James Gordon SMITH

1902 - 1968  (65 years)

• Name	James Gordon SMITH
  Birth	9 May 1902	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Apr 1968	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Cobden Union Cemetery Cobden, Ontario
  Person ID	I13070003	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	James SMITH,   b. 1866, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1945 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Ellen Drysdale METCALF,   b. 1873, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1959, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1895	Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F11396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Loretta ROBERTSON,   b. 1914, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Jul 1998, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1936	Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Lola J. SMITH,   b. 1936   d. 2004 (Age 68 years)   2. Sheila Eva SMITH,   b. 15 Dec 1937, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Dec 1937, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)   3. Donald Thomas SMITH,   b. 1942   d. Sept 5, 1970, Carp, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F4282200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2025

  
  

• Photos

  CHx-Label from hat purchased at Smith’s Clothing Store Photo provided by Jane Nyveld

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		CHx-Smith, James Gordon obituary Newspaper clipping from the scrapbooks of Grace Miller & Olive Hill, The Cobden Sun, April 25, 1968
  		CHx-Main St. Cobden - Olmstead's Grocery & Smith's Clothing Store Newspaper Clipping from the 1967 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		CHx-Smiths Clothing store closing Newspaper Clipping from the 1971-72 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		CHx-Cobden fire burns 2 buildings & 3 businesses - A.E.Olmstead general store, G. A. Parr drug store and Gordon Smith Clothing Store The Ottawa Citizen, Feb 11, 1937

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Smith, J. Gordon & Florence nee Robertson Block 1-United Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Sep 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S777] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Birth Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 038291 Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3). [S137540] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Birth Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 038291 Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3). [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 R MacNabb Wit: Stewart Smith, Pembroke; Jane Thwaits, Beachburg [S137541] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 020757 (Reliability: 3).