Margaret Ann Fenn

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• Name: Margaret Ann Parker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90228
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Margaret married Thomas J. Parker 20 Jan 1891, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Thomas (son of George Bell Parker and Jane Elizabeth Hurst) was born 3 Dec 1868, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Gertrude Panabaker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90229
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailoress, Tailor Shop
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1974, 198 Maple St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

PANABAKER, Mary Gertrude

At the Freeport Hospital, on Thursday evening, Oct. 10, 1974, Mary Gertrude Parker Panabaker, of 198 Maple St., (Hespeler) Cambridge, in her 83rd year, beloved wife of David; dear sister of Thomas W. of Brantford, Elmer F. of London and Mrs. Loretta Renwick of Preston Cambridge. Resting at the Nelson Funeral Home, 1766 Franklin Blvd., (Hespeler) Cambridge, from Saturday afternoon. Funeral service Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m., interment Preston cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 11 Oct 1974 pg 31

Mary married David William Panabaker 2 Aug 1916, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. David (son of Levi Wanner Panabaker and Veronica Holm) was born 14 Dec 1891, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1979, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: military, story, misfortune
• Military: WW1
• Name: John William Parker
• Residence: Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-352344
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #730723
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Signaller, 111th South Waterloo Battalion / 10th Battalion / B.E.F.
• Misfortune: 1917; Killed in WW1
• Website: 2009; Photograph

Notes:

Poet soldier foresaw his death at battle that was 'worse than Vimy'

.....The first day of fighting at Hill 70 was the last day for William Parker , 21, a bookkeeper and championship hockey player from Preston.

Parker crouched in a dark trench before 4 a.m. with his comrades. Silently, they waited for a whistle to tell them to go over the top, to attack the enemy near German-occupied Lens, in northeastern France.

Hill 70 was a treeless expanse that dominates Lens, commanding the view of the plain beyond. It was a tactical advantage to hold it near the busiest coal mining area of France.

Whistles broke the silence at 4: 25 a.m. as dawn was breaking. Parker and his comrades climbed out of the trenches, heading across no man's land while Canadian bombs fell just 70 metres ahead of them. The barrage kept the enemy pinned underground for as long as possible. Canada also fired drums of burning oil to create a smokescreen to shield advancing troops.

Parker laid communication wires while the battle raged around him. He stayed in place through two German counterattacks and returned to headquarters for more materials. At 4 p.m., while he was conversing with officers, a burst of shrapnel hit him in the stomach and neck.....

Outhit, J. (2017). Poet soldier foresaw his death at battle that was 'worse than Vimy' | TheRecord.com. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7502417-poet-soldier-foresaw-his-death-at-battle-that-was-worse-than-vimy-/

Website:
Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection

Description: Black and white, studio photograph inside a photo cover, of William John Parker, in uniform.

Notes: William John Parker was educated at Preston and Galt Collegiate Institutes. He served as a signaller during the war. He enlisted with the South Waterloo 111th Battalion and later transferred to the 10th Battalion of the British Expeditionary Force. He was killed at Hill 70 on 15 August 1917.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90231
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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Miss Bessie Parker

The death occured this morning of Miss Bessie Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomos Parker, Duke street, after a prolonged illness. The late Miss Parker, made many warm friends in Preston and sympathy is felt for the stricken parents, brothers and sisters. Besides her parents, her death is mourned by two sisters, Mrs. Dave Panabaker, of Hespeler and Mrs. Dr. Renwick, of Preston, also two brothers Elmer and Wilbur, both of Toronto.

Kitchener Daily Record 6 Sep 1927 pg 3

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• Name: Loretta Bell Renwick
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90232
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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RENWICK, Mrs. Loretta Bell Parker

Loved wife of the late Dr. W. H. Renwick; dear mother of Peggy (Mrs. N. R. Brethour); dear grandmother of Andrew, Cathy, Molly, Elizabeth, Thomas and Patsy; dear sister of W. T. Parker of Brantford, E. F. Parker of London and the late Mrs. D. W. Panabaker of Hespeler. Service at 2: 30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, Preston. The family will receive friends, Friday afternoon, from 2-4 o'clock.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 16 Jan 1975 pg 39

Loretta married Major Dr. Walter Howard "Howard" Renwick 25 Jun 1924, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Walter (son of Walter Renwick and Margaret M. "Maggie" Kribs) was born 27 Aug 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1965; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-352345
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1974, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-352346
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1974, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada

Peggy — N. R. Brethour. [Group Sheet]