Brigadier General Walter Alexander Bean

1908 - 1998  (89 years)

• Name	Walter Alexander Bean
  Prefix	Brigadier General
  Born	26 Jul 1908	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Died	2 Mar 1998  [3]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	19 Roland St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-176692
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I176692	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	David Alexander "Alexander" Bean,   b. 3 Oct 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Rose Anna Winter,   b. 14 Nov 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Mar 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	18 May 1904	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F175579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanore Fearman,   b. 1 Feb 1908, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1971  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F41692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Kitchener native, Walter A. Bean graduated from the University of Toronto in 1930. Commissioned in the Scots Fusiliers of Canada, he volunteered for overseas service in 1940 with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada attaining the rank of Brigadier by June 1945. He served as a senior staff officer in the United Kingdom, North Africa, and in the Pacific Theatre. Later he commanded the Canadian Pacific force headquarters and later the 2nd Infantry Brigade Militia. Bean was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration and the Canada Decoration. Bean served as president of the Kitchener Chamber of Commerce, the Gyro Club and was KW Citizen of the Year in 1973. He served the Waterloo Trust in various executive capacities becoming Deputy Chairman and vice-president of Canada Trust. He was Chairman and/or director of many local and national financial and industrial organizations. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 7. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Walter Alexander Bean Event Type: Birth Event Date: 26 Jul 08 Event Place: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Registration Date: 08 Gender: Male Father's Name: David Alexander Bean Mother's Name: Rosa Winter [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113177804/david-alexander-bean. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Wilfrid Winter Bean Event Type: Birth Event Date: 06 Sep 1912 Event Place: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Registration Date: 1912 Gender: Male Father's Name: David Alexander Bean - Publisher of Berlion Mother's Name: Rose Winter Married Toronto 18 May 1904 Certificate Number: 053154

  
  

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  Born - 26 Jul 1908 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 19 Roland St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth