Lovett

Mrs. J. H. Lovett passed away peacefully at Telfer Place in Paris on Monday, March 16th. The former Margaret Dorothy Watson, she was 96. Wife of the late James H. Lovett (1984); mother of Robert E. Lovett and his wife Joyce of Ayr; dear grandmother of Mrs. Barbara Ashman (Lovett) and her husband Dr. James Ashman of Guelph, Mrs. Patricia Radke (Lovett) and her husband Bryan Radke of Ayr, Anne Lovett of Guelph and her fiance Dean Hutchison. Predeceased by a grand-son James Robert Lovett (1974). Also survived by four great-grandchildren Jamey, Scott, David and Grant. Mrs. Lovett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a daughter of Alfred E. Watson and Jennie Wylie, and came to Ayr as a child with her parents and younger brother, Wylie Watson. Her family has a long history with the Village of Ayr. Mrs. Lovett's grandfather was John Watson Sr. who was the first Reeve of Ayr and established the John Watson Manufacturing Company which remained with the family for one hundred and forty-five years. She married Col. James Henry Lovett, M.C. in 1922 and lived in Toronto until thirteen years ago when they returned to this area. A private family service will be held at the Ayr Chapel of Wm. Kipp Funeral Home. Interment Ayr Cemetery.

The Ayr News 18 Mar 1992 pg 12

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• Interesting: medicine
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58460
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surgeon
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ayr
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Physican
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1887, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; coroner, doctor, surgeon
• Occupation: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Physician - Doctor - Dr.
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; M. D.

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Dr. William Lovett Dies In His 96th Year - It was with genuine regret that the citizens of Ayr were informed on Sunday of the death in Detroit of Dr. William Lovett, one of Ayr's grand old men, who had practiced medicine for so many years in this village. Dr. Lovett was in his 96th year, and Ayr experienced its period of greatest growth during the 37 years Dr. Lovett practiced here. Dr. Lovett was born in Ancaster May 29, 1842, and was educated at Ancaster Grammar School. Later he attended the Provincial Normal School, Toronto, and in 1866 received his matriculation at McGill College, Montreal. He graduated in 1870 with the degree of M.D.C.M.. Upon the establishment of a Provincial Board of Examiners Ontario in 1870, Dr. Lovett was among the first to be examined and the first to register. He commenced his practice in Ayr in that year, and continued until 1907, when he retired on account of poor health. The Doctor was one of McGill's first medical students, his medical diploma being No. 2. He was the oldest member in the Medical Council. The Doctor was appointed associate coroner and medical attendant for the CPR at Ayr in 1880 and continued to hold that position during his residence in Ayr. He was an honorary member of the Oxford Medical Association. Dr. Lovett removed to Regina, Sask., with his family in 1907 and remained there until 1912. He returned to Ayr that year, and latterly had been residing with his daughter in Detroit. A son, the late Dr. A. S. Lovett, practiced for many years in Paris. Surviving members of the family are: Mrs. D. C. Petrie, Toronto; A. Morton Lovett, Maclean, Sask., and James H. Lovett, Toronto. A daughter, Mrs. O. T. falls, and a son, William, died some years ago. - The Funeral - The funeral was held Tuesday with service n Knox United Chruch and interment in Ayr Cemetery.

The Ayr News Nov 24 1938

William married Eliza Jane "Jenny" Morton 29 Mar 1883, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Eliza (daughter of Alexander Morton and Anne Tennar) was born 24 Jul 1852, , Quebec, Canada; died 1912; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eliza Jane "Jenny" Lovett
• Name: Jennie Morton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58461
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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• Elected Office: Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve - Ayr
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179938504
• Interesting: politics, business, story, public service
• Residence: Bruce St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57789
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Iron Manufacturer
• Occupation: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manager - Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Died In Ayr, on Friday, February 26, 1943 Alfred Edward Watson In his 83rd year. The Funeral Will take place from his late residence, Bruce Street, on Sunday, Feb. 28th, at 2.30 p.m., to Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation

Funeral Card

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Death of A. E. Watson - Outstanding Citizen of Ayr Passes Suddenly in His 83rd Year -

Ayr's most outstanding citizen, Alfred Edward Watson, died early Friday morning at his home on Bruce street in his 83rd year. Although in failing health for some years past, he had been at his office as late as Wednesday afternoon. Thursday morning about six-o'clock, however, he was taken with a heart seizure, from the effects of which he succumbed Friday morning about five o'clock.

