Bernard David McMahon^[1]

1878 - 1933  (55 years)

• Name	Bernard David McMahon
  Born	1878	Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-357523
  Died	24 Apr 1933	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cause: Cause: Cancer (14 years)
  Buried	27 Apr 1933	Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I357523	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Lydia Jane Gaynor,   b. 9 Apr 1882, East Oxford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1967  (Age 84 years)
  Married	28 Jul 1903	, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Bernard McMahon,   b. 1904, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F253237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  VETERAN FIREMAN CALLED BY DEATH Barney McMahon Succumbs To Long Illness; On Brigade Over 25 Years Bernard "Barney" McMahon, for many years a faithful member of the Preston Fire Department, died at his home on King street late yesterday afternoon. The end came peacefully after an illness extending over some years. Born on a farm near Woodstock, the late Mr. McMahon, a friend to everyone who had occasion to visit the firehall, where he resided, was in his 56th year. The late Mr. McMahon's service to Preston extended over 25 years. He joined the department on December 14, 1900, on January 17, 1907, he was made captain of the hook and latter section of the brigade and on October 23 of the same year be was made assistant chief. This was when the department was reorganized. In April, 1910 he resigned from the brigade and Mr. Roesgen was made assistant chief. Then on October 9, 1915, the deceased was reappointed to the department and remained a member until July 7, 1916, when he was appointed resident driver of the new truck, giving steady and conscientious service, until illness forced him to retire. In the period when he was away from Preston the late Mr, McMahon lived for a time in Detroit and Woodstock. A member of St. Clement's church, the late Mr, McMahon was also a Member of the Holy Name Society. His father, Michael McMahon. predesceased him 25 years ago. There survives his aged mother at home in Woodstock. his wife who before her marriage was Miss Lydia Gaynor, two sisters, Mrs. C. Frank of Preston and Mrs. J. Haylow of St. Thomas; two brothers, Michael and Thomas, both of Woodstock; one daughter Miss Helen at home; two sons, Bernard of Preston and Joseph at home. There is also one grandchild, Joan McMahon of Preston. Wishes of the late fire fighter that he be accorded a fireman's funeral, will be carried out, department officials announced this morning. The funeral will be held from his late residence, Thursday morning at 8.45 o'clock. Mass will be celebrated at St. Clement's church at nine o'clock and interment will be made later in the R.C. cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record 25 Apr 1933 pg 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 046098-26. Bernard McMahon, 21, occ. Shipper, b. Detroit Michigan, res. Preston, son of Bernard McMahon and Lydia Gaynor married Magdalen Heintzman, 24, b. Kitchener, res. Kitchener, daughter of Michael Heintzman and Catherine Lauber, Witnessed by: F. C. Doyle of Preston and Catherine Heintzman of Kitchener, 6 April 1926 in Kitchener. [S2489] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery Internet Link. In/ Loving Memory Of/ Bernard D. Mcmahon/ 1878 - 1933/ His Beloved Wife/ Lydia Jane Gaynor/ 1882 - 1967 [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 033239 (1933). Name:Bernard Daniel Mcmahon Gender:Male Age:55 Birth Date:abt 1878 Birth Place:Woodstock, Ontario Death Date:24 Apr 1933 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Michael Mcmahon Mother:Margaret Mulroy [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate. Name:Lydia Gaynor Age:21 Birth Year:abt 1882 Birth Place:East Oxford Marriage Date:28 Jul 1903 Marriage Place:Oxford, Ontario, Canada Father:Mike Gaynor Mother:Ellen Shepperd Spouse:Bernard McMahon

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1878 - Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Jul 1903 - , Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Cancer (14 years) - 24 Apr 1933 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 27 Apr 1933 - Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth