George Andrew ECKFORD

1864 - 1947  (82 years)

• Name	George Andrew ECKFORD
  Birth	11 Aug 1864	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Christening	7 Oct 1866	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	1901	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Census	1911	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Gould St.,
  Origin	1911  [6]
  	Scotch
  Occupation	1911  [6]
  	Labourer
  Religion	1911  [6]
  	Methodist
  Death	9 Jan 1947	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9]
  Burial	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Cobden Union Cemetery Cobden, Ontario
  Person ID	I1740	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	William ECKFORD,   b. 22 Apr 1835, Arnprior, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Feb 1928 (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Isabella CONDIE,   b. 24 May 1839, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Mar 1906, Smith's Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1860	, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Family ID	F1072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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   [11]
  Children	1. Myrtle May ECKFORD,   b. 24 Feb 1898, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Sep 1962, South Porcupine, Ontario (Age 64 years)   2. Leah Marvel ECKFORD,   b. 7 Dec 1899, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1958, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years)   3. Hazel Selma ECKFORD,   b. 7 Mar 1902, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Jun 1976 (Age 74 years)   4. Douglas Bowman ECKFORD,   b. 3 Mar 1904, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Oct 1979 (Age 75 years)   5. Stewart Wolverton ECKFORD,   b. 22 Dec 1907, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   6. Laura Victoria ECKFORD,   b. 20 Nov 1909, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Aug 1985, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, USA (Age 75 years)   7. Mona Doris ECKFORD,   b. 4 Dec 1917, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   8. Ira Delbert ECKFORD,   b. 20 Oct 1919, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1986 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F1101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2009

  
  

• Photos

  Eckford, George Andrew & Emma Matilda nee Gibson with dau Myrtle May Provided by Mary Finnigan, Dec 2017

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Eckford, George & Emma nee Gibson Block 1 - United Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Sep 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S640] transcribed by Reed, Ida, 2001, Church Record - Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms - Electonic, (Webpage of Bill Martin, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/wm-index.htm). [S395] LDS, Family History Resource Fil e, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1881 Canadian Census, (2002). [S606034] . [S605386] . [S633] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool ,, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S576] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S219] Church Record - Burial - Grace United Church Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S605636] . [S606425] Jan 9, 1947, p. 22; digital images. (Reliability: 3). [S31] Free/Canada Presbyterian Church Marriages (Westmeath Twp, Ontario, Canada), Marriage Records - Free/Canada Presbyterian Church Marriages, Westmeath & Area, 1858-1869 (Reliability: 3). William Eckford, 26, Westmeath b. Arnprior to James Eckaford and Ellen Glendinnon m. Isabella Condie 20 of Wetmeath b. Perth to James Condie and Isabella Drysdale on Dec 24 1860 wit: James Clare, Westmeath by H McMeekin [S257] OGS Sault Ste Marie Branch, Newspaper - Index to Births, Marriages, & Deaths in the Pembroke Observer and Upper Ottawa Advertiser 1867-1898, (July 1991).