Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

William Arthur Downs[1]

Male 1922 - 1997  (75 years)


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  • Name William Arthur Downs 
    Born 1922 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-407309 
    Died 20 May 1997  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I407309  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Thomas Arthur Downs,   b. 6 Mar 1885, Stirling, Hastings Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1940, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Mary Margaret "Margaret" Callanan,   b. 6 Dec 1890, , Peel Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1977  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 14 Feb 1916  Port Credit, Toronto Twp., Peel Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F62522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Katherine Schmitt,   b. 8 Jun 1929,   d. 26 Oct 2009, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F267859  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DOWNS, William Arthur On Tuesday, May 20, 1997, at St. Mary's Hospital, after a lengthy illness, age 75 years.

      Mr. Downs was retired from John Labatt Brewery where he was employed for 38 years.

      Dear husband of Grace Downs (Edwards) Schmitt of St. Jacobs; step- father of Mike Edwards and his wife Lynn of St. Clements; grandfather to Cory, Casandra and Natalie. Predeceased by his parents Margaret and Thomas Down.

      Funeral service will take place on Thursday, May 22 at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, Rev. Paul Ellingham officiating. Interment will follow in Erbsville Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Alfred Schmitt.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224301257.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 May 1997 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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