Dr. Walter Samuel Foote

1892 - 1970  (77 years)

• Name	Walter Samuel Foote
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	24 Oct 1892	Zephyr, Durham Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  Name	W. S. Foote
  Residence	1939	New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-336322
  Died	14 Mar 1970	Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Paris Cemetery, Paris, Brant Co., Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I336322	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Estelle "Estelle" Neff,   b. 19 Oct 1891, Humberstone, Humberstone Twp., Welland Co., Ontario ,   d. 1 Nov 1987, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)
  Children	1. Howard Grant Foote,   b. 5 Dec 1927, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 2011, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F233469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Dr. Walter S. Foote "Foote, Dr. Walter S. - RP0370". 2022. Images.Ourontario.Ca. https://images.ourontario.ca/rosseau/details.asp?ID=2306151.

  
  

• Notes

  A treasure of the same variety was a pewter communion cup brought to Canada. from a Presbyterian Church in Scotland more than 100 years ago . This was owned by Mrs. W . S . Foote . who also displayed an exquisite silk shawl as well as carved figures made of wood collected by her husband. Dr. Foote while serving in India during World War 1. South Waterloo District Women's Institute and its 15 Branches 1903-1953 ____________ Mervyn Bowman, 59, Fatally Injured in Bethel Corner Crash on Tuesday. FUNERAL ON FRIDAY NEW DUNDEE.-An inquest will be held at New Dundee, November 29, into the death at St. Mary's Hospital, here, Tuesday, of Mervyn Bowman, 59-year-old New Hamburg farmer, Chief County Coroner Dr. Ward Woolner said today. Bowman was fatally injured shortly before noon, Tuesday, at Bethel Corners, near New Dundee, when his car collided with a truck, allegedly driven by Alvin Egerdee, R.R. 2 Petersburg. Rushed to hospital by ambulance, he died three hours later. According to the coroner, Bowman's chest was crushed and he suffered a fractured skull and fractured ribs. Despite the fact the car was almost completely demolished Mrs. Bowman, wife of the victim, and his four-year-old grandson, Larry Schmidt of New Dundee, suffered only slight abrasions. According to police, Bowman was driving west and Egerdee south towards New Dundee when the accident occurred. Egerdee told police the front of Bowman's collided with the side of his truck. Both left the road and broke off "several" telephone poles and fence posts before coming to rest, police said. Dr. W. S. Foote, New Dundee, who attended the injured at the scene of the accident said Egerdee was not injured. Born at Port Elgin, Mr. Bowman was a son of Mrs. C. W. Backus, New Dundee, and the late Noah Bowman, New Dundee. He had lived most of his life in New Dundee district. Deceased was secretary-treasurer of Pine Hill public school for twenty-five years and a member of the finance board of New Dundee United Brethren church, of which he was a valued member. Besides his widow, he is survived by his mother, two daughters, Mrs. Jack Schmidt, New Dundee, and Mrs. Walter Schmidt, Kitchener. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. from the residence to New Dundee United Brethren church for service. Nov 1939

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162475656/walter-s-foote.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Oct 1892 - Zephyr, Durham Co., Ontario Residence - 1939 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth