John Basil Grey "Basil" Blatchford

1887 - 1969  (81 years)

• Name	John Basil Grey "Basil" Blatchford
  Born	30 Sep 1887	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190526257
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1940	266 Water St. N., Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1949	RR4, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1958	277 Highland Rd. W., Kitchener Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-82481
  Died	11 Jul 1969	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I82481	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John Quance Blatchford,   b. 4 Jan 1842, , Devonshire, England ,   d. 27 Mar 1921, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Parks,   b. 30 May 1845, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1869	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F241190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilhelmina Elizabeth "Minnie" Schuster,   b. 12 Jun 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	29 Jan 1821	Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F34177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Blatchford John Basil Blatchford of 189 Snyder Rd. E., Baden, died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital after a brief illness. He was 81. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Blatchford, he was born Sept. 30, 1887, in Hespeler. He was a machinist at Canadian Blower and Forge Co. for 37 years and retired in 1957. Mr. Blatchford attended services at the Salvation Army Citadel. Surviving are his wife, the former Lydia Wenzel, and a stepdaughter, Doris Wenzel of Kitchener. He was predeceased by his first wife, the former Minnie Schuster, and one brother and a sister. Funeral service was held at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home on Monday, Maj. John Fayter of the Salvation Army officiating. Burial was in Mount Hope cemetery. New Hamburg Independent, July 16, 1969

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 4. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 58. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190526257/john-basil_grey-blatchford. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190526299/wilhelmina-elizabeth-blatchford.

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 29 Jan 1821 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Born - 30 Sep 1887 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1949 - RR4, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Jul 1969 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth