Charles Robinson LETT

1892 - 1959  (66 years)

• Name	Charles Robinson LETT
  Birth	1 Dec 1892	Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Nov 1959	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Burial	Eganville, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: St. John's Anglican Cemetery Eganville, Ontario
  Person ID	I33284668	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Benjamin LETT,   b. 16 Jun 1858, Eganville, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Apr 1940, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Robinson SERSON,   b. 14 Feb 1861, Douglas, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 18 Sep 1943, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1881	Douglas, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F10952240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Edith Ann DAVIS,   b. 6 Feb 1896, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Apr 1925, Eganville, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1922	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Margaret LETT,   b. 10 Feb 1925, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Feb 1925, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F10953511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Mabel Alice LEECH,   b. 10 Feb 1907, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Sep 2001, Eganville, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1929	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Children	1. Barbara Phyllis LETT,   b. 25 Sep 1930   d. 19 Feb 2018, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)   2. Living   3. Nelson R. LETT,   b. 3 Aug 1933   d. 21 Oct 2014, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)   4. Living + 5. Living   6. Living   7. Norman Allan LETT,   b. 1936   d. 7 Aug 2004, Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F10951572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2013

  
  

• Photos

  Lett, Charles & Alice Leech wed Photograph from the Collection of May Prange

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Lett, Charles & Alice nee Leach celebrate anniversary newspaper clipping from the collection of James Parro - The Eganville Leader - dated Dec 9, 1949 p. 1
  		Lett, Charles R. & Alice Leech wed newspaper clipping from the collection of James Parro - The Cobden Sun - dated Dec 12, 1929 p. 1
  		Lett-Leech wedding Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Alice McQuitty, provided by Carol Ritchie

  
  

• Notes

  Posted in the "Ottawa Citizen" on 28-Nov-1959: Charles R. Lett, Legion Official Dies in Pembroke. EGANVILLE (Special) - Charles R. Lett, 68, First World War veteran and prominent official of the Canadian Legion, died recently in Pembroke Hospital. He was born on a Wilberforce farm, son of the late Thomas Lett and Elizabeth Searson. He enlisted in 1915 with the Third Seaforth Highlanders and later served with the 77th Regiment. He was twice wounded, the last time at Vimy Ridge, and was invalided home for hospitalization in Toronto. After the war he took over the family farm. His first wife, Edith Davis of Rankin, died in 1925. They had one daughter who died in infancy. In 1929 he married Alice Leech of Wilberforce, who survives. During the Second World War, he supplied large quantities of meat for the armed forces. He was the first president of the Eganville branch of the Canadian Legion and was Zone Commander of Zone 7. He was the chief promoter of a community centre here and until last year was chairman of the annual winter carnival Retired Last Year: Mr. Lett was a commissionaire at Foymount and also at Petawawa Camp until forced by ill health to retire a year ago. Other survivors are: three sons, Nelson, at home, and Irvin and Norman, both of Schefferville; four daughters, Mrs. Cyril (Barbara) Hinsberger and Mrs. Brian (Beverley) Sterling, both of Eganville, Mrs. Douglas (Betty) Marsh, Long Branch and Bonnie, at home. Also surviving are a brother, Russell Lett, Edmonton, Alta.; four sisters, Mrs. William Warner, Pembroke, Mrs. Stuart Eady, Whitney, Mrs. Lucy Rogers, Hardisty, Alta., and Mrs. William Sadler, Eganville. District Commander T. C. Byrne conducted a Legion memorial service with full military honours. Rev. Gavin White and Rev. Lloyd Lake conducted the funeral service in St. John's Anglican Church. Internment was in the parish cemetery. Charles Robinson Lett: CEF Regimental No. 145516 See: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=526898

  
  

• Sources

  [S608] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Wilberforce Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S374146] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Wilberforce Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S374797] Newspaper-Ottawa Citizen, 28-Nov-1959 (Reliability: 3). [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 018484 (Reliability: 3). Name: Edith Ann Davis Birth Place: Twp of Wilberforce Age: 26 Estimated birth year: abt 1896 Father Name: Joseph Davis Mother Name: Margaret (Née) Graham Davis Spouse Name: Charles Robinson Lett Spouse's Age: 30 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892 Spouse Birth Place: Twp of Wilberforce Spouse Father Name: Thomas Benj Lett Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth Née Sarson Lett Marriage Date: 12 Sep 1922 at Pembroke, ON [S374886] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 018484 (Reliability: 3). Name: Edith Ann Davis Birth Place: Twp of Wilberforce Age: 26 Estimated birth year: abt 1896 Father Name: Joseph Davis Mother Name: Margaret (Née) Graham Davis Spouse Name: Charles Robinson Lett Spouse's Age: 30 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892 Spouse Birth Place: Twp of Wilberforce Spouse Father Name: Thomas Benj Lett Spouse Mother Name: Elizabeth Née Sarson Lett Marriage Date: 12 Sep 1922 at Pembroke, ON [S52] Newspaper - The Cobden Sun, (Weekly Publication), dec 12 1929 p. 1 (Reliability: 3). [S374221] Newspaper-The Cobden Sun, (Weekly Publication), dec 12 1929 p. 1 (Reliability: 3).