Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameNorton Frederick Wells
Birth12 Apr 1872, East Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Census14 May 1891, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Memoroll#6290, fam 104
Census1901, Cassiar, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada
Census1911, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Death23 Sep 1946, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
BurialValley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
ReligionMethodist
FatherWilliam Ira Wells (1838-1904)
MotherCatherine Sarah Weaver (1843-1909)
Misc. Notes
In 1901 he is listed both with his family, and working as a laborer in a saw mill, with Walter Williscraft rooming with him.
In 1911, he is listed living with his sister Mabel back in New Westminster, servicing machinery in a sash & door factory.
On 9 Jul 1917, there is a record of him crossing into the US at Blaine, Washington.
His death record lists him as having returned and lived the rest of his life in British Columbia.
[Obituary] The Vancouver Daily Province - Tuesday, 24 September 1946, pg 13
WELLS Passed away on Sept. 23, 1946
Norton Fredrick Wells of King Edward apartment, New Westminster, in his 75th yr. Survived bv his loving wife and 1 sister. Mrs. R. C. Galbraith, New Westminster. Funeral service Wed., Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. in the Funeral Home of S. Bowell and Son, Rev. G. Russell officiating. Interment Valley View Memorial Gardens cemetery.
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