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William Rowland Reader F.R.H.S. (1874 - 1943)

William Rowland Reader F.R.H.S.
Born in Holloway, London, England, United Kingdommap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 27 Feb 1900 in Essex, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 68 in Calgary, Alberta, Canadamap
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Biography

William Rowland Reader, son of William and Agnes Reader was baptised 8 Oct 1876 in Linton, Kent, England. [1]

William Roland Reader and Rose Martha Wright married 27 Feb 1900 in Markshall, St Margaret, Essex, England. [2]

William R. Reader with his wife Rose and children Harry, 5, and Doris, 3, arrived in Montreal 16 May 1908 aboard the Victorian. They were bound for Calgary via the C.P.R. [3] They lived at 526-12th Avenue West, Calgary and William was employed as a gardener in 1911. [4]

"William Roland Reader was the Superintendent for Calgary Parks from 1913 – 1942 who transformed a bare hillside into an internationally-acclaimed garden. During the turn of the century, it was common for horticulturists to collect alpine plants on their travels and create gardens as living artifacts of their journeys. Reader actively engaged in this practice and for thirty years the Garden trialed over 4000 different plant species, making it one of the few significant gardens in western Canada. Reader used the Garden as a showplace to educate people about the gardening potential of the prairie/foothills region of Alberta, particularly Calgary." [5] In 1916, the census shows them in West Calgary enumerated at ____ Cemetery. William's employment then was Superintendent, Parks. [6] His home was at 417 - 25th Avenue in 1921. [7]

William Roland Reader died 26 Jan 1943 in Calgary. [8] He was buried in Union Cemetery in Calgary. A news report of his death was included in the Find A Grave record. [9]

Sources

  1. ↑ Kent Archives Office, Kent, Parish Registers; Ancestry.com. Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1914 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
  2. ↑ Marriage Register, Markshall, St Margaret; Essex Record Office; Chelmsford, Essex, England; Essex Church of England Parish Registers; Ancestry.com. Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019.
  3. ↑ Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-493; Ancestry.com. Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV39-Z9FC : 16 March 2018), William R Reader, 1911; citing Census, Calgary Sub-Districts 1-59, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,651.
  5. ↑ Reader Rock Garden
  6. ↑ 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces, Alberta, Calgary West, 01L; Roll: T-21949; Page: 3; Family No: 32; Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
  7. ↑ 1921 census of Canada, RG 31; Folder Number: 4; Census Place: 4, Calgary West, Alberta; Page Number: 16. Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
  8. ↑ Provincial Archives of Alberta, Alberta Death Indexes, William Roland Reader (1943) registration 201-060; Ancestry.com. Alberta, Canada, Deaths Index, 1870-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
  9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123127476/william-roland-reader : accessed 14 June 2022), memorial page for William Roland Reader (1874–26 Jan 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 123127476, citing Union Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Deb (contributor 48155269) .




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