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Clarence RAHMER

Male 1889 - 1927  (38 years)


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  • Name Clarence RAHMER 
    Birth 17 Apr 1889  Mara Twp, Ontario Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Dec 1927  Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 2 Jan 1928  Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • His gravemarker in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, reads Clarence Raymer, Soldier, Canadian Army, 30 DEC. 1927
      However the spelling of his surname was RAHMER on his birth & marriage certificates, plus his CEF Attestation papers.

      Born 17 Apr 1889, near Brechin, Mara Township, Ontario Co., Ontario, a son of Peter Rahmer and Charlotte LaChappelle. On June 15, 1915, he married Florence Dilworth, in Orillia. On Nov. 12, 1915, his son Anson Lionel, was born in Orillia.

      The following February, he enlisted in the CEF 157th Battalion. Overseas he was transferred to the 1st Battalion. On April 11, 1917, at Vimy Ridge, he was severally wounded from gun shots to his left hand and right leg. Part of his leg bones were removed resulting in his right leg being shorter than his left leg. After five months in a British Military Hospital, he returned to Canada, were he remained in the Whitby Military Hospital for another four and half months. He was discharged in February 1918, unfit to serve.

      Reunited with his wife and son, we worked in Toronto as a painter. On May 9, 1926, he lost his son Anson Lionel, who died from accidental extensive burns. The following year he died from hemorrhaging, and dislocation of his 5th and 6th vertebra, a result of a motor accident.

      His burial plot was purchased by a friend, William Heron.
    Person ID I65  Clutchey (Clouthier)
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2018 

    Father Peter RAHMER,   b. 11 Mar 1865   d. 22 Oct 1941 (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Charlotte LACHAPPELLE,   b. 24 Jul 1865 
    Marriage 22 Nov 1887  Brechin, Mara Twp., Ontario Co. Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F68  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Florence DILWORTH,   b. 21 Mar 1898, musk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1915  Orillia., Simcoe Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Anson Lionel RAHMER-RAYMER,   b. 12 Nov 1915, Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1926, Sick Kids Hosp., Toronto,York, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
     2. Ivy RAHMER-RAYMER,   b. 1919
    Family ID F71  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Obituary.
      Obituary?Clarence Raymer

      With LAST POST sounding the grave in Prospect Cemetery, the remains of the late Clarence Raymer, who died as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle, was laid to rest.
      The late Mr. Raymer who originally from Orillia, severed overseas with the 1st Battalion, and was boarding at the time of his death with Mrs. J.H. Gordon at 700 Bathurst St.

      The service from A.W. Miles funeral chapel, 30 St. Clair Ave. west was conducted by Rev. E. Crossley Hunter B.A. Pastor of Carlton Street United Church, the House of Friendship.
      The pallbearers were friends from the boarding house, Messrs. Caird, Perry, Torrence , and Gordon, also relative James Marley and close friend Archibald Robinson.

      The principal mourners were his parents Mr. and Mrs. Peter Raymer, a sister Mrs. F. Miller and brother James Raymer of Long Branch.


      Published in the Toronto Star, Jan. 4, 1928, page 32


    2. [S12] Toronto Trust Cemetery Records.
      Name: Clarence Raymer
      Event Type: Burial
      Event Date: 02 Jan 1928
      Event Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
      Gender:
      Age: 39
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
      Birthplace: Canada
      Cemetery: Prospect Cemetery
      Cemetery Section and Lot: Veterans Single 1987
      Plot Owner's Name: William J Heron
      Relative's Name: William J Heron
      Relative's Address: 331 Clinton Street
      Page: 212
      Line Number: 38450
      Volume Date Range: Volume 03, 1922-1930
      GS Film Number: 001617433
      Digital Folder Number: 004455467
      Image Number: 00396



      Citing this Record:
      "Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:276W-FLD : 11 March 2018), Clarence Raymer, 02 Jan 1928; citing Toronto, Ontario, Canada, section and lot Veterans Single 1987, line 38450, volume Volume 03, 1922-1930, Toronto Trust Cemeteris, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,617,433.

    3. [S1] FIND A GRAVE.
      Name: Clarence Raymer
      Maiden Name:
      Event Type: Burial
      Event Date: 1927
      Event Place: Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
      Photograph Included: Y
      Birth Date:
      Death Date: 30 Dec 1927
      Affiliate Record Identifier: 116206699
      Cemetery: Prospect Cemetery



      Citing this Record:
      "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-R947 : 13 December 2015), Clarence Raymer, 1927; Burial, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Prospect Cemetery; citing record ID 116206699, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

    4. [S5] ONTARIO MARRIAGES.
      Name: Peter Rehmer
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 22 Nov 1887
      Event Place: Brechin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 23
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1864
      Father's Name: Daniel Rehmer
      Mother's Name: Sarah Falkner
      Spouse's Name: Charlotte Lachappell
      Spouse's Gender: Female
      Spouse's Age: 23
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1864
      Spouse's Father's Name: Francis Lachappell
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Izabell Clutchy
      Reference ID: 008938
      GS Film Number: 1870218
      Digital Folder Number: 004529153
      Image Number: 00228



      Citing this Record:
      "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJY-76B : 11 March 2018), Peter Rehmer and Charlotte Lachappell, 22 Nov 1887; citing registration , Brechin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,218.

    5. [S5] ONTARIO MARRIAGES.
      Name: Clarence Rahmer
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 15 Jun 1915
      Event Place: Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 26
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
      Father's Name: Peter Rahmer
      Mother's Name: Charlotte L Chappell
      Spouse's Name: Florence Dilworth
      Spouse's Gender: Female
      Spouse's Age: 17
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1898
      Spouse's Father's Name: David Anson Dilworth
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Harriett Francis Turner
      Reference ID: 013882
      GS Film Number: 002056902
      Digital Folder Number: 004705319
      Image Number: 00985



      Citing this Record:
      "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-SBK7 : 12 March 2018), Clarence Rahmer and Florence Dilworth, 15 Jun 1915; citing registration , Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,056,902.


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