William
Havelock
"Dufferin"
Squires
Born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Son of James Harry Squires
and Susan Ann Newton
Brother of
Elizabeth Squires, Ellen Maria Squires, Gertrude Susan Squires, John Victor Squires and Vera Pearl Squires
Husband of
Charity Nash Lockwood
— married
24 Apr 1901 in Perth, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
William Henry Squires, [private daughter (1900s - 1980s)], Dorthy (Squires) Smy and John Douglas Bruce Squires
Died
at age 87
in Scarborough, General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
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Biography
William Havelock Squires.
Dufferin Found multiple versions of name. Using William Havelock Squires.
Born 01 AUG 1874. Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. Source: 1901 Census.
Died 07 MAY 1962. Scarborough, General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: Toronto Star Obituary.
Buried 09 MAY 1962. St. John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: St. Johns Norway Cemetery Research.
Occupation: Blacksmith, Construction Ironworker.
Source: Howard Havelock Sutherland.
Note: From marriage record:
Age: 26, Residence, Ottawa From 1881 Census (LDS site):
http:/www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=censussearch_census.asp <p> Census Place Cobourg, Northumberland West, Ontario.
Family History Library Film 1375876.
NA Film Number C-13240.
District 124.
Sub-district D.
Division 3.
Page Number 58.
Household Number 287+.
<p> Name: William K.(sic) Squires.
Age: 7 Birthplace: Ontario.
Religion: Bible Christian.
<p> Not listed with parents in 1901 Census. Instead living as a lodger in Ottawa.
From Automated Genealogy:
District: ON OTTAWA (City/Cité) (#100).
Subdistrict: St. George (Ward/Quartier) e-8 Page 2.
http:/data6.archives.ca/exec/getSID.pl?f=z002z000091543&cat=z&X110=10206&p=0&l=e&t=na01
16 15 Morris John M Head M Dec 31 1872 28.
17 15 Morris Annie F Wife M Apr 28 1873 27.
18 15 Allan John M Nephew S Feb 27 1884 17.
19 15 Squires William M Lodger S Aug 1 1874 26.
<p> <p> Worked as an engineer, built the Banes Davis steel buildings. Was with Simpsons and installed the elevators for them. Then he installed the escalators.
From Toronto Star obit:
SQUIRES, William H, (Duff)
At the Scarboro General Hospital on Monday May 7, 1962.
William H. (Dufferin) Squires, beloved husband of Jean Squires,
dear father of Mrs. H. L. Sutherland (Olive), Mrs. Percy Smy (Dorothy), William and John.
The late Mr. Squires is resting at the funeral chapel of Austin J. Mack, 1986 Queen Street East, (at Waverly Road). where service will be held at 1pm.
Interment St. John's cemetery, Norway
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~12.50%
Russell Sutherland
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