George Thomas Wilford

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-213715
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Helper, Edge Tool Works
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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George T. Wilford

George Thomas Wilford, 88, of 831/2 Dickson St., died Friday, at South Waterloo Hospital, after a brief illness. Born in Galt, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George L. Wilford. He lived here all his life. Mr. Wilford was a black-smith. He was an employee of the former axe factory, on Water street north and later worked with the Peter Hay Knife Company and Galt Knife Company. He was an Anglican. In his youth, Mr. Wilford road a bicycle in race competitions. Surviving are his wife, the former Christine Morton; a daughter, Mrs. Reginald (Lillian) Wright of Kitchener; a brother, Leonard of Galt, two sisters, Mrs. Frederick (Lillian) Sommers of California, Mrs. Bertha Brodie of Galt and two grandchildren. The body is at Little's Funeral Home, Galt, where the funeral will be conducted Monday, at 3: 30 p.m., by Rev. J. W. Davis. Burial will be in Mount View Cemetery, Galt.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 6 Jul 1963 pg 21

George married Christine Weir Morton 25 Mar 1920, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Christine (daughter of John Ure Morton and Christina Weir) was born 1894, Falkirk, , Stirling, Scotland; died 18 Jan 1975, Richmond, British Columbia; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Lillian — Reginald Wright. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98426