Gordon Livingstone Sissons (1894 - 1948)

Born 21 Aug 1894 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Grace Violet (Flavell) Sissons — married 9 Sep 1922 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1948 at age 54 in Falconbridge, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Name: Gordon Livingstone SISSONS. ^[1]

Born 21 AUG 1894. Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. ^{[2] [3]}

Died 30 NOV 1948. Falconbridge, Ontario, Canada. Note: Died in a mining accident. ^[4]

Occupation: Contractor; Miner, Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd. ^[2]

Marriage Husband Gordon Livingstone Sissons. Wife Grace Violet Flavell. Marriage 9 SEP 1922. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ^{[5] [6]}

Gordon was born in 1894. He passed away in 1948. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S83
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: #S21649
3. ↑ Source: #S21832
4. ↑ Source: #S21833
5. ↑ Source: #S83
6. ↑ Source: #S21649
7. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Sharlene Sissons as remembered 30 Sep 2020.

• Source: S21649 Province of Ontario (Canada). Civil Registration of a Marriage. (1) Form 3. Affidavit required before License or Certificate is granted by Issuer of Marriage Licenses by provision of The Marriage Act. Gordon Livingstone Sissons, contractor, bachelor, age 28, religious denomination: Presbyterian, resident of 181 Moreby [or Morely] St., born in Ontario, reads and writes, son of Andrew H. Sissons (born in Ontario) and Jessie Livingstone. Grace Violet Flavelle, stenographer, spinster, age 24, religion do., resident of 322 Dundas St. E., born in county of York, reads and writes, daughter of Robert H. Flavelle (born in Ontario) and Charlotte Allen. Licence issued 31st August 1922 by Fred W. Beard, Deputy Issuer of Marriage Licenses, Toronto. (2) Particulars of the Marriage. Marriage solemnized 9th September 1922 by Dr L.M. Kerroll, 19 Laws St., Toronto (Presbyterian); witnesses: W.J. Fraser, 776 Manning Ave., Toronto; Dorothy Sills [or Gills], 27 Yorkville Ave., Toronto. Original record held by Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 603. Archival ref. registration no. 095333. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-04-15). 15 APR 2019

• Source: S21832 Canada 1901 Census. Andrew Sissons, head, age 39, with wife, Jessie, age 40, and children, including Geordan [Gordon], born 21st August 1894 in Ontario; in Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario. Original record: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6428 to T-6556. Archival ref. Year: 1901; Census Place: Orillia, Simcoe (east/est), Ontario; District no. 113, Simcoe East; Polling subdivision no. 2; Page: 6; Family No: 52; enumerated 20th & 22nd April 1901. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-05-01). 1 MAY 2019

• Source: S21833 Rickaby, H.C., Deputy Minister of Mines, Province of Ontario, Canada. Report to the Hon. Welland S. Gemmell, Minister of Mines. Toronto: Department of Mines, 1949. Extract: “Table of Fatal Accidents on the Surface at Ontario Mines, 1948. … No. 2, Nov. 30, name of mine: Falconbridge; name of operator: Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd.; name of deceased: Gordon Sissons.” (pg. 6) Verdict of inquest: “Gordon Sissons, age 54, came to his death on November 30, 1948, at Falconbridge mine from suffocation as a result of a slide of sand in No. 5 backfill pit, while he was attempting to place an explosive charge at the base of an almost vertical section of the bank. ... Accidental death with no blame attached to any one.” Digital copy hosted online by Geology Ontario (Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines) at www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/mndmfiles/pub/data/ imaging/B141/B141.pdf (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-05-01). 1 MAY 2019

• Source: S83 Family Tree Family history of the descendants of Henry Flavell (1829–1891) and Jane Alaine Johnston (c.1832–1885), emigrants from the parish of Drumcree and county of Armagh in Ireland, to Canada West; compiled by Frank Flavelle of Canada, with additional information supplied by [Private] of county Armagh, Northern Ireland (14 October 2001). 26 MAR 2019