Walter Robert Young Bown (1873 - 1933)

Born 3 Feb 1873 in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Clara Wood — married 9 Nov 1920 in Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario, Canada

Died 24 Jun 1933 at age 60 in Fenelon Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Walter Robert Young Bown was born 3 February 1873 in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada. John Young Bown and Margaret Macklem Cummings registered the birth of unnamed twin sons 3 Feb 1873. Walter must be the only surviving child. In 1893 he was working in Brantford as a clerk for J. Y. Morton. ^[1] He continued to live in the parental home at 98 George St., Brantford until after his mother's death. ^{[2] [3]}

Walter married Clara Wood 9 November 1920 in Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario. ^[4] They lived with Clara's parents in Fenelon Falls at first. Walter died of tuberculosis in Fenelon Falls 24 June 1933 and was buried in Fenelon Falls Cemetery ^{[5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ “Brantford City Directory, 1893-1894 ” entry for Margaret Bown, page 10; Ancestry
2. ↑ 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario, Brant, Brantford, Margaret Bown household, district 49, subdistrict B9, p. 12, lines 16-22; National Archives Canada [now Library and Archives Canada] RG31, microfilm T-6326.
3. ↑ 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, Brant, Brantford, Walter R Bown family
4. ↑ Ontario, Marriage Register, Bown - Wood marriage registration, unnumbered (1920).
5. ↑ Ontario, Death Register, Walter Bown registration no. 032720 (1933)
6. ↑ Bulmer Goldsmith Suiden Tree by Sheila Godin, database online, Walter Robert Bowen family group sheet.