Charles Robert Kendall

1894 - 1957  (63 years)

• Name	Charles Robert Kendall
  Born	1894	, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	military, story
  Military	WW1
  Occupation	John Watson Company, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	works - John Watson Manfacturing
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-338192
  Died	11 Jul 1957	Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	14 Jul 1957	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I338192	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Kendall,   b. CA 1870,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F56517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kitty Elizabeth Harriott,   b. 1897, New Haven, Sussex Co., England ,   d. 1 Jul 1988, Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1917	Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F247577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Kendall, Former Ayr Resident Passes - The death occurred in Chatham on Thursday of Charles Robert Kendall, 63, a former well-known Ayr resident. A native of Northamptonshire, England, he came to Ayr at 17 with his father, the late William Kendall, in 1911, and worked with the John Watson Mfg. Co. Ltd. His late mother and the family followed them here the next year. When war was declared in 1914, he was among the first Ayr men to enlist, leaving in the first month of the war for overseas, where he served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He returned here in 1915, gassed and wounded, where he acted in a recruiting capacity for some time. Following his discharge, he accepted a position with the Canadian Customs at Barrie. Some 10 years later he went to work for the Department of Highways in Chatham, where he remained for 30 years. Due to failing health, which grew steadily worse for the past five years, he was forced to give up his post this year He would have been on pensioned retirement in about a year. He was a member of Holy Trinity Anglican Church and Moose Lodge in Chatham. Surviving are his wife, the former Kitty Harriott of Ayr; three daughters, Mrs. L. (Grace) Lorimer of Estevan, Sask.; Mrs. R. (Dorothy) Wicks and Ruth, at home; a son, William, at home; eight grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Harold Cornford, Ayr. He was predeceased by a brother, William The Funeral On Saturday night the Moose Lodge held services at the Stevens Funeral Home, Chatham. Funeral service was held Sunday night, with interment in Ayr Cemetery on Monday. Rev. J. A. E. Blackwell of Holy Trinity Church officiated. Three members of Moose Lodge and three fellow staff members of the Dept. of Highways were pallbearers, as follows: P. Irwin, F. Simmonds, Mr. Plant, William Godfree, Sr., J. Hillman and J. Langrell. The Ayr News Jul 18 1957 pg 2

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . Charles R. Kendall/ Sapper/ Can. Engrs. C.E.F./ 11 July 1957/ Age 63/ Also served as/ Major (NPAM)/ Simcoe Foresters [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Charles Robert Kendall Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1894 Birth Place: Northamptonshire Eng Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1917 Marriage County or District: Oxford Father: William Baster Kendall Mother: Jane Rochel Salter Kendall Spouse: Kitty Elizabeth Harriott Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse Birth Date: abt 1897 Spouse Birth Place: Sussex County Eng Spouse Father: David Harriott Spouse Mother: Elizabeth Harriott

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1894 - , Northamptonshire, England Married - 24 Dec 1917 - Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Jul 1957 - Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - 14 Jul 1957 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth