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Source : The Bradford Witness and South Simcoe News
Volume Date : Wednesday, December 28, 1949
Volume : Vol. 84, No. 52
Page : 1, 3
Microfilm : Reel #77
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Event Date : Saturday, December 24, 1949
Event Type : Death
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Community : Bradford
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Description : Suddenly at home, in his 82nd year. Service at the Funeral Parlours of T. Kilkenny & Son, Bradford, on December 26 at 4 p.m. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Came to Beeton from Wales in 1912. Later worked on farms in the Scotch Settlement. Too old to join the army in World War I, he lied about his age and served with the 76th Battalion. Wounded in action. Worked for the late Mr. R.F. Green and cared for him for several years following Mrs. Green's death. Friend of Mr. G.G. Green, he was cared for by Mrs. Green until he became senile, upon which he moved to a shack near the Marsh. Buried in the Green family plot in a spot reserved for him by Mr. G.G. Green. Funeral grom the T. Kilkenny & Son Funeral Home December 27. Service conducted by Rev. F.G. MacTavish.