Walter Sydney Sterling

1873 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Walter Sydney Sterling
  Born	8 Feb 1873	Bradford, West Gwillimbury Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  Occupation	1896	Petrolia, Enniskillen Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario   [2]
  	jockey
  Occupation	1911	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Labourer - foundry
  Residence	1911	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Military	1914	WW1   [4]
  	WW1, Private, 111th Battalion
  Military	1914	WW1   [3]
  	WW1, Service #730662
  Residence	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Residence	Bradford, West Gwillimbury Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario   [3]
  Residence	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-194921
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I194921	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth "Marnie" Mamie" Clegg,   b. Dec 1878, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 Jun 1896	Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Violet Laverna "Laverna" Stirling,   b. 1898, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1991  (Age 93 years)   2. Myrtle May Sterling,   b. 26 Dec 1900, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1983  (Age 82 years)   3. Nellie Winnifred Sterling,   b. 23 Jun 1903, West Oxford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Arthur Leslie Sterling,   b. 8 Sep 1904, Dereham Township, Oxford Co., Ontario ,   d. 13 Jun 1927, , Wayne Co. Michigan  (Age 22 years)   5. Aditha Sterling,   b. Apr 1906, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Alfred Burton Sterling,   b. Mar 1908, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1995, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F186706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  At the time of his marriage Walter was a jockey living in Petrolia. In 1901 Walter was a machine hand in Woodstock, earning $325 for 11 months work. Walter enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 22 March 1916 at Ayr when he was 43. He was a carpenter living in Ayr. He was 5 ft 2 inches tall, with dark complexion, blue eyes and greying black hair.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1282] Census - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - 1911, p 2. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 9665 (1896), Sterling-Riddle. Walter Sydney Sterling, 22, Jockey of Petrolia, b. Brantford, s/o George & Mary Sterling. married Mamie Riddle, 17, res. Princeton, b. Ingersoll, d/o Alfred & Mary Clegg 16 jun 1896 Woodstock [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Feb 1873 - Bradford, West Gwillimbury Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario Occupation - jockey - 1896 - Petrolia, Enniskillen Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario Married - 16 Jun 1896 - Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - foundry - 1911 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Bradford, West Gwillimbury Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario Residence - - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth