Cecil Templeton Peterson (1895 - 1941)

Born 25 Nov 1895 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Nora Battell (Gillbard) Peterson — married 29 Apr 1919 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

Died 27 Nov 1941 at age 46 in Cobourg, Northumberland County, Ontario

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Biography

Cecil was born in 1895; his mother died the next year. He was with his father in Colborne, Northumberland County, in 1901. He was a major in "22 MED BTY" in World War I, was wounded and was decorated. He is likely the Cecil Peterson in Toronto in 1921 with wife Nora. He died in 1941 in Cobourg, Northumberland County.

He was a law student who joined the army in December of 1914 and was sent overseas as a lieutenant in the 2nd Battery, 2nd Canadian Division On his return to civilian life he became the postmaster of Cobourg.

Notes

The 1911 census seems to give Cecil's birthdate as April 1895.

Secondary war records give Cecil's birthplace as Brandon, Manitoba. The Peterson Family Tree gives Cobourg, Ontario.

Sources

Ontario Census, Northumberland east, Colborne, 1901, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLP-JVT

Ontario Census, Northumberland West, Cobourg, 1911, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Y-MFS9

Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918 (Cecil Peterson)--Ancestry.com

Canada, Military Honours and Awards Citation Cards, 1900-1961 (Peterson, C.T.) --Ancestry.com

All Canada, Militia and Defence Forces Lists, 1832, 1863-1939, Sep1925, p. 310: Peterson, Cecil Templeton (*Major 22 Med. Bty.)

Ontario Census, Toronto Centre, 1921 (Cecil Peterson)--Ancestry.com [not seen, not surely identified as our Cecil]

Peterson Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/51712992/person/13515445684?ssrc=

Acknowledgments

Profile begun in 2015 by R.S. Peterson-2111 and expanded in 2020 by Bill Dunkley-71.