Josephine McMurran

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• Name: Josephine Yost
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109244
• Residence: 1916, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

Josephine married Elwy Honderich Yost 27 Jul 1916, Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario. Elwy (son of John R. Yost and Magdalena Honderich) was born 17 Jun 1885, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1940; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Famous: Television personality
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109246

Notes:

Born in Weston, Ontario, the son of pickle manufacturer Elwy Honderich Yost and Annie Josephine McMurran. In his youth, the senior Yost would give his son a dime a week to go see a movie on condition that he'd then recount the plot. Yost graduated from the Weston Collegiate and Vocational School in 1943.

He began studies at the University of Toronto in 1943, and studied engineering but left, in 1944, after failing his exams and joined the Canadian Infantry in 1944. He was honorably discharged in September 1945. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology in 1948, he worked variously in construction, at the Canadian National Exhibition, made an independent film with a classmate and acted in summerstock theatre. In 1951, he was working in the circulation department of the Toronto Star where he met his future wife, Lila Melby. He also worked in the Avro Canada personnel department from 1953 until 1959 when he and most of the staff were laid off due to the cancellation of the Avro Arrow project. He then worked as an English and History teacher at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate in Etobicoke, Ontario.....


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Elwy became noted for this television work including "Saturday Night at the Movies" interviewing many movie stars describing their roles in Cinema. His son Graham Yost is a noted screenwriter, producer.

Elwy — . Unknown [Group Sheet]