Waterloo Region Generations
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Florence Grace Tales

Female 1925 - 2018  (92 years)


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  • Name Florence Grace Tales 
    Born 5 Jul 1925  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Florence Grace Byatt 
    Name Florence Grace Thornton 
    Name Florence Grace Thorton 
    Occupation Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Employee - Babcock & Wilcox 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-225205 
    Died 21 Jan 2018  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 26 Jan 2018  Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I225205  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Private William "Bill" Tales,   b. 5 Apr 1893, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1980  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Florence "Florrie" Bee,   b. 1892, Of, Paris, Brant Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1972  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 21 Jun 1919  Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F26678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Reginald Terry Thornton,   b. 7 Feb 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1981  (Age 55 years) 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F61488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Reginald Thorton,   d. 1981 
    Married 1947 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F272336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Gordon Byatt,   d. 2007 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F272337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BYATT, Florence Grace (nee Tales)

      Grace Byatt (nee Tales), predeceased by husbands Gord Byatt (2007) and Reginald Thornton (1981). Born in Galt on July 5, 1925. Graduated Galt Collegiate. Worked at Babcock Wilcox. Married Reginald in 1947. He re-enlisted and they spent the next 25 years transferring from base to base, following his military career. After his retirement settled in Galt, in 1971. Grace worked for Babcock & Wilcox, until retiring in 1990. She was a life member of the RCL Ladies Auxiliary Br. 121 (45 years) and a Branch Member (36 years). Survived by children, Larry (Nancy Lehmann) Thornton, Linda Miles, Betty (Bill) Laidlaw and Bonnie (Earl) MacDonald, grandchildren (11), great-grandchildren (16), great-great-grandchildren (3). Predeceased by her parents, William and Florrie Tales, brothers James Tales and Lawrence Tales, one granddaughter, Tracy MacDonald and great-granddaughter, Abigail Boland, sons-in-law Ernest Harth and John Miles, daughter-in-law, Darlene Thornton, granddaughter-in-law, Lorraine. Resting at Corbett Funeral Home, 95 Dundas St. N., Cambridge, where the family will receive friends on Thursday, January 25, 2018, from 5-8 p.m. Legion Service to take place in the Funeral Home Chapel, on Thursday, at 6 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel of Corbett Funeral Home, 95 Dundas St. N., Cambridge, on Friday, January 26, 2018, at 1 p.m., with visitation beginning one-hour prior. Interment to follow at Mount View Cemetery.

      Cambridge Times 24 Jan 2018

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196264389.

    2. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 8623 (1919), William Tales-Florrie Bee.
      William Tales shoemaker of Galt, Age: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893 Father Name: James Tales (shoemaker) Mother Name: Phoebe Wright Spouse Name: Florrie Bee resident of Paris, Spouse's Age: 26 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893 Spouse Father Name: Albert Bee (kniiter) Spouse Mother Name: Emma Coleman Marriage Date: 21 Jun 1919 Marriage Place: Brant

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Jul 1925 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Employee - Babcock & Wilcox - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Jan 2018 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 26 Jan 2018 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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