Walter Alexander James

1878 - 1958  (80 years)

• Name	Walter Alexander James  [1]
  Birth	1878	Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127108236
  _FGRAVE	127108236
  Burial	Aug 1958	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Death	1 Aug 1958	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Address: Clinton Street Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
  	1958, Thursday August 7, The Almonte Gazette page 12 Walter A. James Walter A. James, one of Almonte's older citizens passed away suddenly August 1st, at the Rosamond Memorial Hospital. Mr James was the son of John James and Jane Atcheson and was born in Ramsay Township on the outskirts of Almonte. He was in his 81st year and a resident of Almonte all of life. As a young man he was employed as an operator at the Almonte Telephone exchange and to the time of his death retained in his memory the original telephone numbers of almost all the original subscribers. Later he was employed by the Wylie Milling Company Ltd. and the late John B. Wylie. After the death of Mr Wylie he operated his own flour and feed business for twenty years until he retired in 1949. In 1903 he married Muriel Ritchie who predeceased him in 1949. He is survived by a brother, Albert E. James of California and a son, Hilliard, of Toronto, and a daughter, Mrs Ivan Duncan (Irene) of Almonte, with whom he had made his home since the death of his wife. There are also nine grandchildren.
  Person ID	I21041	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John James,   b. 1822, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 12 Mar 1895, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Jane Atcheson,   b. May 1831, Cavan, County Cavan, Ulster, Ireland d. 28 Dec 1920, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 89 years)
  Marriage	1851	Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F4020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Muriel Harriet Ritchie,   b. 1880, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Feb 1949, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1903
  Children	1. Irene May James,   b. 1909, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 29 May 1996, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F7125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1878 - Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - Aug 1958 - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Address: Clinton Street Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada - 1 Aug 1958 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ontario. Almonte., Newspapers: Almonte Gazette Death Notice, "Walter A. James," 7 Aug 1958, p. 12. (Reliability: 3).