Jean Laing

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• _UID: E77E2DC031AB4ECD8079B1DB5A12FC578D97

Family/Spouse: Roisum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 489DDF00EFC24D06A48294B79EAD2B9544CA

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(Research):?i?Joan (Laing) Evans to James C. Anderson of Kelowna, B.C. ?/i?
"Dad had a trucking business in Winfield, hauling vegetables and fruit into Kelowna packing houses. I remember "Long Bow", a Chinese vegetable grower who loved to tease us. He would say to dad " How much you want for the girls? " and chase us with a potato sack. Dad would say "25 cents if you can catch them". Boy, were we scared. We worked very long hours in the summer picking onions and carrots in his
field, being paid 25 cents an hour. We bought our first pair of red high heeled shoes while working there. Dave Hill, a cowboy friend of dad, used to deliver the mail by horseback from Vernon to Kelowna. We were in awe of him and his horse. He lived in our pickers shack for several years on and off. During the depression years, we raised chickens, pigs, and a cow for milk and butter. Fall time was butchering time for the pigs. Mom would salt bacon, make head cheese and can meat for the winter. The cow was bred every year for a calf which would be butchered also. The eggs would be stored in a big crock with water glass for the winter and kept in a dirt cellar. Grandma and Grandpa Laing lived with
us and shared half the house (in Winfield) until they died. Grandpa worked the 10 acre orchard on which we lived. After he died, mom was the one who worked and ran the orchard with the help of us kids. From time to time we were six years old, we had to pick up pruning limbs and pick apples on the lower branches. At 10 years old I was driving the tractor and that seemed to become my job. Christmas Eve was exciting when Gilbert Arnold, our cousin, would harness up "Lassie", their dog to a sleigh and bring over our Christmas gifts. Donald Arnold, the son of May and Nels Arnold won many medals for rowing in the Olympics and British Empire Games, and has his name in the Sports Hall of Fame. "


Died:
[Alexander Dodds Jan 2003.ged]
Death Certificate, John Laing,
Registration # 1973-09-00336 6, B.C. Archives film # B13323
Died Feb 24, 1973, age 78, Winfield, B.C. buried Feb 27, 1973
born Nov 10, 1894, Calder, Scotland, resided in Canada 52 years
name of father Robert Laing, name of mother, Catherine Patterson, both born Scotland ( note: Catherine's name actually was Catherine Louisa
Henderson Fraser.. (note by jca)

Obituary,
John Laing LAING Mr. John Laing of R.R. 1 Winfield, passed away at his residence on February 24, 1973 at the age of 78 years. Mr. Laing was born in Scotland November 1894 and came to Canada in 1920 direct to Winfield district where he has resided ever since. Mr. Laing operated an orchard until his retirement in 1965. He was predeceased by his loving wife Clara in 1968 and a son Robert in 1965, and is now survived by three daughters, Mrs. Jeanne Roisum and (Joan) Mrs. C . Evans both of Nanaimo, B.C. (Eva) Mrs. A. Anderson of Calgary, one sister Mrs. Nels Arnold of Winfield, and eight grand children. Funeral services for the late Mr. John Laing were held from the Garden Chapel, 1134 Bernard Ave. on Tu esday, February 27th at 11:00 A.M. with the Rev. E.S. Fleming officiating. Interment was at the Lakeview Memorial Park cemetery. The Garden Chapel Funeral Directors were entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

John married Clara Mae Cripps about Nov 1933 in Kelowna, Central Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. Clara (daughter of William "Will" Cripps and Annie "Marie" Townsley) was born on 28 Dec 1907 in Avonlea, RM of Elmsthorpe No. 100, Saskatchewan, Canada; died on 16 Mar 1968 in Kelowna, Central Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 20 Mar 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: CB639B812A7C46F3828341F215DDC6203993

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Died:
[Alexander Dodds Jan 2003.ged] [barber dodds marilyns.FTW]
Clara May Laing,
death certificate, Registration # 1968-09- 004361, BC Archives film # B13288
Died Mar 16, 1968, age 60, Kelowna B.C.
born Dec 28, 190 7 Avonlea, Saskatchewan,
buried March 20, 1968, Lakeview Cemetery
name of father William Cripps, name of mother Townsend, no first name given.

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• _UID: 61079F0B4E61454F938C62295BD41F92DF43

Robert married Catherine Louisa Henderson Fraser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 1E1A0208FC474A28A0791FF2E8F218F60972

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• _UID: 1B62A77081F44C2E946774C99D2C4FFCCF06
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Parry Island, Parry Sound, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

William married Annie "Marie" Townsley. Annie was born on 7 Dec 1884; died on 25 Feb 1975 in Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: EB6B5EA1BC7340E3B3C61A5F13F355786C42

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(Research):?i?[Alexander Dodds Jan 2003.ged] [barber dodds marilyns.FTW]?/i?
The death certificate for her daughter Clara May (Cripps) Laing shows the maiden name of her mother to be Townsend. The interview of Annie Marie's son Herbert W. Cripps in March of 2001 from Kamloops B.C. indicated that the maiden name was Townsley. A follow up with Herbert W. Cripps on March 18, 2001 confirms that the correct name is Townsley.


Birth:
Parry Sound, Parry Sound District, Haldimald County, Ontario, Canada

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• _UID: D107DD5AF3B4451590F9BFD24085F7412751
• Census: 1891, Parry Island, Parry Sound, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Parry Island, Parry Sound, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada; Teamster

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(Research):Notes for John Cripps:

?i?[barberdodds marilyns.FTW] [Alexander Dodds Jan 2003.ged]?/i? The letter from Mr. J. Hedman, the caretaker of the Hillcrest Cemetery in Parry Sound says that John Cripps died, Oc t 11, 1899, age 56, so born about 1843, this however doesn't match the birth date calculated from the 1891census record. Perhaps the
caretaker didn't read the information correctly. Perhaps it said that he was born in 1856 rather than being age 56.?i? [jca ]
?/i?
1891 Census record, National Archives of Canada , Muskoka , subdistrict of Parry Sound, McDougall, Parry Island, film #C6355, page 22.
CRIPPS, JOHN, age 35, b. Ontario, parents born Ontario, Pre sbyterian, occupation: teamster
Cripps, Jeannie, age 6, b. Ontario, parents both born Ontario
Cripps, Maggie, age 5, b. Ontario
Cripps, Jamie, age 12, b. Ontario
Cripps, Willie, age 10, b. Ontario.


Died:
Parry Sound, Parry Sound District, Haldimald County, Ontario, Canada

John married Sarah Dodds on 25 Feb 1876 in Orchardville, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of James Dodds and Jane Cranston) was born about 1855 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Oct 1889; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 180007558
• _UID: 63964635E8CE48C4B865C9C1107BF15CB5DA
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Normanby Twp, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180007558

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
Parry Sound, Parry Sound District, Haldimald County, Ontario, Canada