Waterloo Region Generations
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Walter Hayden Tyson

Male 1862 - 1932  (70 years)


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  • Name Walter Hayden Tyson 
    Born 14 Jan 1862  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123090006 
    Residence 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Church of England 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Store Clerk 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Church of England 
    Eby ID Number 00123-7557 
    Died 5 Feb 1932  [5
    Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I9189  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Abram Tyson,   b. 4 Nov 1819, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Julia Headen,   b. 22 May 1830, Exeter, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1850  [1
    Family ID F2666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Maude "Allie" Bowman,   b. 21 Nov 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F9368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Walter H. Tyson, "was born January 14th, 1862. He is married to Alice M. Bowman. They reside at Gretna, Manitoba, where he is engaged as an agent."1

      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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      360 River Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

      This brick, L-shaped house at the corner of Scott Street and River Avenue has been occupied continuously by the Tyson family since June 1900. Originally built by a man named John Cope during 1883, it was the home of a brother of A. J. Andrews, a mayor of Winnipeg during the 1890s. In 1890, G. A. F. Andrews and his spouse skated into a hole in the river and were lost. Walter Tyson, who had come to Manitoba from Berlin, Ontario, purchased the home in 1900 from James Lord who had acquired the fashionable structure from the Andrews' Estate.

      Since that time, the building has withstood the elements remarkably well, despite the fact that it is not underpinned. As one might readily perceive from the first slide, the house was a popular style in Winnipeg during the 1880s. The roof had treillage running along its spine, finials Lit the gable-peaks, 'gingerbread' at the gables, labels over the windows and quoins at the corners of the walls. Inside, one can find the original woodwork, excellently carved, heavily varnished and superbly fitted. In most houses of this vintage, the old, varnished doors and staircases were painted. This usually occurred when the occupant decided that the colour scheme was out-of-date. According to the Tyson sisters, the original 'light' or transom above the front door was red in colour. Their aunt had this feature changed many years ago, as she did not want a red light in the front door! [4]

      Goldsborough, G. (2019). MHS Transactions: Some Old Winnipeg Buildings. Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/winnipegbuildings.shtml

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 546.

    2. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 38.

    3. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 31.

    4. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 17 Jan 1862.
      Tyson: At Berlin, on the 14th instant, Mrs. Abram Tyson, of a son.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., Winnipeg, G., & Cemetery, E. (1862). Walter Hayden Tyson (1862-1932) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123090006/walter-hayden-tyson.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Jan 1862 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Store Clerk - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
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