Other Events and Attributes:

• newspaper article: 8 Apr 1920; wedding writeup The Cobden Sun

Notes:

...Cobden of The Past
Continuing to work on local WWI enlistees.

Edward Dalton Hill, son of Henry J. Hill and Annie Gilmour, was born on 1 May 1897 in Ross Twp., died on 22 May 1981 in Pembroke, aged 84, and was buried in Cobden Union Cemetery.
Ed married Elva Sarah Wilson, daughter of Richard Thomas Wilson and Frances (Faney) Dobson, on 7 Apr 1920 in Cobden. Elva was born on 25 Mar 1898 in Cobden, died on 7 Apr 1976 in Pembroke, aged 78, and was buried in Cobden Union Cemetery.
Ed & Elva had 4 children Edith (George Dunn), Mansel (Olive Miller), Helen (Gerry Lanouette) and Blanche (Lindsay Carnegie).
Ed enlisted on Jun 19, 1918 at Ottawa, aged 20 yrs 5 months. His occupation at the time he enlisted was farmer. His physical description included height 5' 10.5". Complexion was ruddy, eyes brown and hair brown.
He was assigned Private in the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment (EOR) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) and sailed to England Aug 15, 1918 and served in the 6th Reserve Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC) at Seaford (on the coast of England).
Ed was discharged due to demobilization on Sept 24, 1919.
He and Elva were very active in the Royal Canadian Legion, Cobden Branch 550.

Edward married Elva Sarah WILSON on 7 Apr 1920 in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Elva (daughter of Richard Thomas WILSON and Frances (Faney) DOBSON) was born on 25 Mar 1898 in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Apr 1976 in Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married George August Gottfrid DUNN on 8 Jul 1944 in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. George (son of Otto Benjamen DUHN and Anna Marie KOEPKE) was born on 3 Jun 1913 in Arnprior, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 May 1996; was buried in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mansell married Mattie Olive MILLER on 5 Feb 1948 in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Mattie (daughter of James Alexander MILLER and Grace Jessie SHAW) was born on 14 Jan 1923; died on April 21 2018 in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cobden, Renfrew, ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Ernest Neil Cotnam BURNS on 23 Oct 1947 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario. Ernest (son of Benjamen Dean BURNS and Henrietta 'Retta' BUTTLE) was born in 1914 in Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 May 1953 in Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario; was buried in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Private Gerard Joseph LANOUETTE after 1953. Gerard was born on 3 Jul 1922 in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; died on 18 Sep 1991 in Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married William Walter BRYDGES after 1992. William was born in 1945; died in 1998; was buried in Mallach Rd Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Blanche married Lindsay James CARNEGIE on 18 Sep 1947 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario. Lindsay (son of Robert CARNEGIE and Christena Forsythe ROBINSON) was born on 28 Jul 1921 in Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Feb 2003 in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marilyn married Howard Ellis WILSON on 23 Jun 1962 in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Howard (son of Ellis Johnston WILSON and Verna Catherine BYCE) was born on 6 Nov 1940 in Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Jun 2018 in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]