Ethel May Kenshead

1891 - 1970  (79 years)

• Name	Ethel May Kenshead
  Born	4 May 1891	Cottingham, England
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ethel May Barber
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-414321
  Died	5 Sep 1970	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	8 Sep 1970	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I414321	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	William Barber
  Children	1. Eileen Barber
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F269509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. William Barber GALT, Mrs. William Barber, formerly of 24 Walnut St., Galt, died today, at Coutts Pavilion, after a brief illness. She was 79. Born at Cottingharn, England, May 4, 1891, she was the former Ethel May Kemshead, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George A. Kemshead. She came to Canada and to Galt, in 1912 and had lived here ever since. Mrs. Barber was well-known for many years as a singer, in Galt. She was a member of the Galt Chorale Society and won prizes for singing at the Canadian National Exhibition and at the Stratford festival. She sang for a number of years in the choir, at Central Presbyterian Church. In recent years she had been an adherent of the Forward Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband: one daughter, Mrs. Allan (Eileen) Schoenfeld of Galt and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Peeling of Brampton. She was predeceased by two brothers and two sisters. The body will be at the Coutts and Son Ltd. Funeral Home, after 2 p.m. today, where service will be conducted, Tuesday, at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Mount View cemetery. Kemshead,Ethel May-Barber-death-Kitchener-Waterloo Record 5 Sep 1970 pg 25

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 5 Sep 1970 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 8 Sep 1970 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth