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Robert Nelson "Nelson" Hammersley

Male 1882 - 1959  (77 years)


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  1. 1.  Robert Nelson "Nelson" Hammersley was born 30 Mar 1882, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 Oct 1959, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Nelson Hammersley
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83717
    • Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist Apprentice
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver, Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1935, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1959, 27 Alexander Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    HAMMERSLEY, ROBERT NELSON

    At his residence, 27 Alexander Ave. in Galt, on Sunday, October 18, 1959, in his 78th year. Father of Thelma (Mrs. Harry Kelly) of Guelph; Jean (Mrs. Gordon Evans) of Galt; and Brooks Hammersley of Galt. Also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jack Eltherington of Leamington and Mrs. J. B. Hunsperger of Vancouver. A resident of Galt for close to fifty years, he was born in Puslinch. He moved to Hespeler in his early teens, where he worked for a number of years, before locating in Galt. Employed by the textile firm of Staufer and Dobbie prior to his retirement five years ago, he had been foreman and in later years a loom fixer. He was a member of the 25 year club. He married Maud Brooks in Hespeler about fifty-five years ago. She predeceased him in June of this year. An ardent baseball and hockey fan, he played ball in his earlier years in Hespeler. Mr. Hammersley was an adherent of Wesley United Church in Galt. Funeral service at Little's Funeral Home, 39 Grant Ave. N. in Galt on Wed., Oct. 21 at 2. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery.

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

    Robert married Maud T. Brooks 14 Jun 1905, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Maud was born 1880, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario; died 1959, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Thelma Hammersley  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jan 1906, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Robert Brooks "Brooks" Hammersley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Oct 1915, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1975; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Eleanor Jean "Jean" Hammersley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Jul 1921; died 18 Mar 1975; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thelma Hammersley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born Jan 1906, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-211735
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian


  2. 3.  Robert Brooks "Brooks" Hammersley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 7 Oct 1915, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1975; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Brooks Hammersley
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-348425
    • Residence: 1959, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada


  3. 4.  Eleanor Jean "Jean" Hammersley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 19 Jul 1921; died 18 Mar 1975; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Eleanor Jean "Jean" Evans
    • Name: Jean Hammersley
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-431460
    • Residence: 1959, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Eleanor — Gordon Wilbert Evans. Gordon was born 26 Feb 1919, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jan 1987, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Jan 1987, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 5. Richard Evans  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 6. Megan Evans  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Richard Evans Descendancy chart to this point (4.Eleanor2, 1.Robert1)

  2. 6.  Megan Evans Descendancy chart to this point (4.Eleanor2, 1.Robert1)

    Megan — George Molotkow. [Group Sheet]



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