Wesley West

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Died:
1942, Thursday January 1, The Almonte Gazette front page
FORMER ALMONTE MERCHANT PASSES
Wesley West Was Pillar Of Local Business Life For Almost 40 Years
One of the most widely known men in this part of Lanark County died in Ottawa, on Monday, in the person of Wesley West, aged 76 years. For a long time he ran one of those big general stores that became an institution in a rural community and was a Mecca for farmers throughout the adjoining countryside. Wesley West had a long and varied business career which took him, in his youth, as far afield as Georgia and which ended in the quiet town of Almonte. He was born in Renfrew. His father, William West, was a contractor and his mother was Emmeline Dulmage. While Wesley was a boy the family moved to Almonte where he attended school. Later he took a course in a Detroit business college. and for some years was in Georgia engaged in various mercantile pursuits.
Locates In Almonte
On returning to his native land he located at the busy village of Appleton where, for some years, he operated a general store. In 1898 he opened the general store business in Almonte which was destined to reach great proportions and to survive until a few years ago. His partner was the late Howard Conn and when he gave up his interest in the enterprise, to leave Almonte, Mr. West continued on. his own with a degree of success that was, for a long time, truly remarkable. In 1900 Mr. West was married to Ethel Teskey of Appleton, who died in 1934. Surviving in the immediate family are one son and four daughters; John D. West of Ottawa; Mrs. R. O. MacFarlane, (Muriel), Winnipeg; Mrs. J.C. Stevenson (Kathleen), Owen Sound; Mrs. G. L. Morgan Smith (Edith), Ottawa, and Mrs. Jag. Warren (Ordelia) , with the C.W.A.A. F. in Toronto A son Gerald Teskey, died in. February, 1941. He also leaves a half-brother, William West,. and three half-sisters, the Misses Gertrude and Maude, Penetanguishene, and Mrs. Alex Burns, Toronto.
Public Spirited Citizen
For 35 years after founding his business, here, Mr. West was more closely associated with the business and everyday life of Almonte than falls to the lot of most citizens. Farmers came to trade at his store for miles around and he was in a true and singular sense an asset to the community. He dealt fairly with his patrons and was always ready to allow those from the country better prices than they could obtain in most. other centres. He encouraged farmers' clubs and was interested in everything that tended- to the improvement of agriculture. He was active in many branches of civic enterprise having' served. in his time, on the 'Town Council; Board of Education and as a president of the Board of Trade; He was one of those who promoted the Lanark & Carleton Counties Telephone Co. and for a great many years was president of the concern: He was on the directorate of the N.L.A.S. and a friend of the annual fair which in his day was at its zenith.
Faithful Church Attendant
Mr. West was an Oddfellow and in religion was a Methodist first, and after union a member of Trinity United Church. He was one of the most faithful attendants and workers in the congregation and served on the board for a long time. In politics he was a Conservative. In 1935 Mr. West's health began to fail and in 1937 he retired from active connection with the business. The remains were brought to Almonte, Tuesday, and rested at the residence of Mr. W. E. Scott, Elgin Street, until one o'clock this Wednesday afternoon when, they were conveyed to Trinity United Church where they lay in state until three o'clock when the funeral service was conducted by the pastor, Rev, G. C. R. McQuade. The attendance at the church was large and the number in the funeral procession, from far and near, testified to the widespread popularity of the deceased. Pallbearers were Messrs. Gerald R. Dulmage of Perth; Geo. A. Thompson of Ramsay; R. A. 'Jamieson, W. A. Jamieson. R. G. Kenny and D. M. Campbell of Almonte. Among the profusion floral tributes were pieces from the Lanark and Carleton Counties' Telephone Co., Almonte Business Men's Association and the Foreign Exchange Control Board.

Buried:
Plots B450 to B479 Stone 518

Wesley WEST 1865 - 1941 His wife Ethel TESKEY 1873 - 1934
Gerald 1909 - 1941 small wooden stick with name J WEST
Footstones: Gerald, Mother, Father

Wesley married Sarah "Ethel" Winnifred Teskey in 1900. Sarah (daughter of John Adam Teskey and Sarah Giles) was born on 7 Dec 1873 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Dec 1934 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gerald Teskey West died in 1941; was buried in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
2. Ethel Muriel West
3. Eva Kathleen West
4. Sarah Edith Emmeline West
5. John Dulmage West
6. Ordelia Giles "Orrie" West was born on 11 Nov 1916 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Mar 1998 in Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

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William married Eliza Emmeline Dulmage in 1864. Eliza (daughter of Richard Dulmage and Mary Elizabeth Morphy) was born in 1846 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 31 Dec 1870 in Almonte, 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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Died:
1871, Saturday January 7, The Almonte Gazette page 3
At Almonte, on Saturday, the 31st of December, 1870, Eliza Emeline, beloved wife of William West, in the 25th year of her age.
In the glow of women's flesh,
When life seemed fair and bright
Death set his signet on that brow
Shading its youthful light.
I deemed her yet too young to die,
And sleep beneath the sod;
But now I will not murmur;
It was the will of God.

William married Martha Gardner. Martha was born in 1798; died in 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard married Mary Elizabeth Morphy in 1845. Mary was born on 5 May 1822 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 14 Apr 1899 in Ramsay Township, 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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