Clarence Blair

1879 - 1962  (83 years)

• Name	Clarence Blair
  Born	1879	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1907	Aberfoyle, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	merchant
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-219828
  Died	9 Dec 1962	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I219828	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Ethel M. B. Gilpin,   b. 1879, Claremont, Pickering Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario ,   d. 1965  (Age 86 years)
  Married	30 Mar 1907	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F59913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BLAIR, CLARENCE Of 167 Hewat St., Preston. Well known Preston resident for the past forty-three years, at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, on Sunday, December 9, 1962, in his 84th year. Born in Puslinch Township, near Guelph, he lived in Aberfoyle and Grimsby before moving to Preston. He married the former Ethel Gilpin on Easter Saturday, March 1907 and the couple marked their 50th anniversary with a family dinner in 1957. A carpenter by trade, he was employed with Eastern Steel Products for many years. He was an ardent member of St. Paul's United Church. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Clifford of Windsor; Keith of Millbrook; One daughter, Bessie (Mrs. Edward Saunders) of Branchton; one brother, George E. Blair of Glen Orchid, ON; two sisters, Mrs. Rev. R. V. Bingham of Toronto; Mrs. Rev. I. Patterson of Flint, Ml; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Service at the Stager-Barthel Funeral Home, cornerof Queen and Argyle Sts. , Preston on Wed. , Dec. 12 at 2: 30. Rev. A. I. Waters officiated. Pallbearers: Emil Hagedorn, Robert Oliver, Earl Lawrence, Albert Saunders, Glen Sauder and Henry Baldrey. Interment Memory Gardens, Breslau. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: James Clarence Blair Sex: Male Age: 27 Birth Year (Estimated): 1880 Puslinch Occ: merchant - Aberfoyle Father's Name: James Blair Mother's Name: Elizabeth Galloway Spouse's Name: Ethel M B Gilpin Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 27 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1880 - Claremont Res: London Spouse's Father's Name: John W Gilpin Spouse's Mother's Name: Louisa Bell Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1907 Marriage Place: London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1879 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1907 - Aberfoyle, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Mar 1907 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Dec 1962 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth