James Whitson

1869 - 1911  (42 years)

• Name	James Whitson
  Born	1869	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192220791
  Occupation	1911	Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	mill worker
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-339222
  Died	23 Apr 1911	Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: Cause: Appendicitis (2 weeks)
  Buried	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I339222	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Whitson,   b. 1839, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jul 1897, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Margaret "Maggie" Anderson,   b. 1847, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jul 1920, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1866	Glen Morris, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F36486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Amelia Hayward,   b. 22 Aug 1886, Donhead, , Wiltshire, England ,   d. 6 Apr 1961  (Age 74 years)
  Married	6 Feb 1911	Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Kathleen Maria Whitson,   b. 12 Sep 1911, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1947, Paris, , Rhône-Alpes, France  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F248008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died Whitson In Paris, on Sunday, April 23rd, 1911 at 10 a.m., James Whitson, only son of the late Robert Whitson. The Funeral Will leave the family residence, Willow Street, on Tuesday, April 25th, at 2.30 p.m., for Ayr Cemetery. Service at the Home at Two o'clock. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Funeral Card _________________ PARIS. April 25.-Death claimed another well known resident on Sunday, when Mr. Jas. Whitson, only son of the late Robert and Mrs. Whitson, passed peacefully away at 10.39 in the morning. Deceased was taken sick a week ago with appendicitis, but not getting along as well as expected, an operation was decided on, which was performed Wednesday. The patient seemed to rally after the operation, but his weakened condition could not withstand the ravages of the disease, and despite the best of care, passed peacefully away as above stated. Mr. Whitson was born in Ayr and came to Paris with his parents when a boy, residing here ever since. In his younger years he was well known throughout Ontario as a lacrosse player. He first played with the Beavers, and afterwards joined the famous Brant lacrosse team, which at one time held the championship of the world. He was of a quiet and retiring disposition, and made many frends, who will learn with regret of hs demise Besides a sorrowing wife, his mother and three sisters-Mrs. White, of Brantford, Mrs. C. Munn, and Miss Bessie, of Paris are left to mourn his death. The funeral will leave the residence of his daughter, Willow street, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 oclock, and Interment will take place in the family plot in Ayr. The Brantford Daily Expositor 25 Apr 1911, Tue Page 5

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . [Front/East] Nancy - 1874 - 1874/ Walter - 1878 - 1878/ Thomas - 1881 - 1887/ Agnes - 1867 - 1899/ children of R. & M. Whitson/ James - 1869 - 1911 [Back/West] Robert Whitson/ 1839 - 1897/ Margaret Anderson/ his wife/ 1847 - 1920/ Whitson [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: James Whitson Age: 38 Birth Date: abt 1873 Occ: mill worker - Paris, Marriage Date: 6 Feb 1911 Marriage County or District: Brant Father: Robert Whitson Mother: Margaret Anderson Spouse: Jane Geneva Hayward Spouse's Age: 25 Spouse Birth Date: abt 1886 Spouse Father: Thomas Grey Spouse Mother: Maria Grey [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 17 Oct 1866. Anderson, Maggie married 11 Oct 1866 to Robert Whitson In Glenmorris by Rev. John Dunbar. Groom, of Ayr; bride, the daughter of the late Thomas Anderson, S. Dumfries. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Robert Whitson Age: 26 Birth Date: abt 1840 Birth Place: Ayr Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1866 Marriage County or District: Brant Father: Jame Whitson Mother: Mary Scott Spouse: Margaret Anderson Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse Birth Date: abt 1846 Spouse Birth Place: South Dumfries Township Spouse Residence: South Dumfries Township Spouse Father: Thomas Spouse Mother: Agnes Hall Residence: Ayr

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1869 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Feb 1911 - Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth