Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Reginald "Reg" Prior

Male 1910 - 1999  (89 years)


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  • Name Reginald "Reg" Prior 
    Born 1 Dec 1910  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Elected Office Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    councillor - Hespeler 
    Residence 1911  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Methodist 
    Sports 1933  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Hespeler Red Sox 
    Hespeler-Baseball-RedSox-0001-1933.jpg
    Hespeler-Baseball-RedSox-0001-1933.jpg
    Hespeler Heritage Centre
    Residence 1987  86 Weaver St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-206390 
    Died 29 Dec 1999  Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I206390  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Francis Henry "Frank" Prior,   b. Dec 1882, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1964  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Annie Minerva "Annie" Hamill,   b. 12 Jul 1886, West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1932, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1910  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F42526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nelda Marguerite Handorf,   b. 3 Feb 1909, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1987, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Helen Anne Prior,   b. 11 Jun 1836, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1938, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F10125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • PRIOR, Reginald Lome - At Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, December 29. 1999 in his 90th year Born in Galt, Ontario on December 1. 1910 Predeceased by his wife Nelda (Handorf) Prior, his mother. Mary Hamill, a daughter Helen, his father Frank step-mother Margaret (McKellar) Prior. brother Jack and two step-brothers. Howard and Russell McKellar He is survived by a son Robert and his wife Jane. daughter Norma and her husband Keith Tripp and brother Kyle all of Cambridge. sister of Bette Brown of Tupperville, step-sister Ada Bower of Kitchener. He is survived by four grandchildren Holly and her husband Michael Jospeh. Jason and Cheryl and Kevin Tripp. and by four great grandchildren nieces and nephews He will be greatly missed by longtime friend Rene Lamson He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Shantz Station. member of Hespeler Lodge 1.0.0.F. #321, He was president of the Hespeler branch at the Friendship Society and the Cambridge Johnston Seniors Centre He was a former councillor for Hespeler, served on the Hespeler Cemetery Board and was a member of the Volunteer Fir Fighters Reg also worked for Frood Mines and LeVeck Mines in Sudbury during 1941 and 1942. He then worked for Butler's Metal Products making shell boxes during the remainder of W.W II Reg and his brother Lyle then took over their father's sheet metal business and operated it until their retirement in the early 1980's Mr Prior is resting t the Lounsbury Funeral Home (formerly Nelson's), 1766 Franklin Boulevard. Cambridge from 2.4 and 7.9 pm on Thursday A Memorial Service under the auspices of the Hespeler Lodge I.0.0 F Branch 1321 will be held on Thursday evening (today) at 6:30 pm The Funeral Service wins be herd at St Luke's United Church on Friday afternoon at 1:30 pm with interment to follow at New Hope Cemetery Those who wish may make a memorial donation to either the Heal and Stroke Foundation or to trio Kidney Foundation

  • Sources 
    1. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 15 Page 14.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174337164/reginald-lorne-prior.

    3. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21528 (1910), Prior-Hamill.
      Francis Prior, 27, Tinsmith, of Drumbo, Son of John Prior & Martha Miller Married Annie Hamill, 23, of Galt, daughter of Thomas Hamill & Elizabeth Felker, Witn: G. Wesley Gerbacht & J. Hamill Both of Galt, 2 March 1910 In Galt.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Dec 1910 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - councillor - Hespeler - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsSports - Hespeler Red Sox - 1933 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Dec 1999 - Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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