William Francis Heffron

1863 - 1956  (93 years)

• Name	William Francis Heffron
  Birth	1863	Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1871	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Census-Household Member	1881	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Occupation	1885	Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Labourer
  Census	1891	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Canada
  Census	1901	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Canada
  		1901 Census Bathurst Lanark William Francis Heffron
  Census	1911	Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Canada
  Occupation	1912	Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Stage Driver
  Census	1921	Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Canada
  Name	William Francis Hefferon
  Occupation	farmer and lime kiln operator
  	kiln on Lanark - Playfair road, supplied lime for many of the stone buildings in Lanark, Perth and surrounding community.
  _UID	45FA7803A70245E4A7F76BA1DC57716F49B3
  Death	Jan 1956	Kitchener (Berlin), Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
  	W. F. Heffron LANARK (Special) Fitting tribute was paid William Francis Heffron at funeral services held in Lanark recently. Mr, Heffron died in the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital at the age of 91 following an illness of several weeks. Born In Fallbrook in 1864 he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Heffron and spent most of his life in Lanark County. During his life-time he engaged in several occupations but he is chiefly remembered as a farmer and lime-kiln operator. From his lime-kiln on a farm along the Lanark-Playfair Road he supplied lime for many of the stone buildings In Lanark, Perth and surrounding community. Mr. Heffron was a member of the United Church. About five years ago he moved to Kitchener to make his home with his daughter, Miss Elsie Heffron. He was married in Balderson in 1883 to the former Martha Clark who predeceased him several years ago. He is survived by two sons, Ernest and Frank of Kitchener; three daughters, Mrs. Donald Camerson (Lillian), of Balderson; Miss Mabel Heffron of Toronto and Miss Elsie Heffron of Kitchener; eight grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. A private funeral service was held at the Keffer Funeral Home, Kitchener, by Rev. O. P. Hossie, of Trinity" United Church, Kitchener. The body was removed to the Young Funeral Home, Lanark, where public funeral services were held with Rev. R. J. McNaught of Lanark officiating. Burial was in the family plot of Lanark Village Cemetery. Pallbearers were Wilson Creighton, John Mather, Lloyd North, Armour Graham, Wilfred McLaren and Gordon Caldwell. The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 05 Jan 1956, Thu  ?W  Page 4
  Burial	Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I4373	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage, My maternal grandmother's Lineage, My Maternal Great Grandmother's Lineage, My 2 Great Grandmother's Lineage
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	John Heffron,   b. 1817, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Julia Ann Westerdick,   b. 1825, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Clark,   b. 12 Oct 1862, Frankville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada d. 21 Jul 1925, Waterloo Regional Municipality (Waterloo County), Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1885	Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Name     William Francis Heffron Age     21 Birth Year     1864 Birth Place     Fall Brook Marriage Date     16/09/1885 Marriage Place     Leeds Ontario Canada Father     John Heffron Mother     Julia Westerdick Spouse     Martha Clark Name     Martha Clark Age     22 Birth Year     1863 Birth Place     Brockville, Ontario Marriage Date     16/09/1885 Marriage Place     Leeds Ontario Canada Father     James Clark Mother     Mary Ann Gilespie Clark Spouse     William Francis Heffron
  		William Heffron & Martha Clark marriage
  Children	+ 1. Ernest Clark Heffron,   b. 30 Sep 1886, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)   2. Edith May Heffron,   b. 21 Mar 1889, Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 May 1919, North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada (Age 30 years) + 3. Lillian Estella "Lily" Heffron,   b. 10 May 1893, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Jun 1978, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Illinois, United States (Age 85 years)   4. Mabel C. Heffron,   b. 1 Aug 1896, Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Jul 1981 (Age 84 years) + 5. Francis Campbell "Frank" Heffron,   b. 24 Aug 1899, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1964 (Age 64 years)   6. Elsie Heffron,   b. 23 Apr 1902, Frankville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1863 - Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1871 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1881 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1885 - Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 16 Sep 1885 - Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1891 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1901 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1911 - Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Stage Driver - 1912 - Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1921 - Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Jan 1956 - Kitchener (Berlin), Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S374] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1871 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2009 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1871; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C-10017; Page: 37; Family No: 115, 1,1578::0. (Reliability: 4). [S375] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2009 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1881; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C_13233; Page: 28; Family No: 110, 1,1577::0. (Reliability: 4). [S437] Ancestry.com, 1891 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2008 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1891; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6349; Family No: 42, 1,1274::0. (Reliability: 4). [S334] Canada., Canada, 1911 Census, district 89 -Lanark North, sub-district 25, Lanark Village, p. 8, dwelling 96, family 100, William Hefron Household; FHL microfilm (Reliability: 3). [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: 50." 1885, 328, 006510, Heffron-Clark, accessed 19 Jun 2019. (Reliability: 3).