John ECKFORD

John ECKFORD

Male 1879 - 1962  (83 years)

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  • Name John ECKFORD 
    Birth 22 Sep 1879  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1911  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lot 10, 11, Con 2 
    Origin 1911 
    Irish 
    Occupation 1911 
    Farmer 
    Religion 1911 
    Presbyterian 
    Death 5 Oct 1962  Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22727  Whitewater Region Early Families
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2017 

    Father George ECKFORD,   b. 1841, , , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1893, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Anne CHILDERHOSE,   b. 26 Dec 1844, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1925 (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1865  Ross / Westmeath Twp, Renfrew Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F4452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet MCLEOD,   b. 30 Jun 1880, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1977 (Age 97 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1908  Dunmore, Bromley Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. George Claremont ECKFORD,   b. 18 Jun 1909, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1996, Falconbridge Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Documents
    Eckford, Mr & Mrs. John celebrate 50th Anniversary
    Eckford, Mr & Mrs. John celebrate 50th Anniversary
    Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren,
    provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
    Family ID F10407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2018 

  • Documents
    Eckford, John obituary
    Eckford, John obituary
    Newspaper clipping from the scrapbooks of Grace Miller & Olive Hill, Paper & date unknown, 1962
    WHx-Hydro added in local residents on Hwy 17.
    WHx-Hydro added in local residents on Hwy 17.
    Newspaper article from The Cobden Sun, Feb 2, 1939

    Headstones
    Gravestone-Eckford, John & Harriett nee McLeod
Son George Eckford & Irene nee Gilmour
    Gravestone-Eckford, John & Harriett nee McLeod Son George Eckford & Irene nee Gilmour
    Block 3 - Methodist
    Cobden Union Cemetery
    photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016

  • Sources 
    1. [S596] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html).

    2. [S395] LDS, Family History Resource Fil e, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1881 Canadian Census, (2002).

    3. [S668] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html).

    4. [S416] Marriage Register Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Church of Scotlan (Ross and Westmeath Townships, Ontario, Canada), Church Record - Marriage Register Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Church of Scotland Assembling at Ross and Westmeath, County of Renfrew, 1863 - 1902 (Reliability: 3).
      by Rev Hugh Cameron
      witness: James Eckford, Westmeath