Edwin Leroy Eaton^[1]

1889 - 1918  (29 years)

• Name	Edwin Leroy Eaton
  Born	10 Aug 1889	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1  [6]
  	Eaton, Edward L. Driver. Son of Enoch Eaton, Hespeler. Enlisted with 55th Battery of Guelph two and a half years ago, was stationed in England for eleven months and went to France with Howitzer Battery. After fighting for a year and a half he died of wounds Sept. 28, 1918 at the age of twenty-nine. He leaves a widow and a child who live in Hespeler. Previous to enlisting he had been with the Canada Machinery Corporation.1a 1aEaton, Edward L.: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 22 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2835303/data?n=3
  		Eaton, Edwin L. Driver. Son of Enoch Eaton, Hespeler. Enlisted with 55th Battery of Guelph two and a half years ago, was stationed in England for eleven months and went to France with Howitzer Battery. After fighting for a year and a half he died of wounds Sept. 28, 1918 at the age of twenty-nine. He leaves a widow and a child who live in Hespeler. Previous to enlisting he had been with the Canada Machinery Corporation. Eaton, Edward L.: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 22 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2835303/data?n=3
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Machinist, Foundry
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Military	1914	WW1   [7]
  	WW1, Driver, 55th Battalion
  Name	Eddie Eaton  [2]
  Occupation	1916	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	machinist
  Residence	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Eby ID Number	00135-8352.8
  Died	28 Sep 1918  [6]
  Buried	Duisans British Cemetery, Duisans, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Person ID	I3752	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Enoch Edwin Eaton,   b. 1 Oct 1852, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Feb 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Pamela Jackson Witmer,   b. 21 Mar 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1914, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1876	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F1209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Wolfe,   b. Feb 1893, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1985  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1913	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Horace B. Eaton,   b. 1913,   d. 1974  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F51933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 685. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 19. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 19. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers, Edwin Leroy Eaton - Attestation Papers. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 7. [S2443] Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948. Edwin Le Roy Eaton Death Date: 28 Sep 1918 Rank: Gunner Unit: 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery Service number: 322902 Cemetery: Duisans British Cemetery Cemetery Location: France Burial Place: France "Died of Wounds." Whilst on duty at his gun, he was wounded in the chest by an enemy gas shell. He received first aid promptly but died from the effects of his wounds and injuries at No.4.Casualty Clearing Station the same night. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Enoch Edwin Eaton (farmer of Waterloo) Born: Canada Age: 24 Est. Birth: abt 1849 Father: Levi Eaton Mother: Isabella Eaton married Amelia Jackson Witmar Age:: 23 Est. Birth: abt 1850 Born: Canada Father: Martin Wilmar Mother: Catherine married 11 Oct 1873 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Hespeler [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 42.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Aug 1889 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist, Foundry - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Jan 1913 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - machinist - 1916 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Duisans British Cemetery, Duisans, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth