Charles Jethro Worden Counter (1877 - 1957)

Born 25 Jun 1877 in Kingston Twp, Frontenac, Ontario

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine Blanche (Richardson) Counter — married 21 Sep 1915 in Ingersoll Oxford Ontario

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1957 at age 79 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario

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Biography

Jeff Counter, my grandfather was born in 1877 in Kingston Township. His mother died young, so he was brought up by relatives. He attended University of Toronto (MB 1906 Medicine, Nu Sigma Nu). At age 38 he married Katherine Blanche Richardson, age 32 at St. James Anglican Church, Ingersoll, Ontario. They had 4 girls: Mary, Margaret, Hester and Janet. His medical practice was at 60 King St W, Ingersoll in an office which was added on to the Duke Street side of the house. I remember his portly look, decked out in a suit with a vest, his pocket watch and his grey spats. He is buried with Blanche at Ingersoll Rural Cemetery in the Richardson-Galliford Family Plot. Kelly-5367 09:05, 28 September 2014 (EDT)

Sources

Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010; 1881 Census of Canada; 1891 Census of Canada;

"Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99D4-B96S-8?cc=2185163&wc=3KMZ-YWY%3A1018492201%2C1018612201 : 9 October 2015), (M1464) Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954 > Roll 286, vol 353-354, Jul 1915 > image 620 of 1317; citing NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)—Port of Huron, Michigan, list or Manifest of Alien Passengers, July 1915, Sheet 20, line 24 Jethro Counter, 38, physician;

1901 Census of Canada Canada: Enumerator listing - 'Jestus W Courtes'; Residence: 17-19 Adelaide St W—Grand Opera Hotel. Jethro is living with his aunt Sarah Worden (Proprietor) and cousin Harriet; Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928; University of Toronto. Torontonensis 1906, p. 165; 1921 Census of Canada; Ingersoll Tribune, Thursday, January 31, 1957, Pg: 1, Col: 1 -- DR. JETHRO WORDEN COUNTER The death of Dr. Jethro Worden Counter, occurred at Alexandra Hospital on Tuesday, January 29th. He is survived by his widow, the former Blanche Richardson and four daughters, Mrs. C. B. Kelly (Mary), Guelph; Mrs. R. A. Ford (Margaret), Oakville; Mrs. H. M. Yule (Hester), Peterboro (sic); Mrs. T. L. Fleischer (Janet) of Ingersoll. The funeral is being held this (Thursday) afternoon from the Walker & Clifton Funeral Home, 88 King Street West, Ingersoll, where a private service will be conducted at 1.45 o’clock, thence to St. James’ Anglican Church for public service at 2 o’clock, with Rev. L. V. Pocock officiating. Temporary entombment will be made in the Ingersoll Mausoleum, <https://www.ocl.net/Services/Genealogy/Name-Indexes/Ingersoll-Tribune-Index/ctl/Detail/mid/1611/ItemId/12365>; Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current—Memorial# 128298225.