Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

William James Brown

Male 1874 - 1948  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William James Brown was born 14 Dec 1874, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2 Sep 1948, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-66485
    • Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woolen Mill Worker
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1900, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist

    Notes:

    BROWN, WILLIAM J.

    Suddenly, at his residence on River Road, Hespeler, on Tuesday, September 2, 1948, in his 74th year. Husband of Maud Elizabeth McCreary. Mr. Brown was born in Puslinch. He was a member of St. James' Anglican Church. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Robert of BC; Lewis of San Francisco; and one sister, Mrs. James Hunter of Hespeler. Service at the Stager-Russ Funeral Home, Hespeler on Sat. , Sept. 4 at 2. Rev. L. V. Pocock , pastor of St. James' Anglican Church officiated. Pallbearers: Alex Jardine, Harold Jardine, Clifford Orton, Gordon Klager, Norman McCreary and Bert Brown of Toronto. Interment Hespeler Cemetery

    -Information from the birth certificate: B. Dec. 14, 1874, son of Michael Brown and Hannah Parks. BROWNLEE, EDGAR ALLEN

    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    William married Evelena Maud Johnston 12 Sep 1900, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Evelena (daughter of Alexander Johnston and Mary Strickland) was born 14 May 1875, Garden Hill, Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1926; was buried , Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, , British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert Alfred Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Jun 1902, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Dec 1963, Vernon, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Oyama Cemetery, Oyama, , British Columbia, Canada.

    William — Maud Elizabeth McCreary. Maud (daughter of Francis "Frank" McCreary and Marie Louise Wagler) was born 11 Jul 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1951; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Alfred Brown Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 14 Jun 1902, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Dec 1963, Vernon, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Oyama Cemetery, Oyama, , British Columbia, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-141392