Phoebe Wright

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199012016
• Name: Phoebe Tales
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47696

Phoebe — James Tales. James (son of Matthew Tales and Mary) was born 1869, Thurlby, , Lincolnshire, England; died 4 May 1956, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Tales' Shoe Repair
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196264404
• Honoured: received the Military Medal for "conspicuous gallantry" at the battle of Passchendaele on November 10, 1917
• Interesting: military, business
• Military: WW1 - 18th Battalion & 111th Battalion
• Name: Bill Tales
• Residence: , England
• Residence: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47704
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 111th Battalion
• Occupation: 1915, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

WILLIAM "BILL" TALES, M. M. 1893-1980

Married: Dorothy Barber

William Tales was born in Leeds, England on April 5, 1893 and came to Canada in 1913. He settled first in New Hamburg with his family and came to Galt in 1919. Mr. Tales served with both the 18th Battalion and the 111th Battalion during the First World War. He was a veteran of the Canadian victory at Vimy Ridge and received the Military Medal for "conspicuous gallantry" at the battle of Passchendaele on November 10, 1917. Following the war, he established Tales' Shoe Repair which he operated for forty-six years. Known to many as "Mr. Legion", Mr. Tales was a charter member and past president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Galt Branch 121. He was also the Royal Canadian Legion zone commander and was a life member of the sergeant's mess, Highland Fusiliers of Canada. Mr. Tales died on January 10, 1980 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery.

Sources:
1. Gerald Wright, "Battle flags in church date to 1868", Kitchener-Waterloo Record Saturday August 14, 1971.
2. Obituary Cambridge Daily Reporter Friday January 11, 1980.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

William married Florence "Florrie" Bee 21 Jun 1919, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Florence (daughter of Albert Bee and Emma Coleman) was born 1892, Of, Paris, Brant Co., Ontario; died 1972; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elsie Smith
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-424425

Elsie — Frederick E. Smith. Frederick (son of John Smith and Christina Johnson, son of John Bethny Smith and Christine Johnson) was born 2 Apr 1880, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1966, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Annie Dicken
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47702
• Occupation: 1920, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoefitter

Annie married William Dicken 24 Apr 1920, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of William Dicken and Alice Townsend) was born 1898, , Staffordshire, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-100675

James — Isabelle Lillian Taverner. Isabelle was born 1923, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Nov 2006, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mildmay United Cemetery, Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Military: WW2
• Misfortune: killed in WW2
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-100678

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• Name: Florence Grace Byatt
• Name: Florence Grace Thornton
• Name: Florence Grace Thorton
• Occupation: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Employee - Babcock & Wilcox
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-225205

Notes:

BYATT, Florence Grace (nee Tales)

Grace Byatt (nee Tales), predeceased by husbands Gord Byatt (2007) and Reginald Thornton (1981). Born in Galt on July 5, 1925. Graduated Galt Collegiate. Worked at Babcock Wilcox. Married Reginald in 1947. He re-enlisted and they spent the next 25 years transferring from base to base, following his military career. After his retirement settled in Galt, in 1971. Grace worked for Babcock & Wilcox, until retiring in 1990. She was a life member of the RCL Ladies Auxiliary Br. 121 (45 years) and a Branch Member (36 years). Survived by children, Larry (Nancy Lehmann) Thornton, Linda Miles, Betty (Bill) Laidlaw and Bonnie (Earl) MacDonald, grandchildren (11), great-grandchildren (16), great-great-grandchildren (3). Predeceased by her parents, William and Florrie Tales, brothers James Tales and Lawrence Tales, one granddaughter, Tracy MacDonald and great-granddaughter, Abigail Boland, sons-in-law Ernest Harth and John Miles, daughter-in-law, Darlene Thornton, granddaughter-in-law, Lorraine. Resting at Corbett Funeral Home, 95 Dundas St. N., Cambridge, where the family will receive friends on Thursday, January 25, 2018, from 5-8 p.m. Legion Service to take place in the Funeral Home Chapel, on Thursday, at 6 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel of Corbett Funeral Home, 95 Dundas St. N., Cambridge, on Friday, January 26, 2018, at 1 p.m., with visitation beginning one-hour prior. Interment to follow at Mount View Cemetery.

Cambridge Times 24 Jan 2018

Florence — Reginald Terry Thornton. Reginald (son of Alfred Thomas Thornton and Lucy Mary Winifred Terry) was born 7 Feb 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 1981; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Florence married Reginald Thorton 1947. Reginald died 1981. [Group Sheet]

Florence — Gordon Byatt. Gordon died 2007. [Group Sheet]