Florence M. Gress

1888 - 1939  (51 years)

• Name	Florence M. Gress
  Residence	1888	Cedar Creek Rd., North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Born	4 May 1888	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171172193
  Residence	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	United Brethren
  Misfortune	3 Dec 1939	Freelton, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario
  	car accident
  Name	Florence M. Robson
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-340913
  Died	24 Dec 1939	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	27 Dec 1939	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I340913	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Gress,   b. 1850, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1917, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Baetz,   b. 6 Jun 1857, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1941, RR2, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1877	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F63126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Morton "Morton" Robson,   b. 8 Sep 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1943, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1914	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Aileen Elizabeth Robson,   b. 1916, , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Apr 2003, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   2. Isabel Gemmell Robson,   b. 1917, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Dec 2003, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   3. Florence Christina "Bubs" Robson,   b. 1 May 1924, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Dec 1982, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F248639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death of Mrs. Morton Robson Following an automobile accident at FreeIton on Sunday, Dec. 3, in which she was critically injured, the death occurred at Hamilton General Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 24th, of Mrs. Morton Robson, Ayr, in her 51st year. The accident took place about 9:45 p.m., while Mrs. Robson was crossing the highway to the residence where she was staying. She was run down by a car and critically injured. Mrs. Robson was born on Cedar Creek Road, her maiden name being Florence Gress, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gress. She was a member of Knox United Church. Besides her husband and mother, she is survived by three daughters, Ileen, Isabel and Florence; two brothers and five sisters: Clarence Gress, Kitchener; Milton Gress, Cedar Creek Road; Mrs. Henderson Rutherford and Mrs. William Leithead, east of Ayr, and Janet, Elizabeth and Lena at home. The funeral will take place this (Wed.) afternoon from Wilson's Funeral Home to Ayr Cemetery. The Ayr News Dec 28 1939

  
  

• Sources

  [S180] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1901, Dumfries (North) B-5 Page 8. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 1 Page 41. [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . Robson/ In Loving memory of/ T. Morton Robson/ Sept. 7, 1881 - May 10, 1943/ Florence M. Gress/ his wife/ May 4, 1888 - Dec. 24, 1939/ their daughter/ Florence Christina/ May 1, 1924 - Dec. 22, 1982 [A] Mother [B] Florence [C] Father [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Florence Cress Age: 27 Birth Date: abt 1887 Birth Place: Galt Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1914 Marriage County or District: Waterloo Father: Jacob Cress Mother: Lizzie Bates Spouse: Morton Robson Spouse's Age: 32 Spouse Birth Date: abt 1882 Spouse Birth Place: Ayr Spouse Father: James Robson Spouse Mother: Teenie Gemmell

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1888 - Cedar Creek Rd., North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Born - 4 May 1888 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Oct 1914 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - car accident - 3 Dec 1939 - Freelton, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Died - 24 Dec 1939 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - 27 Dec 1939 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth