Duncan William Park

1863 - 1936  (73 years)

• Name	Duncan William Park
  Birth	1863	Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1871	Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Census-Household Member	1881	Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  _UID	F0C4E38C7FD4428A93FE579224DFB7B02639
  Death	16 Apr 1936	Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
  	Honor Late Trainman At Funeral in Perth Duncan W. Park Served C. P.R. 47 Years PERTH, Ont.. April 19 The funeral of Duncan W. Park, who passed away in Toronto on Thursday was held this afternoon from the funeral home of Alex Blair and Son. Interment was In Elmwood cemetery. Deceased was born In Dalhousie township 73 years ago, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert (sic) Park. For 47 years he was employed as a trainman with the CPR and before coming to Perth In 1919 as a conductor on the Perth-Montreal local on the Toronto-Montreal passenger run. In 1927 he was superannuated and continued to reside in Perth. During the past few years deceased travelled extensively to warmer climates during the winter months. His wife, who was Miss Alice Wright of North Bay, predeceased him three years ago. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. John Walen, Detroit: one sister, Mrs. Agnes Myrtle Williams, Toronto; two brothers, Hugh Allan Park, Winnipeg, and Edward Park, 2 Somerset street west, Ottawa. The pallbearers were W. J. Warren. L. J. Dowdall. Fred Ferguson, Perth, Robert Carvill, Massena. NY, George Holly, Ottawa, and James Park, Dalhousie. Among the relatives from a distance attending the funeral were Edward Park. Ottawa: Mrs. Eva Ellis. Westboro; Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Carvill, Massena. N T.; George Holly. Ottawa, and Mrs. Joseph Walen, Detroit. A number of C.P.R. officials from Montreal. Ottawa and Smiths Falls attended the funeral The funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. A. Berus of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church. The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 20 Apr 1936, Mon  ?W  Page 18
  Person ID	I48981	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	John Park,   b. 1835, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1912 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Janet "Jennie" Conroy,   b. 1836, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Nov 1921, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Wright,   b. North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada d. 1933, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F16687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1863 - Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1871 - Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1881 - Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 16 Apr 1936 - Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, 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: Dalhousie, Lanark North, Ontario; Roll: C-10019; Page: 82; Family No: 273, 1,1578::0. (Reliability: 3). [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: Dalhousie and Sherbrooke and Lavant North, Lanark North, Ontario; Roll: C_13233; Page: 26; Family No: 105, 1,1577::0. (Reliability: 3).