George Washington Post Every

1880 - 1933  (53 years)

• Name	George Washington Post Every
  Born	3 Mar 1880	Pickering Twp., York Co., Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1 - 116th Battalion
  Occupation	1911	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Electrician - Electrical plant
  Residence	1911	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Prebyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-194945
  Died	29 Oct 1933	Whitby, Whitby Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I194945	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

  George Washington Post Every Whitby Public Library

  
  

• Notes

  George Washington Post Every was born at Pickering Township on March 3, 1880 and started his career as an engineer in the J.L. Spink Flour Mill in Pickering Village. He learned to be an electrical engineer at Niagara Falls and Kitchener and worked for a Public Utilities commission in Ayr, Ontario. He came to Whitby about 1911 to join the Whitby Light and Water Commission. When the Whitby Public Utilities Commission was formed in 1915, Mr. Every became its superintendent and secretary. In the First World War Mr. Every was a recruiting officer and in 1916 he took the 116th Battalion to France. He was a high randing Mason in Ontario and wrote a history of Masonry in Whitby from 1825-1927. He died at Whitby on October 29, 1933 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa. Whitby Public Library

  
  

• Sources

  [S1282] Census - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - 1911, p 3.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Mar 1880 - Pickering Twp., York Co., Ontario Occupation - Electrician - Electrical plant - 1911 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Prebyterian - 1911 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Oct 1933 - Whitby, Whitby Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth