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

Edward Cecil Coxson

Male 1885 - 1959  (74 years)


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  • Name Edward Cecil Coxson 
    Born 9 Mar 1885  Plattsville, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257639117 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-490738 
    Died 3 Oct 1959  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I490738  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Father John Coxson,   b. 1851, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1907, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Caroline Sauer,   b. 16 Nov 1858, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1954  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 8 Jan 1879  Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F300825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cora Nellie "Nellie" Kriesel,   b. 19 Mar 1886, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1968, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Douglas Edward Coxson,   b. 8 Jan 1916, Plattsville, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1995, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F300826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • GALT - A well known athlete in his younger days, Edward Cecil Coxson, 74, of Galt, died Saturday in Hamilton General Hospital. Born in Plattsville, he lived there all his life until the past year when he moved Galt. He was an outstanding athlete and starred in football and baseball. He was a former pitcher for the Stratford Nationals and played for Paris in the senior inter-county league.

      Surviving are his wife, the former Nellie Kriesel; a son, Douglas and three grandsons.

      The body is Little's Funeral| Home, 39 Grand Ave., Galt, the funeral will be where conducted Tuesday at 2 Paul's p.m. Rev. Theodore Iseler of St. Lutheran: Church will Union officiate. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, New Dundee.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Mon, Oct 5, 1959 Page 7

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Oct 1959 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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