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Born I
Decï¿½
3rd 1935.
Died Aug.
at-142 Main St., Ci t y N.F. South.
79 years 8
months 7 days.
Was burled in lot 400 on th Nort h Sidde
of heï¿½ late husband at 2:40.
All men attended.
Walked
Up.
Just the herse. A fine afternoon.
Grate e x sitem e n t
ovï¿½ï¿½ the warï¿½
Bo ys all going.
Rev. Hockey 6fficiated.
Undertaker'
- Geo.
Morse.
Opening
grave $5.t)O paid.
Whitï¿½ ï¿½.. C 1 imenhage,
Sei-:
tons.
Ru-f
Â·f
Bai-:
tâ€¢tas to 1 i te. ll;td
to ta kï¿½ it up.

10th

r'Jiï¿½-ridï¿½

1914

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Aug.

20th Fredrick

Potter, age 2 yï¿½ars, 2 months, 6 days.Â·
Colitis &amp; entervitis.
Aug. 18th 1914.
Born
June
12,
912,
N.F.,
Ont.
Parents
Religion
Methodist.
Residence 498 Victoria Ave.
Was buried in
lot 268 Old Part S_outh East End of Cemetery.
A nic:e
funeral.
Snotlfing all day.
Too muc:h rain.
Cemetery
looking fine.
Grass green again.
A grate lot of flowers
gi v e n by friends. Was fetc:he d in a flotâ€¢1er lâ€¢1aggon by John
Robins.
taJar on in Europe.
Tearable.
Our boys just
going
dotâ€¢m
to
lo1â€¢1er
Provinc:e
25000
Col.
Sam.
Huse
Command.
Rev.
Hoc:key officiated.
Undertaker - Geo.
Morse.
Asst. B.
Heatherington.
Opening grave $2.00
paid.
Samuel White, Sexton.
Our falag on pole near wore
out.
Mr. &amp; Mrs. Marshall Hear that go flag from Toronto.
Cause

Sept

-

12th

(

Thomas

of death

Ray

-

age
19 years
13 days.
Farmer
Stamford Township.
Cause of Death - Spas m on Sept 7th
1914.
Was a stronge young man.
Was thrashing grain the
day before his death and went to bed.
In mdrning was
found dead.
He was buried in there Lot 70 on Hill.
Was

Chester

a
son
of
Beautift.tll

Nilson,

netâ€¢â€¢ton
Wilson.
A
large
flowers.
Buried at 3:45.

The Rev. Mr.

Bonner,

the gra v e was fine.
-

Blake

Baptist, officiated.
Undertaker

Heatherington.

Cleï¿½enhage

ï¿½ S.

lot
turned
out.
A fine afternoon.

-

Opening

White Sextons.

His remarks at

Morse.

Geo.
grave

$5.00

Cave in.

Assist ent
A.

paid.

Sept.;ï¿½t5ttf''""Ed14af'd Â·etaiï¿½ï¿½Fot'syÂ·tfie, age 23 years
11 months &amp; 30
days.
ï¿½asket ï¿½aker.
Belonged to the Solgiers.
Was out
Â·at the Montrose Yards and got on to one of the freight

-

trains Â·in the evening to get a ride and fell off and was
cut
rite - into across the stomack.
Just barely held

together.
Was a sad thing.
His home was in Beamsville.
had one brother w ho came to the funeral.
He was b orn in
Hamilton,

1914.
They had
by English
Church Minister and they marched up to the cemetery and
they
had service t h ere.
The Firing
Partey fired 3
Then
tla10
volleys fÂ·rom the north si d e of the grave.
a

Ont.

Was

killed

funeral

millitary

on

service

Sept

at

11th

Mr.

Horses

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buglars
the head
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Grave
hard

(

blew

3:30
yard
in

Was very

the taps.

of George Whalley Head
1â€¢1hen

blotâ€¢ling

look

north.of

fine

Taps.

lâ€¢lith

Verdun.

netâ€¢â€¢

nice.

He was buried

Stone Oldd part.

A

beautifull

flag

D r i v i ng

on

pole.

the Germans

at

It was

afternoon.
Fighting

back

with

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