Waterloo Region Generations
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Irene Elizabeth Hornsey

Female 1908 - 1996  (88 years)


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  • Name Irene Elizabeth Hornsey 
    Born 10 Apr 1908  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Irene Elizabeth Braithwaite 
    Residence Anglican 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-432503 
    Died 23 Apr 1996  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 26 Apr 1996  Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I432503  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Family Roland Braithwaite,   d. Bef 1996 
    Married 1936  , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F275352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BRAITHWAITE, Irene Elizabeth

      At St. Luke's Place, 1624 Franklin Blvd., Cambridge, on Tuesday, April 23, 1996, in her 89th . Beloved wife of the late Roland Braithwaite. Dear mother of her son, Howard, also survived by her brother, William M. Hornsey, both of Windsor, Ontario. Predeceased by her sister-in-law, Hazel Hornsey. Irene was a charter member (1920) of St. David's Anglican Church, born in Galt, she traveled to Scotland to be married in 1936 and with her husband and son, returned to Canada, in 1947. Irene served a term as President of the Lincoln Avenue Home and School Association for the School year 1955-56 and will be remembered by many for the Bridge classes she gave at the Galt YWCA, during the years 1967 to 1977. Funeral and Commendation services will be conducted, at St. David's Anglican Church, Pollock at Chalmers Street North, Cambridge, on Friday, April 26, 1996, at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Donald Davidson officiating. Interment, Mount View Cemetery.

      Cambridge Reporter 1996

  • Sources 
    1. [S2858] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, Birth Certificate 050296 (1908).
      Name:Irene Elizabeth Hornsey Date of Birth:10 Apr 1908 Gender:Female Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name:William H Hornsey Mother's name:Annie L Mortimer

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Apr 1908 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1936 - , Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Apr 1996 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 26 Apr 1996 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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