| 1. | William Craig Smithson was born on 25 Aug 1887 in White Lake, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Aug 1956 in Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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?b?William C. Smithson?/b?
Following a month's illness Mr William Craig Smithson passed away in Ottawa Civic Hospital on Wednesday, August 15h in his 70th year. Born at White Lake, he was the son of James Smithson and his wife, Barbara Craig. As a young man he worked at Cochrane for a few years and then settled in Pakenham Township. Twenty-four years ago he purchased the farm on the outskirts of Almonte on the 10th line of Ramsay Township where the remainder of his life was spent. He was twice married. His first wife was Isabel Raycroft and following her death he married Jessie Ethel Armstrong in 1937. Surviving are his wife, and three sons and two daughters, William of South Porcupine; Dorothy, Mrs Peer Larsen of Kingston; Mildred, Mrs Dick Kitley of Regina; Douglas of Braeside and Gregory at home. There are also three brothers; Tom, Indian Head; Chris, Arnprior and Richard, Pakenham. The funeral was held from his late residence, Martin Street on Saturday afternoon, August 18 and was largely attended. Rev Wm D. Reid of Carleton Place officiated and interment was in the Auld Kirk Cemetery. Among the tributes to the deceased were flowers from Circle No 2 of Almonte United Church and the employees of the Rosamond Woollen Company. The pallbearers were: Messrs Ted Sonnenburg, Kenneth Fee, William Hanson, Garnet Potter, Orval Peaver and Herman Ziebarth.
1956, Thursday August 23, The Almonte Gazette page 8
William married Isabel Raycroft in 1911. Isabel was born on 9 Jun 1892 in Darling Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Sep 1927 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Clayton United Church Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Jessie Ethel Armstrong in 1937. Jessie (daughter of William Armstrong and Elizabeth "Eliza" McCann) was born on 29 Jun 1895 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Apr 1968 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 16 Apr 1968 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Gregory Smithson
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1887 - 1956 (68 years)
