William Thomas Gowdy

1862 - 1949  (87 years)

• Name	William Thomas Gowdy
  Born	24 Feb 1862	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Brethren in Christ
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Plymouth Bretheren
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-148466
  Died	19 Oct 1949	Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta   [3]
  Person ID	I148466	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Gowdy,   b. 1827, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom ,   d. 1896  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Creighton,   b. 1830, , Scotland ,   d. 1884  (Age 54 years)
  Married	1851
  Family ID	F7831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Jane Morley,   b. 1 Jul 1859, Rockwood, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jun 1940, Shepard, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Emmeline Minnie Priscilla Gowdy,   b. 1897,   d. 1985  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F55741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Thomas Gowdy, 87, of Shepard, died Wednesday morning in the General hospital. Mr. Gowdy was born in Guelph, Ont., and moved to Moose Jaw to homestead in 1891. He went to Indian Head, Sask., two years later, and in 1897 moved to the Airdrie and Langdon district. He went to Shepard in 1911 and had lived there since. His wife, Priscilla Jane, died at Shepard in June, 1940. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J.E. Steel, Shepard, and Mrs. A.K. Bricker, Chestermere Lake; two sons, William C. and David T., both of Shepard; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Huffman, Hamilton, Ont. and Mrs. John Taylor, Richwood, Ont. Rev. Dr. J. Gordon Jones will conduct services Saturday at 2: 45 p.m. in Jacques funeral home. Burial will be in Union cemetery. The Calgary Herald, Thursday, October 20, 1949, page 31 ______________________ William Thomas, engaged in grain growing at Sheppard, Alta. He married Priscilla Morley of Rockwood, Ontario, and had three sons and two daughters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 21. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 31. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, U., America, N., Division, C., & Cemetery, U. (1862). William Thomas Gowdy (1862-1949) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122957833. [S2659] Alberta, Canada, Deaths Index, 1870-1966. William Thomas Gowdy Gender:Male Death Date:19 Oct 1949 Death Place:Calgary, Alberta, Canada Registration Number:006-700

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Feb 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Brethren in Christ - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Plymouth Bretheren - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Oct 1949 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Buried - - Union Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta  = Link to Google Earth