William Craig Smithson

1887 - 1956  (68 years)

• Name	William Craig Smithson
  Birth	25 Aug 1887	White Lake, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223794989
  _FGRAVE	223794989
  Death	15 Aug 1956	Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1053 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario K1Y 4E9 Canada
  	?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
  Burial	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
  Person ID	I24784	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Isabel Raycroft,   b. 9 Jun 1892, Darling Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 18 Sep 1927, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	1911
  Family ID	F11624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Jessie Ethel Armstrong,   b. 29 Jun 1895, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Apr 1968, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1937
  Children	1. Gregory Smithson
  Family ID	F8501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Aug 1887 - White Lake, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada Death - Address: 1053 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario K1Y 4E9 Canada - 15 Aug 1956 - Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth