George Leonard Armstrong (1899)

Born 14 May 1899 in Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in Elgin Manor Home, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Biography

George was born about 1899. ^[1]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Fingal Cemetery

Notes

"And George the son was strange. Now I know he was epileptic. He would talk to imaginary things on the road." Shirley Cook

Small built man . It seems this was a family trait. an avid collector or

maybe he was a miser. Great Uncle George saved everything he never

walked past a piece of string. it was always picked up and added to the

big ball he kept in their summer kitchen of his and his mothers home.

he needed the string to tie up the twigs he would pick up on his walks,

then the bundles of twigs would be used to start the fire in their wood

burning cook stove. Uncle George was a avid knitter he would make

beautiful diamond socks. He and Grandma Armstrong also made hand

made quilts. I remember the front bedroom of their house in Port

Burwell Ontario Canada having quilts piled from floor to ceiling . so a

piece of material was never wasted either. George never married

always lived with his mother. These memories are from the early 40s.

By Beverly.

Memories of Marie Whitehead.

Epileptic, never married , face scarred fron falling on hot stove. Knit

mittens for great nephews and nieces. These newpaper articles have

no dates attached or the newspapers names on them .

Here is George the youngest of Sarah and John's sons.

Most of us who met him when we were very young remember him

with fond affection and some sweet memories .

George L. Armstrong a former resident of Elgin Manor , RR#1 St.

Thomas, passed away at the St. Thomas-Elgin hospital on Tuesday ,

after being in hospital for two years. He was in his 74th year. Born in

Port Burwell, the son of the late John and Sarah Armstrong . Mr.

Armstrong came to reside at Elgin Manor in 1958 from Port Burwell.

He was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Surviving are two brothers Samuel Armstrong of Tillsonburg, and

Arthur of Pontiac Michigan, two sisters Mrs. Sarah Williams of 247

Talbot street, and Mrs. Harriet Temple of St. Clair Michigan. He is

also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Resting at L. B. Sifton Funeral home , 118 Wellington Street , where

the funeral service will be conducted Friday morning at 10.30am .

Interment to be made in Fingal Cemetery .

Sources

1. ↑ ["Ontario Births, 1869-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ1H-DRK : 15 January 2016), George Leonard Armstrong, 15 May 1899; citing Birth, Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,021,631.]

• "1901 Census of Canada", Year: 1901; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin (East/Est), Ontario; Page: 13; Family No: 146, Ancestry Record 8826 #14949096 (accessed 17 September 2023), George Armstrong (1, born 14 May 1899), single son, General Laborer, in household of John Armstrong (44) in Canada, Ontario. Born in Ontario.

• "1911 Census of Canada", Year: 1911; Census Place: 28 - Longton Village, Norfolk, Ontario; Page: 2; Family No: 16, Ancestry Record 8947 #7189088 (accessed 17 September 2023), George Armstrong (12), single son, Farmer, in household of John A Armstrong (55) in N Walsingham, Ontario. Born in Ontario.

• "1921 Census of Canada", Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 74; Census Place: 74, Norfolk, Ontario; Page Number: 3; Line Number: 7, Ancestry Record 8991 #1165591 (accessed 17 September 2023), George Armstrong (21), single son, in household of John A Armstrong (64) at 25 Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. Born in Ontario.

• "1931 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27281; Census Place: Norfolk-Elgin, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: 17, Ancestry Record 62640 #1500818 (accessed 17 September 2023), George Armstrong (32), single son, in household of John Armstrong (74) in Bayham, Ontario, Canada.

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