James Joseph Girvan^[1]

1914 - 1990  (76 years)

• Name	James Joseph Girvan
  Born	29 Mar 1914	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2
  Residence	1942	118 Wellington St, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-214152
  Died	4 May 1990	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I214152	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Francis Girvan,   b. 7 Oct 1885, Auchinleck, , Ayr, Scotland ,   d. 1963  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Isabella Fairgrieve Bryce,   b. 10 Aug 1888, Bathgate, , West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 23 Feb 1981, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F58532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Priscilla Kieswetter,   b. 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1992, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. Mary Esther Girvan,   b. 20 Apr 1947, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1951, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F58533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  James Joseph Girvan - 16 April 1945 Leading Stoker onboard HMCS Assiniboine budwalsh192 originally shared this on 07 Jan 2010 to Ancestry Public Member Trees

  
  

• Notes

  Grace Russ Scrapbooks vol.4 wife and two children lived at 118 Wellington Street; son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Girvan of 118 1/2 Wellington Street; served overseas on Canadian Destroyer; was on convoy duty for about 6 months; born in March 1914 in Preston; attended St. Clement's School in Preston and St. Mary's in Galt as well as Galt Collegiate; worked as a stationary engineer at Stauffer-Dobbies; two uncles served in WWI and one was killed at the Somme; religion - Roman Catholic [Possible Obituary - James Joseph Girvan?] D.O.D.: May 4, 1990 -after lengthy illness; resident of Ottawa, former resident of Cambridge; husband of Esther Kieswetter; father of Sherryl (Mrs. Neil Walsh), James Michael (husband of Pollo Tuokko) and the late Mary Esther; grandfather of Kelly Walsh, Kathy (Mrs. Brian MacCormick), Karen (Mrs. Gary Geoffrey) and Captain Bud Walsh (husband of Lynn) and great-grandfather of Taylor, Kelly Geoffrey and Emily Walsh; predeceased by sister Marion Gravelle City of Cambridge Archives

  
  

• Sources

  [S544] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - St. Patrick's Roman Catholic CC#4496. In loving memory of/ Mary Esther-/ Beloved daughter/ of/ James Esther/ GIRVAN/ Apr. 20, 1947 - Oct. 2, 1951/ Rest in peace/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Mar 1914 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 May 1990 - Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth