Roy Sylvester "Sylvester" Bean

1884 - 1939  (55 years)

• Name	Roy Sylvester "Sylvester" Bean
  Born	30 Jul 1884	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Sylvester Bean
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Printer
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Publisher, Printry Office
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Died	10 Aug 1939	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1945	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-42354
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I42354	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Mayor David S. Bean,   b. 29 Dec 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1921, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Fry,   b. 9 Nov 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Aug 1909, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	15 Apr 1869	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F11005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Jane "Maggie" McDougall,   b. 26 Jul 1885, Gadshill, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 1959  (Age 73 years)
  Married	5 Feb 1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Roy McDougal Bean,   b. 19 Dec 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1991  (Age 79 years)   2. Captain William McDougal Bean,   b. 12 Apr 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1945, , France  (Age 30 years)   3. David Bean,   b. 7 Apr 1916   4. Edward Bean,   b. 5 Jan 1918   5. Donald Bean,   b. 17 Apr 1920, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Dec 1920  (Age 0 years)   6. John Bean,   b. 10 May 1922
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F186389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Roy S. Bean Editor and Publisher of the Waterloo Chronicle The community of Waterloo and the county was deeply shocked by the sudden passing of one of its most prominent citizens in the person of Roy Sylvester Bean, the genial and very popular proprietor of The Waterloo Chronicle. Mr. Bean came to his office after dinner to prepare his work for this issue. He disappeared for moment from his desk, and when his presence was urgently needed, he was found in the wash-room, but his work was done. He evidently bad a sudden seizure of the heart and passed away before anyone knew of his distress. Roy Bean, as he was commonly known by his host of friends and business associates, was born in 1884 in Elmira, moving with his parents to Waterloo at a later date. He was educated in the public schools in Waterloo and Woodstock College. Later he entered business with his father. In 1922, he and his brother Clive took over the Chronicle paper and press from his father. Mr. Clive Bean retired from the partnership a few years later. Mr. Bean was a man who was deeply interested in the welfare of the town of Waterloo and his native county. While he never sought public office, he was always pushing foreword strong men for public position and then supporting them loyally In their term of office. Among Iris business associates he was al.: ways looked up to as a man of sterling integrity and honor. His intimate friends looked upon him as a most congenial companion. In his private life the one thing that deeply characterized his life was his chummy relationship with his five boys. Among the publishers of weekly newspapers, Roy Bean was widely and favorably known. He has carried on his own paper with great credit to himself and of profit to the community which his valuable paper served. He was an active member of First United Church, a member of the Session and Official Board, Treasurer of the Benevolent Fund, and was always ready to serve the interest of his church in every way. He was a member of the Waterloo Lodge A.F. & A.M. His favourite recreation was golf. In 1911 he married Margaret McDougall, who survives him. He is survived by five sons, Roy M. and William M., associated with the father in The Chronicle Press, David M. interne at the K.W. Hospital, Edward in the Royal Bank, Kitchener, and John, attending the local Collegiate; two brothers, D. Alex. of Kitchener, and Clive of Toronto; and three sisters, Miss Anna R., musical director of First United Church, Miss Emma, of Kitchener, and Mrs. David Musselman, Lockwood, Sask. Funeral arrangements are not complete at the time of going to press, but will be announced later. The sympathy of the entire com• munity goes out to Mrs. Bean and the family in their sudden and sore bereavement. Waterloo Chronicle 11 Aug 1939 pg 3 __________________ Host of Friend Pay Last Respects To Roy S. Bean, Publisher, The Chronicle Funeral on Monday One of Largest Ever Held in Waterlo. - Editor Died Suddenly in 56th Year. IMPRESSIVE SERVICE Evidence of the high regress in which he was held in the community and the province was shown in the fine tribute paid by a host of friends at the last, rites on Monday far the late Roy Sylvester Bean, editor and owner of The Waterloo Chronicle. Mr. Bean died suddenly in his plant on Thursday from a heart attack while completing his final sheets of copy for last Thursday's newspaper. The funeral, one of the ever held in Waterloo, was held from his late residence, Albert St. The service was conducted by the Rev. E. Val. Tilton, minister of First United Church, assisted by Rev. Finlay Matheson, a former pastor, now retired and living in Kingston, Ont. The Rev. Matheson gave the main address in which he drew analogies between the life of Moses and Enoch to that of the departed. "As Enoch walked with God and God took him unto himself, so our departed friend had been walking with God in his active life in the Christian church and now suddenly God had called him home and he thought of him now as walking on with. God," he said. The speaker paid a very warm tribute to the personal character of Mr. Bean. When he began his ministry in Waterloo their relationship was simply that of minister and parishioner but in the course of his ministry that relationship had ripened into a very warm friendship, the memory of which he will always cherish. The Rev. Tilton began his address by saying: "We had all been so stunned by the sudden passing of our friend and loved one that it was difficult to adjust one's thinking to form a true appraisal of his life and character. It is a tragic reminder that we should all set our own houses in order for such a time as we know not of. " These sudden deaths which are becoming altogether too common are bringing home to us all in a dramatic way the necessity for making our social and economic order more christian. The human frame is altogether too frail to stand the strain of this highly competitive order. It is altogether too costly in human resources. Speaking of Mr. Bean, Mr. Tilton said: "There are some men who, like small stores, carry all their goods on display in their front windows, but it was not so with the, departed. He was a man of quiet reserve. While he was always deeply interested in the welfare of the community, he himself never sought public office. He sought rather to choose the strong man for the office and then to stand loyally behind him and support him in his work. "Honesty, integrity and thrift were his dominant qualities, and these are the qualities that every community is greatly in need of at the present time. These are the qualities that he leaves as his richest inheritance to you, his boys. His sudden passing made it impossible for him to say to you what he would like to have said. May I be permitted to say to you now, what I feel he would like to say to you now, what I feel he would like to have said. First all allhe would say "carry on". "There are some who will tell you there are short cuts to success. They will clothe these short cuts with much glamour. The true success of life are only about one per cent genius and ninety-nine per cent. hard work. I have tried to build our business around the three principles - honesty, industry and thrift. I leave to you this tradition that has been sacred to me." Mr. Tilton concluded by saying: "You boys were his joy and his pride. Your father sought to make you his chums and to those who knew him intimately this was his marked characteristic. Therefore the most enduring monument you can build to his memory is to carry on these enriching traditions. "Mr. Bean loved his church and served it loyally. As treasurer of the Benevolent Fund he was always deeply interested in the welfare of the needy. He always felt that the meeting of need by the handing out of some charity to meet an immediate necessity was not sufficient, but there should be some change in the whole system as would insure a decent living for all," said Mr Tilton. The deceased was the youngest son of the late David Bean and Mary Ann Fry. All members of his family were present, including. Alexander Bean, Miss Anna Bean and Miss Emma Bean of Kitchener, Mrs. David B. Musselman (Blanche) of Lockwood, Sask., and Mr. Clive S. Bean of Toronto. The pallbearers were Walter A. Bean, Wilfrid W. Bean and C., Aubrey Bean of Kitchener, Ellsworth Bean of New Hamburg, and W. G. Cressman of Waterloo, all nephews of the deceased, J. Maurice Scott of London, R. G. Anglin of Toronto and Harold Wilson of Waterloo. Among those from out of town who paid their respects to the deceased were Mr. Taylor Wettlaufer of Buffalo, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blackwell of London; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hahn, Miss Catherine Hahn and Mr. J. M. Scott of London; Mr. and Mrs. M. Facey, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bean and Mr. Ellsworth Bean of New Hamburg; Mr. M. A. Schmidt of Wellesley; Mr. Clarence Charters, managing director of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association., and Mr. Sam Charters of Brampton; Mayor William G. Taylor of Guelph; E. W. Hudson of Guelph; R. G. Anglin of Toronto; Row. J. B. Dengis of New Hamburg; Mr. Gilbert Bergey of New Dundee; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Fry of Galt; Mr., and Mrs. D. Cunningham of Toronto; . C. F. Laurie of Ottawa, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Bean and family of London; A. M. Thaler of Toronto; Mrs. A. S. Raymond of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Raymond of Ottawa; Mr. and Mrs. G.H. A. Wade of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bean of New Dundee; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Johansen and Miss Edith Bean of Mannheim. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bean of New Hamburg; Mr. Jos. Rounds, Mrs. Chris. Fry and Mr. Roland Fry of Drumbo; Mrs. J. L W. Trudgeon of Toronto: Rev. and Mrs. Finlay Matheson of Kingston; Mrs. David B. Musselman of Lockwood, Sask.; Mrs. J. L Wettlaufer and family of Toronto; Mrs. C. E, Wettlaufer of Buffalo; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ratz of Tavistock, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Koch and son of London; Miss Mary Galbraith of Parkhill; Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Zick and daughter, Miss Donnie, of Buffalo; Mr. and Mrs. J. Coghill of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ratz of Tavistock; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilson of Weston; Mrs. C. Ratz of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Thaler, Mr. and Mrs. Turn Cass and Mr. W. Roth of Toronto; Mr. Peter F. Schummer, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Schummer, Miss Anna Schummer and Mr. Jos. Schummer of St. Clements; Mr. Fred W. Halls, Jr., and Mr. William Howell of London; Miss Jennie M. Lee of Brantford; Mr. Ed. Leahy of Guelph; Mr. Noah Stroh of Conestogo; E. I. McLoughry of Galt; Miss Mary Rankin of Buffalo. Waterloo Chronicle 11 Aug 1939 pg. 1 & 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-3 Page 2. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Roy Sylvester Bean Born: 30 Jul 1884 County: Waterloo Father: David Bean Mother: Mary Ann Fry [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 43 Pg. 8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113152355/emma-louise-bean. [S1886] Military - Canada - Second World War Service Files Canadian Armed Forces War Dead. Bean, William McDougal 30 years Birthdate: 1915 Died: 1945 Mar 5 Rank: Captain Unit: North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C. Force: Army Service Number: Additional Details son of Roy S. & Margaret McDougal Bean of Waterloo, Ontario - wife Marjorie Raymond Bean of Waterloo, Ontario [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 261. [S58] Vit - ON, Oxford - Oxford County Marriage Register 1858-1869. David Bean Birth Place: Wilmot RESIDENCE: Blenheim Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Father Name: John Mother Name: Ann Tharich Spouse Name: Marianne Fry Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Spouse Birth Place: Waterloo Spouse Residence: Blenheim Spouse Father Name: Christian Spouse Mother Name: Regina Croft Marriage Date: 15 Apr 1869 Marriage County: Oxford

  
  

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  Born - 30 Jul 1884 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Printer - 1901 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Publisher, Printry Office - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Feb 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Aug 1939 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1945 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth