Ira Delbert ECKFORD

1919 - 1986  (66 years)

• Name	Ira Delbert ECKFORD
  Birth	20 Oct 1919	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Christening	19 Oct 1920	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1986
  Burial	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I7782	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	George Andrew ECKFORD,   b. 11 Aug 1864, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Jan 1947, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Emily Matilda GIBSON,   b. 11 Oct 1876, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Aug 1946 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	21 Sep 1896	Zion Line, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F1101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Cobden Senior Hockey Team, 1938 According to the Cobden Sun, this photo was taken after the team had reached the UBVHL finals and travelled to New Liskeard for a series of exhibition games against an all-star team made up of New Liskeard, Haileybury & Cobalt players. (Thanks to Agnes Jackson for loan of photo) Bk: Aubrey Peever, Duncan Morris, Albert Costello, Hec Robert, Clarence Bennett, Ira Eckford, Lorne Robert, Henry Gibson, Silas Morris, Harold Eady Ft: Carson Wilson, Fred Truelove (Coach), George Calbeck, Tom Hoye, Mickey Costello (mascot) Photograph from the collection of Agnes Jackson
  		Cobden Middle School, 1939 Front: Mavis Cameron, Keith Graham, Duncan Marshall, Harold Robinson, Helen Spence Back: Clinton Berry, Jack Scott, Mona Eckford, Ira Eckford, Olive Hoye, Randy Boyle, and Charles Spence Photograph from the collection of Gary Spence

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Mil-Eckford, Flt Sgt Ira spending leave with family The Cobden Sun, Jun 22, 1944 p. 1
  		CHx-Cobden Senior Hockey Team, 1938 Newspaper Clipping from the collection of James Parro, Whitewater Cobden Sun, Aug 24, 2011 p. 5
  		CHx-Cobden Middle School, 1939 newspaper clipping from the collection of Gladys Francis Aug 16, 1995 p. 3
  		CHx-Cobden Public School, 3rd grade (room?), 1931 - previously posted without names Newspaper clippings from the scrapbook collections of Lena Byce
  		Eckford, Ira (RCAF) training in New York The Cobden Sun, Feb 20, 2002; 60 yrs ago column
  		Ira Delbert ECKFORD chosen for drill proficience The Cobden Sun, Feb 19, 1942

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Eckford, Douglas & his brother Ira D. Eckford Block 1 - United Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Sep 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S218] Church Record - Baptism - Grace United Church Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontari o. [S257] OGS Sault Ste Marie Branch, Newspaper - Index to Births, Marriages, & Deaths in the Pembroke Observer and Upper Ottawa Advertiser 1867-1898, (July 1991).