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2461	Never married.	Pool, Sarah Ann (I00370)
2462	Never married.	Pool, Mary (I00366)
2463	Never married.	Carlaw, John (I13325)
2464	Never married.	Lein, Veronika (I22980)
2465	Never married. Lulu Odell Gaiser was a renown biologist. She was a McMaster professor of biology at McMaster University and taught at Harvard. Various published articles remain in circulation including "A survey of the vascular plants of Lambton County, Ontario". The library of Gray Herbarium includes 1 plant list, 3 grant proposals, 2 letters of recommendation for her, 4 Harvard payroll vouchers, 1 brief report of grant work, 1 note on Liatrus w/photo. Dated from 1946-1958. Lulu was one of the first cytologists to understand the need for the publication of chromosome number lists, which she initiated in 1926. Pallbearers at her funeral were Lorne Gaiser, Emery Gaiser, Ed Hendrick, Herb Jones, Roy Schwartz and Clarence Schwartz.	Gaiser, Lulu Odell (I00346)
2466	Never married. Used her middle name, Valera. Spent much of her later years with her sister, Verna who predeceased her by several years. Verna never married either. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obit can be found in the KW Record FISHER, Cora Valera miss; 96; Cambridge ON; K-W Record; 2004-3-1; rnutt	Fisher, Cora Valera (I00607)
2467	New Cemetery, Section V, Row 18, Grave 28	MacLachlan, Delmer (I11025)
2468	New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Daniel Wurm Name: Daniel Wurm Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823 Age: 23 Gender: Male Occupation: Carpenter Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Ship Name: Hermine Search Ship Database: Search the Hermine in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Port of Arrival: New York, New York Line: 4 Microfilm Serial: M237 Microfilm Roll: M237_63 List Number: 620	Wurm, Daniel (I12263)
2469	Newspaper article from The Beacon-Herald newspaper, (Stratford, Ontario) Page 1: VETERAN DESPATCHER RETIRES FREDERICK W. HOLMAN Father and Son Now Both Pensioners Of Railway Frederick W. Holman Has Served as Railway Telegrapher 45 Years; Father, F. Joseph Holman, Now in 95th Year, Retired in 1914; Joint Service is 89 Years Railroad history was established in Stratford today. When Fred W. Holman, 272 Brunswick street, popular Canadian National Railways train despatcher, left the dots and dashes this afternoon to enter a life of retirement on pension, he joined his father as a retired railroad veteran. The elder Mr. Holman, F. Joseph Holman, will be 95 years of age next October. He entered his retirement from the Grand Trunk back in 1914, from the position of foreman of the Bridge and Building Department. Officers of the railroad could not find a similar incident on record. Both Mr. Holman, Senior, and Mr. Holman, Junior, are quite deceiving in appearance respecting their ages. Between them they have to their credit eighty-nine years of service with the Grand Trunk and the Canadian National Railways. Fred W. Holman retires with forty-nine years of active service to his credit and when Mr. Holman, Sr., started his years of retirement he had served forty years. "Naturally I'll miss the key and everything that goes with train despatching, but I guess I'll find something to do. I have a lawn which needs manicuring and then there is some painting to be done," commented the younger Mr. Holman, in speaking to the Beacon-Herald. And speaking of painting, he observed that C. J. McKeough who has retired as superintendent of transportation, Stratford division, has taken to painting his house with W. J. Piggott, retired superintendent of the London division, has started painting his cottage at Southampton. Likes His Work "When I was a boy a man was around reading the bumps on people's heads. He said I would be either a bandmaster, a physician or a telegraph operator. I took up the latter and I never regretted the move," commented Mr. Holman, who has lived most of his life right here in Stratford. Born in this city, he attended public school and went to high school for about a year and then came his opening to get to work when he was sixteen. But railroading seemed like the only occupation for him. It was only natural in those days that a son should be a railroadman if his father was one. And in the Holman case, he had five uncles on his mother's side who were all railroad telegraphers. One uncle in particular, Mr. Holman recalled, worked in Brantford with the great Thomas Edison. He was a telegraph operator during the American Civil War and later was a superintendent on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He was the late Hugh Craig. Mr. Holman learned telegraphy from the late George (Monk) Marr, who was an operator at Stratford Junction. No, there's no such a place as Stratford Junction now, but the old-time railroadmen will remember it. All there was to it was a shanty where an operator was located, at the east end of the city. In those days trains coming in on the Wiarton line backed into the Stratford depot from the Junction. In 1899 Mr. Holman got his first job with the Grand Trunk as an operator at Camlackie. He worked at Blyth, Wingham and St. Pauls and was moved back to Stratford and then in 1892 was transferred to the general office in Montreal. He operatored at Montreal for twenty years and his next move brought him back to his native city and he has been here since. "I was rather fortunate, I came back here as a relief despatcher and fortunately got located as a regular despatcher on a regular trick," said the veteran telegraph operator.A trick, in telegrapher's language is the stretch of hours at work. Train despatching has not changed a great deal, as is the case in many other phases of railroading. Some twenty years ago the mouth-piece and the loud speaker were added to the equipment. Despatchers simply speak their orders into the mouth piece which hangs about the neck similar to that of a telephone operator and he listens to orders from the speaker. But the telegraph key is still used extensively and there has been only a few changes to it. Train despatching plays one of the most important parts in the operation of a railroad. It is a despatcher's duty to know where all trains are at all times. It is his duty to see that unscheduled trains do not interfere with regular trains and to arrange passing points for them. Mr. Holman believed that the busiest time of his whole railroading career was last spring during the big flood of the Thames River. For three days all traffic, passenger and freight, from the main Sarnia-London-Hamilton line was running through Stratford because of the wash-out on the double line. When a despatcher goes off duty, he writes in red ink the location of all trains. As far as hobbies are concerned Fred Holman likes fishing and hunting. He delights in skeet shooting and believes it to be one of the finest sports in existence. In his possession he has a rifle which is most unusual. It is of .45 calibre and was using during the Fenian Raids. Its fire would carry over about a mile distance and train crews were equipped with these guns during the danger of the Fenian Raids. Mr. Holman, Sr., is still quite active. He gets around for his daily walk which generally takes him down town and he still keeps up with the events of the world through columns of his daily paper. He resides with his son on Brunswick street.	Holman, Frederick William (I14247)
2470	Newspaper clipping WILKINSON-HOLMAN At St. James' church, Stratford, Dec. 27th, 1909, by the rector, Rev. W. T. Cluff. Helen Lowe, only daughter of Mr.. F. J. Holman, to first Lieutenant Francis C. Wilkinson, R. N., eldest surving son of the Hon. F. H. Wilkinson, Berwyn Lodge, Broadstone, Dorset, England, late Supreme Judge of the High Court of India.	Family: Francis "Frank" Campbell Wilkinson / Helen Lowe Holman (F3810)
2471	Newspaper Clipping - undated OBITUARIES Mrs. Frederick W. Holman Mrs. Frederick William Holman of Kitchener died Tuesday at the Coutts Pavillion, Freeport Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 85. The former Dora Bowman, she was born in Kitchener, June 25, 1885, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Bowman. She had resided in Stratford for many years and moved to Kitchener a year ago. She was a member of Zion United Church. Mrs. Holman was predeceased by her husband, four brothers and one sister. Surviving are three daughters [....]; one brother, Fred Bowman of Montreal; two sisters, Beatrice Bowman and Mrs. Hilda Shelley, both of Kitchener; and 12 grandchildren. The body is at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home where Rev. C.E. Hunking of Bethany United Church will conduct the funeral service and committal service Thursday at 2:30pm. Burial will be at the Avondale cemetery, Stratford.	Bowman, Dora (I14246)
2472	Newspaper clipping found in the family bible: A GOOD MOTTO When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost. When character is lost, all is lost.	Family: Thomas Edward Hastings / Matilda Jane Thompson (F0052)
2473	Newspaper clipping possibly from the Cavalier County Republican Ole Peterson, 77, of Vang Vicinity Dies Ole Peterson, 77, of Vang vicinity died Sunday, December 29, 1957, at Mountain, North Dakota. Mr. Peterson, who was born in Pembina County June 7, 1880 but lived most of his lifetime in the Vang vicinity, had been in poor health for a number of years and had lived in the Pioneer Memorial Home at Mountain. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, at 2:00pm at the Vang Lutheran Church with the Rev. Karl Xavier of Walhalla officiating. Burial will be in the Vang cemetery. Survivors include a brother Charles of Vang, and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Quale of Brinsmade and Mrs. Phoebe Braaten of Oxnard, California. A complete obituary will be print in the next issue of the Republican.	Peterson, Olaf "Motor Ole" (I00049)
2474	No children	Family: Earl Laverne Cosens / Aileen Esther Benson (F0746)
2475	no grave marker	South, Benjamin F (I00975)
2476	Noah Bowman and Susan Zurbrigg had 13 children, 12 of whom lived to adulthood. The family resided at a farm on highway 86 until they purchased Lot 36 and 37 N. 1/2s, Conc 2, Wallace Township in 1918.	Family: Noah W. Bowman / Susan Zurbrigg (F8159)
2477	Nora Carlaw recorded from the Elora Express - 1927 On returning home from Listowel, Mr. and Mrs. Tuckey noticed a fire at the farm house of Mr. Walter Carlaw on the Salem-Elmira road. Neighbours from around, quickly congregated, some from Elora, and succeeded in moving all the furniture from the house even the doors and windows being saved. The house itself was gutted but the flames did not spread to any of the other buildings. Fire started on the roof from sparks from the chimney.	Carlaw, Walter Ferguson (I13319)
2478	Nora Carlaw recorded: Elora, Sept. 18, 1934. - (special) - Word of the passing of William Lawrence Carlaw, popular Elora young man, came as a distinct shock to this community today. Mr. Carlaw, who was in his twenty-third year, was born near Arthur, Ont., the son of Mr. Walter F. Carlaw and the late Mrs. Carlaw. Death came after a brief illness of a week in Groves Memorial Hospital, Fergus. Mr. Carlaw came with his parents to Pilkington Township to live when only a boy. He attended Salem Public School and later the Elora High School. He was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church, and also Elora Lodge, I.O.O.F. For the past seven years he has been a member of the staff of the Royal Bank, the first five years here and the last two years in North Toronto. Besides his father, he is survived by three brothers and two sisters; Eva (Mrs. J.P. Watson), Fergus; Lynn, Moorefield; James, Wallace and Orvilla, at home. Very sudden and unexpected was the death of William L. (Bill) Carlaw, ledger-keeper in the Royal Bank at Sherwood Ave. and Young Street. The deceased youn man who has been a member of the local staff for the past two years resided on Mount Pleasant Road and when he reported ill a few days prior to his death, nothing serious was anticipated and his sudden demise was a great shock to a host of friends. He was a member of Glenview Presbyterian Church and his home was in Elora where he was horn twenty two years ago. The funeral took place from his old home in that town under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, of which lodge he was a member, and the cortege was one of the largest seen there in years. A kindly and popular young chap, his untimely death will be greatly mourned by many friends.	Carlaw, William Lawrence (I15221)
2479	Nora Carlaw recorded: CARLAW - Thomas Alfred Lynn, passed away at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, on Wednesday October 1st, 1980. Thomas Alfred Lynn Carlaw in his 77th year, son of the late Walter Ferguson Carlaw and the late Ada Bailey. Dear brother of Eva (Mrs. James Watson) Fergus, James Carlaw, Waterloo, Wallace Carlaw, Elora, Orvilla (Mrs. Elvin Armstrong), Elora, step son of Louisa Carlaw, Elora. Predeceased by .... [account ends here].	Carlaw, Thomas Alfred Lynn (I15222)
2480	Nora Carlaw wrote: Thomas and William Carlaw bought a covered wagon and travelled into the U.S.A. to settle but returned to West Luther Township to homestead. Stephen Mears moved to Stockbridge, Michigan, and then Pontiac, Michigan? Thomas Carlaw was born in Chippawa, moved with his father to West Garafraxa Township, and then homesteaded in Luther Township on concession 1, lot 8. The first council of West Luther Township in 1881 was; James McLuhan, Reeve; Alfred Nunn, Deputy Reeve; Thomas Carlaw, Edward Skerritt, and William Segsworth, Councillors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- And Nora Carlaw wrote: The death of Thomas Carlaw, which occurred at his home on Clarke Street on August 24th, 1916, removed another of the old residents of this community. The late Thomas Carlaw was born in Chippawa in 1844. In 1859, his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. James Carlaw moved to West Garafraxa Township with their family. Children of Thomas Carlaw and Rebecca Mears were all born in West Luther Township, Ontario.	Carlaw, Thomas (I13316)