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William Beatty GETHONS

Male 1892 - 1918  (26 years)


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  • Name William Beatty GETHONS 
    Birth 01 Feb 1892  Rama, Ontario, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • after the death of his father, his mother married William Gethons, and he assumed the Gethons surname
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Nov 1918  Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial St. Columbkille's Cemetery, Uptergrove Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I65  FIKE FYKE CORRIGAN
    Last Modified 2 May 2018 

    Father John H BEATTY 
    Mother Elizabeth Jane WESLEY,   b. 20 Oct 1862, Rama, Ontario, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1914, Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jan 1898 
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • his mother remarried in 1904 to Patrick Gethons-- William assumed the surname of Gethons.

      from the veteran's section of www.raamracardendalton.com--Pte William Joseph GETHONS: regimental number 745529, enlisted in the 116th (Ontario County) Battalion, April 15, 1916, in Beaverton. He was 24, single, working as a labourer in Longford Mills. Born in Rama, (Longford) 1 Feb. 1892, a son of Patrick Gethons and Elizabeth Jane Wesley. On May 15, 1916 when Pte. Gethons, and other recruits made the trek from Beaverton to Oshawa, he experienced breathing problems, and became weak, he was given tonic and kept on light duty, but no improvement, a month later, at the Niagara Camp, it was recommended he be sent to a Sanitarium. Private Gethons died from phthisis (tuberculosis), compounded by the flu, at the age of 26, November 14, 1918, at the Muskoka Free Hospital in Gravenhurst. He is interned at St. Columbkille's Cemetery, Uptergrove, Ont., his grave marker pays honour to his commitment to serve for King and Country.

      note- Patrick Gethons married Elizabeth Wesley, 31 October 1904, she was a widow of of John H Beatty. Her son William, was raised by Patrick Gethons, and he assumed his surname.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] 1901 Census, Rama Twp., Ontario Co., page 15, family 155.

    2. [S2] Archives of Ontario- Deaths.
      Name: William Joseph Gethons
      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 14 Nov 1918
      Event Place: Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 26
      Birth Date:
      Birthplace: Orillia
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1892
      Burial Date:
      Burial Place: Uptergrove
      Father's Name: Patrick Gethons
      Mother's Name:
      Spouse's Name:
      Reference ID: p 259 cn 027507
      GS Film number: 1862883
      Digital Folder Number: 4170881
      Image Number: 903

      Citing this Record:
      "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFHJ-FJP : accessed 27 March 2015), William Joseph Gethons, 14 Nov 1918; citing Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, p 259 cn 027507, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,883.

    3. [S2] Archives of Ontario- Deaths.
      Name: William Joseph Gethons
      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 14 Nov 1918
      Event Place: Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 26
      Birth Date:
      Birthplace: Orillia
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1892
      Burial Date:
      Burial Place: Uptergrove
      Father's Name: Patrick Gethons
      Mother's Name:
      Spouse's Name:
      Reference ID: p 259 cn 027507
      GS Film number: 1862883
      Digital Folder Number: 4170881
      Image Number: 903

      Citing this Record
      "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFHJ-FJ5 : 10 March 2018), Patrick Gethons in entry for William Joseph Gethons, 14 Nov 1918; citing Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, p 259 cn 027507, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,883.


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