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Lance Corporal William Chester Barnes

Lance Corporal William Chester Barnes

Male 1896 - 1918  (21 years)

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  • Name William Chester Barnes 
    Title Lance Corporal 
    Prefix Lance Corporal 
    Birth 10 Oct 1896  Sebright, Rama Twp., Ontario County Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 01 Oct 1918  Abancourt France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Sancourt British Cemetery -Sancourt France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00031  Barnes Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2019 

    Father William Charles Barnes,   b. 31 Jan 1871, Egremont, Grey Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1934, Lots 16 &17, Con. 8, Mara Twp., Ontario Co Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Hannah Jane Hargrave,   b. 15 Dec 1872   d. 20 Dec 1935, Lots 16 & 17, Con 8, Mara Twp., Ontario Co. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1892  Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F00011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    William Chester Barnes<br>1896-1918<br>Buried Sancourt -Frances
    William Chester Barnes
    1896-1918
    Buried Sancourt -Frances

    William Chester Barnes
    1896-1918
    Buried Sancourt -Frances
    'Dead Man's Penny'<br>William Barnes<br>1896-1918
    "Dead Man's Penny"
    William Barnes
    1896-1918

    "Dead Man's Penny"
    William Barnes
    1896-1918

  • Notes 
    • BARNES, William Chester: regimental number 853765, enlisted in the177th (Simcoe Foresters) Battalion, in Orillia, January 25, 1917, he was single, 21, a farmer, living near Udney. William was born in Rama Twp. (Sebright) in 1896, a son of William Charles Barnes & Hannah Jane Hargrave, and later lived in the Udney area of Mara Twp. He arrived in England, May 14, 1917, and joined the 4th Battalion C.M.R., in France, Sept. 8, 1917. Lance Corporal Barnes, was killed by enemy machine gun fire, while in charge of a Lewis Gun section, on October 1, 1918, in Abancourt France. He was with the 4th(Canadian Mounted Rifles) Battalion. William is buried in the Sancourt British Cemetery, Sancourt, France. His name appears on the Mara Cenotaph, located in front of the Brechin Legion, 4th Concession, Brechin.-- He was the brother of Belle, Mary, Gertrude, Mae, Pearl, James, John, Annie, & Joseph.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ontario Births.
      Name: William Chester Barne*
      Event Type: Birth
      Event Date: 10 Oct 1896
      Event Place: Rama, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      Registration Date: 1896
      Gender: Male
      Father\'s Name: William Barne*
      Mother\'s Name: Hannah Hargrave
      Certificate Number: 026555
      Reference ID:
      GS Film Number: 1846556
      Digital Folder Number: 004656915
      Image Number: 00607

      Citing this Record
      \"Ontario Births, 1869-1912,\" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNG6-WF9 : 10 August 2017), Hannah Hargrave in entry for William Chester Barne*, 10 Oct 1896; citing Birth, Rama, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,556.

    2. [S6] ONTARIO MARRIAGES.
      Name: William Charles Barnes
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 02 Nov 1892
      Event Place: Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 22
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1870
      Father\'s Name: William Ryerson Barnes
      Mother\'s Name: Elizabeth Barnes
      Spouse\'s Name: Hannah Hargrave
      Spouse\'s Gender: Female
      Spouse\'s Age: 19
      Spouse\'s Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
      Spouse\'s Father\'s Name: George Hargrave
      Spouse\'s Mother\'s Name: Mary Hargrave
      Reference ID: 011282
      GS Film Number: 1870703
      Digital Folder Number: 004529228
      Image Number: 00141



      Citing this Record:
      \"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,\" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMKM-PJC : 11 March 2018), William Charles Barnes and Hannah Hargrave, 02 Nov 1892; citing registration , Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,703.


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