William Crooks "Scotty" Lincoln

1891 - 1959  (68 years)

• Name	William Crooks "Scotty" Lincoln
  Born	1891	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183452439
  Military	WW1
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-490150
  Died	9 Dec 1959	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I490150	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Jane M. McLaren,   b. 1893,   d. 1975  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1916	, Scotland
  Children	1. Thomas McLaren Lincoln,   b. 5 Nov 1919, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 27 Mar 1945, , Iceland  (Age 25 years)   2. Corporal Catherine M. "Kit" Lincoln,   b. 22 Apr 1922, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 27 Mar 1999, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   3. Mary Lincoln,   b. 15 Aug 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Sep 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   4. James Tod "Jim Lincoln,   b. 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Dec 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F300611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Lincoln William (Scotty) Lincoln, 68, of 85 Ontario St. South, Kitchener, a mail carrier for 22 years, died in K-W Hospital yesterday. He had been ill for two years. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 23, 1891, he came to Canada in 1920. A member of the Presbyterian church, he served from 1911 to 1919 with the Royal Scots Fusiliers and was a member of Kitchener Canadian Legion branch. He is survived by his wife, the former Jean McLaren, whom he married in Scotland in 1916; one son, James of Kitchener, and two daughters, Mrs. Ronald (Catherine) Davidson of Ottawa and Mrs. Donald (Mary) Israel of Kitchener. There are five grandchildren. One son, Thomas, was killed overseas in 1945. The body is at the Gruhn Funeral Home where the service 'will be held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Interment will be in Memory Gardens. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, Dec 10, 1959 Page 5

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1891 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Married - 1916 - , Scotland Died - 9 Dec 1959 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth