Victoria Sleeman

1886 - 1951  (65 years)

• Name	Victoria Sleeman
  Birth	1886	Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Census-Household Member	1921	Oshawa, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	214322562
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214322562
  _UID	4CDCAF129E8F4A91AD2EE6CC762719609493
  Death	24 Sep 1951	Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
  	Ashby Suddenly in Timmins, on Monday September 24, 1951, Victoria Sleeman, beloved wife of J.M. Ashby, aged65 years. Funeral will take place fro R.J. Reid's Funeral Parlors, on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment Cataraqui Cemetery. The Kingston Whig-Standard Kingston, Ontario, Canada September 27, 1951, pg. 24
  Burial	Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston Twp, Ontario, Canada
  Notes	From Timmins
  Person ID	I4945	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage, My maternal grandmother's Lineage
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Living
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F9266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lt. John Melville "Melville" Ashby,   b. 2 Jun 1887, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 May 1969, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1913	Kingston (city/cit?e), Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  	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
  		John Melville Ashby & Victoria Sleeman marriage
  Children	+ 1. William George "Bill" Ashby,   b. 1921   d. 17 Aug 2005, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F1521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1886 - Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 3 Jun 1913 - Kingston (city/cit?e), Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1921 - Oshawa, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Death - 24 Sep 1951 - Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S205] Family Search, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (A), ((Ancestry.ca : 2014)), accessed 25 Mar 2019), Melville J. Ashby household; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 75; Census Place: Oshawa (Town), Ontario South, Ontario; Page Number: 1. (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: 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).