Individual 745: Detwiller, John William (Will)

Individual Record 745

Name} Detwiller, John William (Will)

Family History} Olson

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Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Exa 2 Mar 1884

Place} Westminster Twp., Middlesex, Ontario

Marr.: Date} Exa 27 Mar 1907

Place} Brandon, Manitoba (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 3 Jan 1954 C

Place} DOA General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia

Burial: Date} Exa 6 Jan 1954

Place} Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia

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Source 1}	71 = Family notes
Source 2}	281 = Family notes
Source 3}	873 = Birth record
Source 4}	917 = 1891 Can cen
Source 5}	930 = 1901 Can cen
Source 6}	918 = 1906 MB cen
Source 7}	1186=Marriage rec
Source 8}	1571=Photograph
Source 9}	1706=Voter record
Source 10}	1193=Death record
Source 11}	1364=Death certif

Parents: } John Detwiller & Selina Baker
Relationship No.} 286

1st Household No.} 514 = London Twp., Middlesex, Ontario

Occupation 1} Farmer
Occupation 2} Labourer, road maintenance

Religion/Church} Methodist

Spouses: Prime} Brown, Margaret Campbell
Total Number of} 1

Notes: John William (Will) Detwiller was born 16 Apr 1882 in Westminster Twp., Middlesex, Ontario. He was the fifth child of James Detwiller and Selina Baker. His older brother Charles was born in 1876, and older sisters Minnie Etta in 1878, Julia Maud in 1881, and Emma Georgina in 1882. His younger brother James was born in 1886.

Shortly after James was born, John's family moved west to the Province of Manitoba. In the 1891 Canada census, they were living in the Rural Muncipality of Cornwallis. John's brother Franklin was born about 1888, and sister Eva was born in 1892. In the 1901 Canada census the family was living in the Glenwood/Hayfield area near Brandon, Manitoba. At age 17, Will was working on the family farm.

In the 1906 Manitoba census, John, 22, was still living with the family. Living in the household was Margaret C. Braus [Brown], 24, a servant. He married her on 27 Mar 1907 in Brandon, Manitoba. According to family sources, they had a family of five children, two of whom died as infants.

In 1935, the family was living in Douglas, Neepawa, Manitoba. According to the Canada Voters Lists, [John] William was a laborer, and their daughter Edna was a dressmaker. In 1940, the family was living at 340 Eleventh St., City of Brandon, Manitoba. John W. was a patrol man, Edna was a dressmaker, and Herbert a laborer.

John and Margaret moved to British Columbia about 1947, when he retired. In 1949, the Canada Voters Lists identify the family living at 1747 East Fifth Street, Vancouver. J.W. was a stableman, Margaret a housewife, Edna a seamstress, Herbert a mechanic, and Muriel a nurse. In 1953, John William is listed as retired, and Edna R. as a saleswoman.

John was a labourer doing road maintenance for the government. His last address was 1747 E. 5th Street, Vancouver.

On 3 Jan 1954, John suffered a heart attack and was dead on arrival at the Vancouver General Hospital. He had suffered from hypertensive cardio-vascular disease. He was buried 6 Jan 1954 in Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia.

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