John Derby Claud "Claude" Forsyth

1885 - 1948  (63 years)

• Name	John Derby Claud "Claude" Forsyth
  Born	24 Mar 1885	Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Forsyth Shirts
  Name	Claude Forsyth
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Student
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Manufacturer, Shirts
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Manager, Shirt Factory
  Residence	1921	234 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-97977
  Died	23 Jun 1948	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I97977	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Forsyth,   b. 9 Feb 1850, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jul 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Elisabeth Brook,   b. 9 May 1852, , England ,   d. 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Married	4 Jan 1883	Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Family ID	F25232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Georgina Mary Herteis,   b. 2 Apr 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Dec 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. June Forsyth,   b. 16 Jun 1917, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1965  (Age 47 years)   2. Claudea Joy "Joy" Forsyth,   b. 16 Jul 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1962  (Age 42 years)   3. John Edward Forsyth,   b. 2 Mar 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 2003  (Age 77 years)   4. James Robert Eugene Forsyth,   b. 26 Aug 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1976, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F36974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  John Derby Claude Forsyth

  
  

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  John Forsyth, Prominent Shirt Manufacturer, Succumbs at 63 John D. C. Forsyth. 63, well-known and widely respected shirt manufacturer of Kitchener, died at St. Mary.'s Hospital, last night, following a week's illness. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Son of the late John Forsyth and the former Elizabeth Brooks., Mr. Forsyth was educated at the Margaret Ave. School and Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate in Kitchener. After leaving school he secured a position in the men's wear department of Boehrner's Department Store in Kitchener and was soon placed in charge of that department. Later he entered into the business of Forsyth - Kimmel, wholesale button and tailor supplies manufacturers. During his stay with that company the idea of working with shirts carried a particular fascination about him. Some years later he organized a company which developed into the shirt manufacturing industry. The small plant was located on St. West in Kitchener. The business grew to such proportions that it was soon necessary to expand. At this point he took over a shirt store and warehouse on Young St. The business again grew and it was necessary to expand. Here Mr. Forsyth decided to start the manufacturing of shirts. From the head plant on Young St. in Kitchener the industry has expanded into two branch factories, one in Waterloo and the other in St. Marys, Ontario. There are branch offices of the Forsyth Co. in Montreal. Ottawa, Hamilton, Halifax. St. John, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Calgary, Regina and as far away as Manchester, England. Mr. Forsyth was an outstanding man in the shirt industry. During the past war he was appointed by Donald Gordon, chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, as administrator of meals and boys' furnishings division of the War-time Prices and Trade Board. His alertness to better the industry in every way was borne out in the fact that his employees have always been treated "right". They received large Christmas bonuses at Yuletide and in addition, were treated to a Christmas Party every year. To make his employees more comfortable he built a restaurant and provided music during noon rours and rest periods. Mr. Forsyth held many posts in the Twin Cities. He was a member of the K-W Hospital Board, Kitchener Board of Health, Waterloo County Health Association. Director of the Freeport Sanatorium Red Cross. Founder of the Kitchener Young Men's Club, Kitchener Chamber of Commerce, K-W Rotary Club. Westmount Golf and Country Club, a life member of the Foundation for Crippled Children and a member of the Craftmen's Club. Surviving are his wife, the former Georgina Herties; two sons, John and James, at home; three daughters, Mrs George (June) Locheed, Mrs. R. K. (Joy) Ellis of Kitchener and Mrs. Leslie (Jane) Lovell of San Francisco. Calif., and two grandchildren. The body is resting at the residence until Friday noon when it will be transferred to the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home in Kitchener at 2 p.m. A public service will be held at the St. John's Anglican Chuirch at 3 p.m., Saturday afternoon. Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The Waterloo Chronicle 25 Jun 1948 pg 1

  
  

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  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 4. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 38 Page 3. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 28 Page 14. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 11. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:John David Claude Forsyth Gender:Male Race:English Age:63 Birth Date:24 Mar 1885 Birth Place:Ontario Occ: shirt manufacturer Death Date:23 Jun 1948 Death Place:Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:John Forsyth Mother:Elizabeth Book b. England Spouse:Georgina Herteis Buried Mount Hope [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186874282. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 10040 (1883), Forsythe-Brook. John Forsyth, salesman of Blenheim, Birth Place: Canada Age: 32 Estimated birth year: abt 1851 Father Name: John Forsyth Mother Name: Jane Forsyth Spouse Name: Elizabeth Brook, residence Peterborough, Spouse's Age: 35 Spouse Birth Place: England Spouse Father Name: Daniel Brook Spouse Mother Name: Sarah Brook Marriage Date: 4 Jan 1883 Marriage Location: Peterborough

  
  

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  Born - 24 Mar 1885 - Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Business - Forsyth Shirts - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Student - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manufacturer, Shirts - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manager, Shirt Factory - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Jun 1948 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth