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Thomas John Collison

Male 1908 - 1978  (70 years)


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  • Name Thomas John Collison 
    Born 6 Apr 1908  , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1978  104 Eby St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-381065 
    Died 8 Apr 1978  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I381065  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father James Collison,   b. 1 Apr 1860, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1934, Teeswater, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary Manley,   b. 8 Mar 1870, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1954, Riversdale, Greenock Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F55045  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Vera Oberle,   d. 1939 
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F55044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Kathleen "Kay" MacDonald,   b. 26 Mar 1923,   d. 10 Mar 2006, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. James Douglas Collison
     2. William "Bill" Collison
     3. Patrick Collison
     4. Joan Collison
     5. Mary Francis Collison
     6. Helen Collison
     7. Monica Collison
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F259399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • COLLISON, Thomas John

      Of 104 Eby St., Cambridge (P), on Saturday, April 8, 1978, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Thomas Collison in his 71st year. Beloved husband of Kathleen MacDonald; dear father of James Douglas and William of Cambridge, Patrick of Des Moines, Iowa, Joan (Mrs. Paul Howell) of Des Moines, Iowa, Mary Francis (Mrs. Reg. Brown) of Holyrood, Ont., Helen (Mrs. Robert Fischer) of Baden, Monica (Mrs. Robert Atkinson) of Kitchener; brother of Patrick of Walkerton, William of Teeswater and Mary (Mrs. Harry Oberle) of Paisley. Also survived by 12 grandchildren. Mr. Collison was predeceased by his first wife, Vera Oberle, in 1939; one brother Thead of Culross Township, in 1947 and three sisters, Catherine (Mrs. William O'Neil) of Culross Township, in 1966, Gertrude (Mrs. P. A. Murray) of Holyrood, in 1977 and Margaret (Mrs. Joe Weiler) of Cambridge (P), in 1977. Mr. Collison was born in Riversdale, Bruce County and came to Preston in 1940, from Teeswater. He was employed as a carpenter at the Grand River Railway, until his retirement in 1968. Resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge (P), until Tuesday, April 11, then to St. Clements Church for funeral mass, at 12 noon. Interment in Park Lawn cemetery.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record 10 Apr 1978 pg 29

  • Sources 
    1. [S356] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Parklawn CC#4504 Internet Link .
      Collison/ Husband/ Thomas J./ Collison/ 1908 - 1978/ Wife/ Kathleen/ Macdonald/ 1923 - .

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Apr 1908 - , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Apr 1978 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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