Thomas Bertrand Day (1877 - 1902)

Born 28 Nov 1877 in Grey County, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 2 Apr 1902 at age 24 in Hartsrivier, Transvaalse Kolonie

Biography

Thomas was born in 1877. He was the son of Daniel Day. He passed away in 1902.

Famous Canadian painter Tom Thomson knew of Bertrand Day, circumstances of his death noted in Thomson diary when Tom was considering enlistment for WWI. A fellow trooper, John McArthur wrote that he got separated from his regiment when the Boers started shelling their camp. He wandered for a day before running into a bunch of Boers who killed him. The news of his death hit his family hard. The next year, I heard, they had troubles on the farm and in the the spring, the neighbours had to do the planting because the father couldn’t stop the drinking. The family had to leave the farm by the fall. I don’t know where they went.^{[1] [2]} father’s bio has different take on re-location.

Sources

1. ↑ Dec 2020 tweets @TTLastSpring
2. ↑ December 27, 1916 diary entry, Tom Thomson Journal of My Last Spring by Tim Bouma, Paperback, 222 pages, Published December 29th 2017 by Burnstown Publishing

• Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913

Name: Thomas Herbert Day

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 28 Nov 1877

Birth Place: Grey, Ontario, Canada

Father: Daniel C Day Mother: Jane Wilson Buzza

• Year: 1881; Census Place: Sydenham, Grey North, Ontario; Roll: C_13262; Page: 4; Family No: 12, NameThomas H. DayGenderMaleAge3Birth Year1878

• Year: 1891; Census Place: Sydenham, Grey North, Ontario; Roll: T-6339; Family No: 181, NameThomas H DayGenderMaleMarital StatusSingleAge13Birth Year1878

• Alberta, Canada, Homestead Records, 1870-1930

NameT Bertrand DayGenderMaleApplication Date10 Jan 1911Homestead PlaceAlberta, CanadaResidence Year1911Residence PlaceSanderville, Alberta, CanadaFile Number1876887CoordinateseSection6Township34Range5Meridian4

• Find a Grave memorial page for PVT Thomas Bertrand Day (28 Nov 1877–2 Apr 1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #123139161, citing Union Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Deb (contributor 48155269) .

• Find a Grave memorial page for PVT Thomas Bertrand Day (28 Nov 1877–2 Apr 1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #198664603, citing Ottosdal Garden of Remembrance, Ottosdal, Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North-West, South Africa ; Maintained by Deb (contributor 48155269) .

• Canadian Virtual War Memorial