Our Haigh & Gurden Family
William Henry BLACKMORE[1]
1911 - 1987 (75 years)-
Name William Henry BLACKMORE [2] Relationship with Mark GURDEN Birth 6 Aug 1911 Montreal, Quebec, Canada [2] Gender Male Burial May 1987 Ancaster, Ontario, Canada [2] Death 18 May 1987 Burlington, Ontario, Canada [2] Person ID I1267 Main Tree Last Modified 30 Jun 2006
Father William John BLACKMORE, b. 1 Sep 1880, St. Pancras, London, England d. 4 Nov 1960, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years) Mother Mary Jane BELL, b. 17 Aug 1888, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 22 Nov 1964, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) Marriage 17 Sep 1910 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Family ID F372 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nancy EASTON [1] Marriage 31 Jul 1937 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Children 1. Living 2. Living Family ID F371 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 May 2022
Family 2 Agnes Isabella EASTON, b. 12 Feb 1914, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada d. Oct 1989, Burlington, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) [1] Marriage 31 Jul 1937 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [2] Children 1. Living 2. Living Family ID F420 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2006
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Notes - Attended Sunday School at Zion Tabernacle, now Zion United Church.Graduated from Hess St. Public School. Attended Hamilton TechnicalInstitute in the printing course.
In 1926, he attended Boy Scouts Camp on Lake Erie in Port Dover(Dunnville?).
Friends with George Christie, son of his mother's best friend JaneChristie, as well as George Wright, Stan Knight. Picked fruit togetherduring the depression in Winona or Stoney Creek. Played the harmonica andlacrosse.
First job was with the National Paper Goods Company and then laterGriffin and Richmond, where he stayed until retirement. Was President ofthe local printing association for a time.
During WWII he moved his family into a house at the back of 30 Shaw St.where his mother and father lived. He enlisted in the Air Force, Squadron47. