Florence Grace Tales

1925 - 2018  (92 years)

• Name	Florence Grace Tales
  Born	5 Jul 1925	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Florence Grace Byatt
  Name	Florence Grace Thornton
  Name	Florence Grace Thorton
  Occupation	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Employee - Babcock & Wilcox
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-225205
  Died	21 Jan 2018	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	26 Jan 2018	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I225205	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 1	Reginald Terry Thornton,   b. 7 Feb 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jan 1981  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F61488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Reginald Thorton,   d. 1981
  Married	1947
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F272336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Gordon Byatt,   d. 2007
  Last Modified	12 Nov 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

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Jul 1925 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Employee - Babcock & Wilcox - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Jan 2018 - , Ontario, Canada Buried - 26 Jan 2018 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth