1. | William Samuel Ashby was born on 12 Oct 1885 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Aug 1923 in McDonald Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Highland Line Cemetery, McDonald Corners, Lanark Highlands, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: 9SK3-5G3
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 59350304
- Religion-Member: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; St. Peter's Anglican Church, 11th Line
- _UID: 07105495C31B4EA49E0D0A195D4C3EF1766F
- Census-Household Member: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Census-Household Member: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Land & Property: Dec 1909, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Property line dispute
Notes:
Birth also indicated as 15 Dec 1885
William served with the 130th Battn C.E. F. (injured) (WW 1?)
Religion-Member:
Role: Member
from Evelyn Miller's notes
FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SK3-5G3
FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59350304
Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Land & Property:
?b?Friday 4 Dec 1909 Bathurst Council Page 3 column 5 Perth Courier
?/b?. . . Wm. Ashby and Jas. Anderson reported that certain parties had cut timber on the 10?sup?th?/sup? line, possession of which was claimed by Messrs. Ashby and Anderson in lieu of the forced road across their property. The Council advised them to have the line traced out across the land in question in order to protect their interests. . . .
Died:
?b?24 Aug 1923 Obituary page 4 column 3 Perth Courier
?/b?Ashby - At an early hour on Saturday morning, August 18?sup?th?/sup?, after a lingering illness, death came to Mr. William Ashby in the War Memorial Hospital, Perth, where he had gone for treatment a few weeks previously.
Deceased, who was in his 38?sup?th?/sup? year, enlisted for overseas service in the 130?sup?th?/sup? Lanark and Renfrew Battalions in December 1915, and while in camp in England was transferred to the 3?sup?rd?/sup? Canadian Battalion. He went over to France in November 1916 and served in the trenches until January 23?sup?rd?/sup? of the following year, when in answer to call for volunteers to join a bombing party in the Vimy section he offered his services and during the night of above received a number of wounds, one of which resulted in the loss of an eye. He was invalided home in September 1917 and since then has been in failing health. Thus, another name is added to the list making eight in all from McDonald's Corners who gave their lives for King and Country. Besides his widow, whose maiden name was Ellen Duncan, he leaves to mourn his loss two children, Lila and Wilbert: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ashby of Fallbrook; three brothers, Robert of Fallbrook; Archie and Russell in the west; and four sisters - Mrs. John Lake of Lanark; Mrs. John Mathers (sic) of Braeside; Mrs. Dan Nichols of Carleton Place and Maggie at home.
The funeral service was conducted by Rev. A.M. Little in Knox Church on Monday afternoon at two o'clock and very largely attended. Among those in attendance were Lieut. Col. T.R. Caldwell, O.B.E.; Major J.A. Hope, D.S.O. M.C.; Lieut. W.R. Strike; Flight-Lieut. F.K. Hope; Bandmaster Keays and Philip Kelly, representing the Lanark and Renfrew Battalion and G.W.V.A. The body was borne to its last resting space in the Highland Cemetery and after the burial service the Last Post was sounded by Bandmaster Keays of Perth. Members of Court Stewart, No. 481, C.O. F., of Fallbrook were the pallbearers. Among the numerous floral offerings laid upon the bier was a wreath from Court Stewart of which deceased was a member. Much sympathy is felt for the family in their sad bereavement. -Era.
Family/Spouse: Sussannah May "May" McDonald. Sussannah (daughter of Neil Cameron McDonald and Charlotte Baker Fife) was born on 17 Jun 1893 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Aug 1967 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Kenneth McDonald
was born in 1912 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
- 3. Mervyn Glenn McDonald
was born on 14 Dec 1915 in McDonald Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Feb 2002 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
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William married Ellen Duncan on 20 Sep 1905 in McDonald Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of John Guthrie Duncan and Mary Matthie) was born on 14 Aug 1887 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Jul 1949 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 30 Jul 1949 in Highland Line Cemetery, McDonald Corners, Lanark Highlands, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Lila Elsie Ashby
was born on 18 Oct 1905 in Highland Line, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Dec 1991 in Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- 5. John Wilbert Theodore "Wilbert" Ashby
was born on 9 Feb 1907 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1953 in Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Manitou Cemetery, Manitou, Pilot Mound Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.
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