Jean Cowan Whyte

1910 - 1967  (57 years)

• Name	Jean Cowan Whyte
  Born	1910	Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Jean Cowan Sheldon
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-436647
  Died	9 May 1967	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I436647	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	William Dunster Sheldon,   b. 28 Apr 1906, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Mar 1973, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. Donald James Thornton "James" Sheldon,   b. 1945,   d. 1969  (Age 24 years)   2. David Harris Whyte Sheldon,   b. 1951,   d. 1981  (Age 30 years)   3. J. William "Bill" Sheldon   4. Catherine Sheldon   5. Juliet Sheldon
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F276769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. William D. Sheldon, 120 Cedar St., died Tuesday at South Waterloo Hospital, Galt. She was 56. Mrs. Sheldon was the former Jean Cowan Whyte and was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She has resided in Galt since 1935, coming from Vancouver. She was a member of Knox Presbytarian Church, past president of the Women's Auxiliary, past president of the Galt Home and School Association, and was member of the University Women's Club. She was also a member of the Alpha Omicron Phi Fraternity, member of the University of British Columbia women's world champion basketball team in 1930. She graduated from U.B.C. in 1931. Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, J. William of Montreal, D. James and David, both of Galt; one daughter, Mrs. J. R. N. (Catherine) Lazier of Halifax and Juliet of Toronto; her mother, Mrs. Catherine Whyte and one brother, Douglas Whyte, both of Vancouver, and one grandchild. The body is at Little's Funeral Home where a service will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Mount View Cemetery, Galt. Donations to the heart fund will be accepted as expressions of sympathy. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wed, May 10, 1967 Page 22

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . [A] Jean Cowan Whyte SHELDON/ 1910-1967/ William Dunster SHELDON/ 1906-1973/ Donald James Thornton SHELDON/ 1945-1969/ David Harris Whyte SHELDON/ 1951-1981/ [B] Florence E./ SHELDON/ October 27, 1974/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1910 - Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland Died - 9 May 1967 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth