Family: Lt. John Melville "Melville" Ashby / Victoria Sleeman (F1521)

• Male Lt. John Melville "Melville" Ashby

  
  

  Birth	2 Jun 1887	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Death	21 May 1969	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Burial		Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston Twp, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
  Marriage	3 Jun 1913  [1, 2]	Kingston (city/cit?e), Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2]
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  Mother	Martha Ashby | F1344 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Victoria Sleeman

  
  

  Birth	1886	Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
  Death	24 Sep 1951	Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
  Burial		Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston Twp, Ontario, Canada
  Father	Living | F9266 Group Sheet
  Mother	Living | F9266 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male + William George "Bill" Ashby

  
  

  Birth	1921
  Death	17 Aug 2005	Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
  Burial		Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston Twp, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Dorothy Ruth Partis | F19104
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  John Melville Ashby & Victoria Sleeman marriage

  
  

• Notes

  Married: The engagement is announced of Miss Victoria Sleeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs W.H. Sleeman, Frontenac Street, to Mr. J. M. Ashby, also of Kingston. The marriage will take place June 3rd. The Weekly British Whig Kingston, Ontario, Canada 29 May 1913, pg. 6 On Tuesday morning at 6:30 o'clock, a very pretty wedding was celebrated when Miss Victoria Sleeman, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Sleeman, Frontenac street, was united in marriage to Mr. J. Melville Ashby, of this city. Rev. John Webster, pastor of Brock St. Methodist Church, performed the eremony, in the presence of the immediate relatives of the contracting parties. The bride looked extremely pretty, carrying a bouquet of bridal roses and resting on the arm of her father, who gave her away. They were unattended. After the ceremony, the wedding party sat down to a sumptous wedding breakfast. The bride was one of Kingston's fairesst daughters, being a member of Brock Street Methodist Church choir. the presents were very numerous and costly, showing the high esteem in which both the bride and groom are held. The bride's going-away suit was light grey cheviot, with hat and trimmings to match. The happy couple left on the 9 o'clock train for Toronto, Niagara Falls and western points. Sincere are the wishes of their many friends and relatives that the bright litttle bride and her young husband, may spend many years of wedded happinesss. On their return to the city they will take up their residence at No. 59 Union St. The Daily Standard Kingston, Ontario, Canada 4 Jun e 1913, pg. 3 Name:     John Meloille Ashby [John Melville Ashby] Age:     25 Birth Year:     abt 1888 Birth Place:     Hallow Brook, Ontario Marriage Date:     3 Jun 1913 Marriage Place:     Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Father:     Ashby Mother:     Martha Foster Spouse:     Victoria Sleemon

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Ontario. Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937, (ancestry.ca :n.d.), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 253." 1913, 004975, Ashby-Sleeman, accessed 26 Mar 2019. (Reliability: 3). [S79] Canada., Canada, WW1, CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918, John Melville Ashby; accessed 26 Mar 2019 (Reliability: 3).