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William S. Freeborn

Male 1855 - 1931  (76 years)


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  1. 1.  William S. Freeborn was born 20 Jul 1855, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 14 Mar 1857, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep 1931; was buried , Freeborn Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44843
    • Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
    • Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Arthur's wife Mabel Hyde from North Easthope then went to Winnipeg
    William john was oldest Eve's dad Olive Omand*
    Bertha went north married a Lichty
    Maude went out west married someone named Taylor
    Florence never married
    Howard never married
    Ethel and Lincoln Kuntz had daughter Wanda Kuntz Kress
    Lorraine was youngest married Eddy Fisher had June
    Pearl and Karl Forler had Russell and Mary Mildred
    *Mabel Margaret Evelyn Freeborn McLean
    Freeborn cemetery from Donegal
    William John was son of William Shine Freeborn

    They came out in the potato famine 1839 Omands from Orkney in 1842.


    Email from Janet Ross 2013

    William — Mary J. Lyall. Mary (daughter of Lyall and Jane) was born 1 Mar 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Mar 1910; was buried , Freeborn Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. William John Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 Oct 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario.
    2. 3. Arthur Atwood Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Oct 1883, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1861, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Fairmount, near Clanwilliam, Manitoba.
    3. 4. Bertha Mabel Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Jan 1885, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Dec 1941, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Florence May Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Feb 1888, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 6. Olive Pearl "Pearl" Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Jun 1891, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Aug 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 7. Viola Maud Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Aug 1894, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 8. Ethel Mildred Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Apr 1896, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 9. Alvin Howard Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Dec 1898, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 10. Cora Lorraine Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 May 1900, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1968; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William John Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 31 Oct 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51675
    • Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
    • Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    William married Olive Minerva Ormand 21 Jun 1911, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Olive was born 1890; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Mabel Margaret Evelyn Freeborn  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Arthur Atwood Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 5 Oct 1883, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1861, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Fairmount, near Clanwilliam, Manitoba.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51676
    • Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
    • Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Arthur married Mabel May Hyde Arthur Atwood Freeborn settled on a farm near Basswood Manitoba in 1916. He died on 22 March 1961 and is buried in Fairmount Cemetery Manitoba.


  3. 4.  Bertha Mabel Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 26 Jan 1885, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Dec 1941, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Bertha Mabel Lichty
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51677
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1921, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1932, 8 Ellen St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1941, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada; house keeper

    Bertha — Levi Streichter Lichty. Levi (son of John B. Lichty and Katherine "Catherine" Streicher) was born 4 Apr 1875, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 May 1932, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Lyall John Lichty  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 May 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1997, Tubac, Santa Cruz, Arizona, United States; was buried , Green Valley Cemetery, Sahuarita, Pima, Arizona, United States.
    2. 13. Leverne Lichty  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1914, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 14. Mary Jane Lenora Lichty  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Jun 1918, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Oct 2002, Anaheim, Orange, California, United States.
    4. 15. Kenneth Lichty  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1921, , Ontario, Canada.

  4. 5.  Florence May Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 6 Feb 1888, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51678
    • Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian


  5. 6.  Olive Pearl "Pearl" Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 19 Jun 1891, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Aug 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Olive Pearl "Pearl" Forler
    • Name: Pearl Freeborn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51679
    • Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Mrs. Pearl Forler, 62, of 295 Guelph St., died suddenly yesterday at her residence. Born June 19, 1891, in Wellesley, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William S. Freeborn. She was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Her husband, Carl Forler, predeceased her in 1948.

    Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. J. A (Mildred) Ross of Kitchener; two brothers, William Freeborn of Stratford and Arthur Free born of Newdale, Man; three sisters, Florence of Stratford; Mrs. Lincoln Kuntz of Bridgeport and Mrs. Edward Fisher of Kitchener Two grandchildren also survive One son, Russel, predeceased her in 1934.

    The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. Finlay G. Stewart, pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, will officiate.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 13 Aug 1953, Thu Page 7

    Olive married Carl Frederick Jacob "Charles" Forler 22 Apr 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Carl (son of John K. Forler and Anna Margarat "Margaret" "Maggie Bickert) was born 27 Apr 1891, Chapman Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario; died 1948; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Horace Russel Forler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1915; died 1934; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 17. Mary Mildred "Mildred" Forler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Oct 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  6. 7.  Viola Maud Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 23 Aug 1894, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Maud Freeborn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51680
    • Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Maud is reported to have moved "out west" and married a Mr. Taylor.


  7. 8.  Ethel Mildred Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 29 Apr 1896, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191594766
    • Name: Ethel Mildred Kuntz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51681
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Ethel — Charles Lincoln Kuntz. Charles (son of Noah Kuntz and Margaretha "Margaret" "Maggie" Hesse) was born 20 Feb 1898, , Ontario, Canada; died 1976; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 18. Margaret Wanda Kuntz  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1922; died 8 Jul 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  8. 9.  Alvin Howard Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 12 Dec 1898, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Howard Freeborn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51682
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian


  9. 10.  Cora Lorraine Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 9 May 1900, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1968; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Cora Lorraine Fisher
    • Name: Lorraine Freeborn
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51683
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Lorraine had children, June.

    Cora — Edward Fisher. Edward (son of Oswald Fisher and Elizabeth Geiger) was born 1894, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1980, Streetsville, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Mabel Margaret Evelyn Freeborn Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.William1)

  2. 12.  Lyall John Lichty Descendancy chart to this point (4.Bertha2, 1.William1) was born 25 May 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1997, Tubac, Santa Cruz, Arizona, United States; was buried , Green Valley Cemetery, Sahuarita, Pima, Arizona, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-164329
    • Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Prebyterian
    • Residence: 1961, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA


  3. 13.  Leverne Lichty Descendancy chart to this point (4.Bertha2, 1.William1) was born 1914, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-304593
    • Residence: 1921, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian


  4. 14.  Mary Jane Lenora Lichty Descendancy chart to this point (4.Bertha2, 1.William1) was born 8 Jun 1918, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Oct 2002, Anaheim, Orange, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-304594
    • Residence: 1921, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1937, Sudbury, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada


  5. 15.  Kenneth Lichty Descendancy chart to this point (4.Bertha2, 1.William1) was born 1921, , Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-304595
    • Residence: 1921, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian


  6. 16.  Horace Russel Forler Descendancy chart to this point (6.Olive2, 1.William1) was born 1915; died 1934; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-85810


  7. 17.  Mary Mildred "Mildred" Forler Descendancy chart to this point (6.Olive2, 1.William1) was born 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Oct 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183781837
    • Name: Mary Mildred "Mildred" Ross
    • Name: Mary Mildred "Mildred" Willis
    • Name: Mildred Forler
    • Occupation: nurse
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138710

    Notes:

    ROSS, Mrs. Mildred - Suddenly, at St. Mary's Hospital, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 1983, Mary Mildred Forler, aged 66 years, of 170 Ripplewood Cres., Kitchener.

    Mrs. Ross was a member of Forest Hill United Church.

    Beloved wife of Dr. John A. Ross; dear mother of Karen of Paris, Ont., Janet of Kitchener and Susan (Mrs. Andy Beinarovics) of Kitchener.

    Predeceased by her parents, Karl Forler and the former Pearl Freeborn and one brother, Russell.

    A memorial service will be held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Forest Hill United Church, 121 Westmount Rd. E., Kitchener, with Rev. Norman Watson officiating.

    Memorial donations to the Ontario Heart Foundation or the charity of your choice gratefully acknowledged and may be made through the Ratz- Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, 745-9495.

    There will be no visitation at the funeral home.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 03 Oct 1983, Mon Page 43

    _____________

    Engagement

    Mr. and Mrs. Carl Forler. Guelph street, announce the engagement of their daughter. Mary Mildred, to Lieut Eric Willis, R.C.A.M.C. (active), son of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Willis, Seeley's Bay, the marriage to take place Feb. 24 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian church.

    Kitchener Daily Record 31 Jan 1941, Fri ·Page 10

    _____________

    Taken on Staff Mrs Eric Willis. widow of Major Eric Willin of this city, has been engaged as a technician in the laboratory at the K-W Hospital The appointment Was passed by members of the commission last night Mrs. Willis is graduate nurse who completed her training at the local hospital.

    Kitchener Daily Record 20 Nov 1945, Tue Page 15

    Mary — Dr. John Allan Ross. John was born 1914; died 20 Jan 1991, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Mary married Dr. Eric Albert Willis, Major 24 Feb 1941. Eric (son of Wellington Willis and Marion Cockrill) was born 10 Apr 1916, Seeley's Bay, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1945, Bedburg, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was buried , Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Nijmegen, , Gelderland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet]


  8. 18.  Margaret Wanda Kuntz Descendancy chart to this point (8.Ethel2, 1.William1) was born 1922; died 8 Jul 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Margaret Wanda Kress
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28446

    Notes:

    KRESS, Margaret Wanda (nee Kuntz) Peacefully, on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in her 90th year. Born in Bridgeport, Wanda was a life-long resident of Waterloo Region, living in Kitchener, Waterloo and most recently Elmira. The only child of Ethel (Freeborn) and Lincoln Kuntz who predeceased her. Predeceased by her husband William Spurgeon Kress (1977). Wanda is lovingly remembered by the Ross Girls: Karen Ross, Elmira; Janet Ross, Waterloo; Susan Beinarovics, Elmira, and their families. Also remembered by cousins and friends. Relatives and friends will be received at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., on Thursday from 10: 00 a.m. until the time of service in the chapel at 11: 00 a.m. with Reverend Mark Lewis of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church officiating. Refreshments and fellowship to follow in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre, private interment at Woodland Cemetery. Thank you to the many people who were involved in Wanda's care as she coped with her illness, including staff at St. Mary's Hospital, Grand River Hospital - Freeport, and Chateau Gardens Assisted Living Centre, Elmira. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church T.V. Ministry or The Lung Association would be greatly appreciated. Visit Wanda's memorial and share condolences online at www.ratzbechtelfuneralhome.com.


    Waterloo Region Record 8 Jul 2012

    Margaret — William Spurgeon Kress. William was born Abt 1920; died 1977; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]



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