| 1. | William John Wilson was born on 5 May 1860 in Manotick, North Gower Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Oct 1936 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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Died:
1936, Wednesday November 4, The Carleton Place Herald front page
The Late W.J. Wilson
The death occurred on Friday last, of Wm J. Wilson, who for over half a century had been a resident of Carleton Place, at his home on Grant Street. Deceased was a son of Warren Wilson, of Manotick, and was born there, May 5, 1860. He was educated in the district schools and came to Carleton Place in 1883, entering the services of the C.P.R. and was yardmaster here for some years. Besides his widow, he is survived by three sons and two daughters, W.C. and P.R. Wilson, of Carleton Place; R.H., of London, Ont; and Mrs Lorne Griffith and Mrs Ross Dowdall, of Carleton Place, also one brother, Charles Wilson, of Gananoque, and two sisters, Mrs Fred Pearson, of Toronto, and Mrs Robert Fee, of Manotick. His funeral took place on Sunday afternoon to the Auld Kirk cemetery, Almonte, the service being conducted by Rev James Foote. The pallbearers were Messrs R.D. Carmichael, And Arbuckle, J.C. Elliot, Robt Armour, Wm Hawkins and Richard Kidd.
William married Margaret Gilmour in 1880. Margaret (daughter of Allan A. Gilmour and Margaret Blackburn Moore) was born on 8 Apr 1860 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 2 Aug 1937 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1860 - 1936 (76 years)
