John Burton: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

John Burton was born CALC 6 Aug 1857, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1938, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Mar 1938, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58880
Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

John married Ida Rosanna Fischer 20 Feb 1894, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ida (daughter of Enoch Fischer and Catherine Steen) was born Oct 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Mar 1965, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Leonard Earl Burton was born 24 Sep 1898, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada; died 29 May 1964, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Eva Viola "Viola" Burton was born Jan 1904, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

Leonard Earl Burton

(1.John¹) was born 24 Sep 1898, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada; died 29 May 1964, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 093, Waterloo County, Ontario
Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 093, Waterloo County, Ontario
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-386652
Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
Elected Office: 1952, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor, Deputy Reeve, Reeve, Warden

Notes:

Died (aged 65) in a car accident the evening of May 29, 1964, on Highway 24 three miles north of Hespeler, while returning from a road inspection. The driver of the other car involved in the head-on collision was charged, and one witness said that she believed that the five men in the car had been drinking. Mr Burton was a century farm owner and township school trustee. He was active in the co-op and Credit Union movement, and was a past president of Breslau Credit Union. As councillor, he held every committee chairmanship, and chaired township's road committee at time of death. Active in Co-op and Credit Union movement and president of Breslau Credit Union. "One of the chief supporters of the new administration building...and one of the original township officials supporting area planning"

Excerpted from the Galt Evening Reporter 30 May 1964

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Recalled by Roy Prange of Breslau for his remarkable water divining skills in times when wells were dug rather than drilled.

Elected Office:
Municipality : Waterloo Tp Years on local council Councillor 1952-53, 1956-57, 1964; Deputy Reeve 1954, 1958; Reeve 1959-1963. As councillor he had held every committee chairmanship, and was chairman of the township's road committee (and was on fencing and road widening business) at the time of his death.
Years on Waterloo County Council 1954 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

Leonard married Dorothy Pearl Atkinson 22 Jun 1927, Richmond Hill, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada. Dorothy was born 11 Jun 1908, New Westminster, British Columbia; died 1998; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Eva Viola "Viola" Burton

(1.John¹) was born Jan 1904, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Name: Eva Viola "Viola" Reeve
Name: Viola Burton
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204821
Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
Residence: 1965, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada

Eva married Harold Robert Reeve 25 Aug 1926, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Harold (son of Charles Robert Reeve and Harriet Annie "Hattie" Daniels) was born Feb 1898, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]