Born in Ayr December 20, 1860, he was a son of the late John Watson and Elizabeth Dolman. Having been born into a manufacturing family (his father being the originator and president of the John Watson Mfg. Company, manufactures of farm implements, which he founded in 1847, his life's work was I practically an aforegone conclusion, and, with this end in view, he was educated in Ayr, Cobourg and Poughkeepsie, New York. Following an apprenticeship with the company here, he was for several years manager of the Winnipeg branch office, an appointment he received when he was serving as assistant to his brother, the late John George, superintendent of the plant here. Upon the death of his brother, William D., in 1906 he returned to Ayr to assume the management of the company, and in 1918, when his eldest brother, John George, died he became president, an office he still retained at the time of his demise.

For some 36 years he guided the affairs of the company through good times and bad. An outstanding example of his supreme confidence in both himself and the company was his decision to rebuild after the disastrous fire in June, 1920, which practically destroyed the company's handsome three-storey factory. An executive of unusual ability, he was successful in conducting his business, which, even during the depression of the early thirties when many businesses were forced to curtail production, was able to carry on although on a slightly depressed basis. An illustration of his excellent judgment and far-sightedness was the introduction into the business of the manufacture of warehouse trucks, a move which proved gratifyingly successful. The fortunes of the John Watson Mfg. Company and the village of Ayr have always been synonymous. As the company flourished so did the village.

Following in the footsteps of his father, who pioneered the path before him, Mr. Watson always had foremost in mind the welfare of the community and bent every effort to see that all organizations in which he was interested progressed steadily forward. He was largely instrumental in the installation of a rural telephone system in the community, and for the 34 years existence of the Ayr Rural Telephone Company he served as its very capable and efficient president, as is clearly evidenced by the fact that this company is one of the most outstanding rural companies of its kind in the entire province. The same may, in fact, also be said of the Ayr Library Board, of which he was always a member, serving as chairman up to the time of his passing.

That Ayr has one of the most attractive and beautiful cemeteries in this section of the country is very largely due to Mr. Watson's efforts and advice in its behalf. For many years and at the time of his death he was president of the Ayr Cemetery Company. In succession to his father, he was for many years a director of the Gore Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Galt. Many years ago, he served the village as a member of the Council, being reeve for a time, and for a long term of years he was division court clerk, an office which he filled with distinction, and in a manner quite satisfactory to all concerned.

Throughout the years, he also acted in an advisory capacity to the various heads of municipal government, and he was always found most anxious to be of service toward the better welfare of the village and community. He was one of the foremost sponsors of the inauguration of the Ayr Continuation School, an educational institution which has become an increasingly important part of the life of the community. Possessed of a keen, analytical, judicial mind, Mr. Watson's advice was eagerly sought by citizens of the community in every walk of life, and everyone was assured a courteous, sympathetic hearing. In politics, he was quite prominent locally in the executive of the Liberal Conservative Association. He was a member of Knox United Church. While not active in sports of late years, he was an ardent supporter of baseball, softball and hockey. In his youth, he was actively interested in lacrosse, in which game he was considered quite proficient.

He was married, shortly before his appointment as manager of the Winnipeg office, to Jennie Wyllie, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Wyllie of this village, who predeceased him some 45 years ago. He is survived by one son, Alfred Wyllie Watson, of Ayr; a daughter, Mrs. James H. Lovett, of Toronto; three grandchildren, and two sisters, Miss Elizabeth Dolman Watson and Miss Mary Urie Watson, both of Ayr.

The Funeral

There was an exceptionally large attendance of friends and relatives at the funeral, which took place on Sunday afternoon from his late residence, Bruce street, to the Ayr Cemetery. In the absence of Rev. J. W. Currie, pastor of Knox United Church, who is ill at present, the services were conducted by Rev. Thomas Merryweather of Glenmorris. The pallbearers were: Albert Melvin, William Woolsey, Edward Whitson, James Little, Charles Bain and Arthur Underwood. Those present includes many people from Toronto, Hamilton, Oshawa, Caledonia, Galt, and other places.

The Ayr News Mar 4 1943 pg 10

Alfred married Jennie Wyllie 18 Nov 1890, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jennie (daughter of John Wyllie and Margaret Pringle) was born 1863, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jun 1898, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jennie Watson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57790
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Assistant Postmaster
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian