Elton Lewis Holm

1885 - 1957  (71 years)

• Name	Elton Lewis Holm
  Born	12 Dec 1885	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Holm's Dairy
  		Preston-HolmsDairy-0002.jpg
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	? Picker
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer, Woolen Mill
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1928	150 Hewat St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-225330
  Died	26 Feb 1957	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I225330	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Holm,   b. 1 Dec 1862, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Feb 1906, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Matilda Cober,   b. 9 Nov 1860, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jul 1928, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1883	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F3562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ellen Lucy "Lucy" Stark,   b. 22 Aug 1890, Saltfleet Township, Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 22 May 1947, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1910	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Myrtle Ella Holm,   b. 19 Jun 1912, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1985  (Age 72 years)   2. Beatrice Luella Holm,   b. 9 Mar 1914, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Aug 1966, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)   3. Irelene L. Holm,   b. 22 Oct 1916, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1988  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F222077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Clara Rosetta Tuffin,   b. 22 Nov 1885, Pointe Ste. Claire, Quebec ,   d. 15 Apr 1977, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F250833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HOLM, ELTON LEWIS Of R. R. #6, Galt, former well-known Preston citizen and businessman for many years, at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, suddenly of a heart attack, late on Tuesday afternoon, aged 72 years. He was born in Puslinch Township, near Hespeler. He came to Preston in his early years and lived here until ten years ago, when he moved to Galt. For some years, he was employed as a conductor with Grand River Railway. Then, for twenty-three years, he operated Holm's Dairy in Preston. Keenly active in the work of the Loyal Orange Lodge, he was a member of the Galt Lodge and the Royal Black Preceptory of Waterloo County, past master of L. O. L. in Preston and past county master of the County Orange Lodge, while he was also past preceptor of the Royal Black Preceptory of Waterloo County. Mr. Holm was a staunch member and elder of Lincoln Avenue United Church in Galt. Surviving are his wife, Clare MacKenzie; five daughters, Mrs. Ross Armstrong of Waterloo Township; Mrs. Wilbert Ernst of Preston; Mrs. Norman Rae of Hespeler; Mrs. Felix Walters of Galt; Mrs. Grafton Downer of Lydenhurst, Long Island, NY; four brothers, Alvin of Preston; Earl of Hamilton; Ruldan of Baupaume, SK; Claude of Goodalls, Ml; four sisters, Mrs. Isaac Wismer of Galt; Mrs. Glen Turner of Lapeer, Ml; Mrs. William Bidelman of Yale, Ml; Mrs. Wallace Burrows of R. R. #2, Hespeler; and thirteen grandchildren. His first wife, Lucy Stark, predeceased him in Preston in 1947 and a sister, Mrs. Harry Higgins died at Marlette, Ml in 1956. Service was conducted by Rev. Arthur Lewis of Lincoln Ave. United Church in Galt. -Son of Cyrus Holm and Matilda Cober. -Information from the marriage certificate of Isabel Salome Holm: Born c. 1889, daughter of Cyrus Holm and Matilda Cober. On Nov. 10, 1909, she married Isaac Wismer. 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

  [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 6. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 2. [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . Elton L. Holm/ 1885 - 1957. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12295 (1883), Holmes-Cober. Cyrus Holmes, 22, Yeoman, Puslinch Twp., Same, s/o Daniel and Esther, Married Matilda Cober, 23, Puslinch Twp., Same, d/o Jacob and Mary, Witn: Isaac C. Cober and Elizabeth Bechtel, both of Puslinch Twp., 25 Dec 1883 At Preston [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Ellen Lucy Stark Age:20 Birth Year:abt 1890 Marriage Date:27 Apr 1910 Marriage Place:York, Ontario, Canada Father:Christian Stark Mother:Katherine Hirtzie Spouse:Lewis Elton Holms

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Dec 1885 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Business - Holm's Dairy - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - ? Picker - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Apr 1910 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Woolen Mill - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Feb 1957 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth