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Agnes Isabell Moulton Webb, wife of Alfred Webb, 26 years old, died February 11, 1919.
A death registration for Agnes, found on Ancestry, indicates she died of influenza, so no doubt the Spanish Flu. Her marriage to Alfred in March 1915 provides her parents' names as Herbert Foster Moulton and Sarah Pattison
Mary Sophia Webb, wife of Calvin Thompson died in Hagersville, January 27, 1938
Her certificate of death was found on Ancestry showing she had a cerebral thrombosis causing death.
William Winter died in South Cayuga February 25, 1917, age 85
According to his death registration found on Ancestry William was born in England. He is recorded with the surname Winters. I will leave it to interested descendants to figure out the cause of death. It appears to say hypoplaste Puen which I believe has something to do with the heart.
John Wm. (William) West died in Dunnville April 16, 1917.
His death registration was found on Ancestry indicating he died of heart failure in the House of Refuge (poorhouse). He was a widower, born in Ancaster Township, age 82 (as per death registration) and was buried in Cayuga. No information was known of his parents' names.
Gordon Elwood Whaley accidentally killed September 9, 1935, age 37. Funeral in Seneca, interment Unity Church.
His death registration was found on Ancestry and has some horrific details of his death in an automobile accident in Brant, Onondaga.
A newspaper article about his accident was found in The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]11 Sep 1935: 3.
Henry Westley, age 77, died September 21, 1925 in Hamilton.
His death registration found on Ancestry provides more details. Henry, born in USA, was hit by a falling tree and died of a skull fracture.
Mary Ella Kelley, wife of James Whicher died in Seneca September 15, 1918, age 50
Her death registration, found on Ancestry , lists her cause of death as Systaminia. Her burial in Caledonia Cemetery
is on FindAGrave
In Dunnville August 24, 1913, Margaret Mary, infant daughter of Mrs. Walter Pharo late of Surrey England, age x months and 10 days. Interment Riverside Cemetery
Her death registration found on Ancestry indicates she died of Marasmus which is a form of malnutrition.
She was born in Welland on 14 June 1913 so was only 2 months old. Her parents according to Ancestry were Walter Pharo and Ann Hardy.
In the Dunnville Gazette July 16. 1897
At Moote Settlement on the 9th inst. Charles Wilson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mellick of Dunnville, age 3
Little Charles death registration was found on Ancestry but provides little detail other than his death was from Diptheria.
A funeral card exists with more information.
In Moulton Township February 23, 1911, James Moisley, 73. Funeral from home of Carl Van Keuren of Moulton. Interment Riverside Cemetery
In Canboro on April 17, 1906, Rebecca, relict of the late Elias Mellick, in her 78th year
Marriages of some of her children, found on Ancestry reveal her maiden name of Betts
Over the next few weeks I will feature a half of the items individually, along with some research into the family. I’ve done a bit already, enough to know that this Bible belonged to Charles and Ann (Higgins) Hayhow who married in 1863 in Ontario.
From the Dunnville Gazette, Fridat June 22, 1906:
Mary Jane Modeland, relict of the late Isaac Modeland, died in Dunnvile June 18, 1906 in her 74th year
Her death registration on Ancestry says she was born in Toronto Ontario and died of old age
There were two obits for Mrs. John Ryan. It's a sad reminder of how women were considered second-class citizens. She did not even get her own first name in her obituaries.
She died April 20, 1917, age 76 in Caledonia, Norfolk County
The death registration on Ancestry provides her name as Nancy and states she died of senility
A marriage took place in Norfolk County for Nancy Trimmer (daughter of Daniel and Jane) and John Ryan (parents John and Mary) on 3 April 1860
At Waterford on the 14th, William Perkins, age 100 years and 5 months. March 19, 1885
Find A Grave has his tombstone as:
Name: William Perkins Sr
Birth Date: 1784
Death Date: 1885
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Waterford, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
Children: William Perkins
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45160456/william-perkins
I did not find a death registration on Ancestry
At the Hamilton Hospital, Albert B. Ryan, age 46, died July 23, 1917. Buried Caledonia Cemetery
His Death registration shows he died of Obstruction of Bowel
Found on Ancestry in the 1911 Census for Caledonia, Haldimand County with his wife and family.
Albert B Ryan 40, head
Anna Bell Ryan 34, wife
Willie Ryan 14, son
Beatrice Ryan 11, daughter
Eliza Harris 59, mother
Another Haldimand County obituary is for Mary Martha Putman, wife of Samuel Putman, age 68. She died in Moulton Township on May 7, 1922 and was buried in Zion Cemetery.
Her death registration, found on Ancestry shows cause of death as Brights Disease
According to marriage records found on Ancestry, Samuel Putman married Mary Martha Cosby in Pelham Township 16 October 1873
This obituary is for Mrs. Martha A. Wlaton, 76, who died May 27, 1928 in North Cayuga.
I checked on Ancestry and found she died of bronchial pneumonia and her maiden name was McClung
Martha Anne McClung was married to Cuthbert Walton per the marriages of several of their children.
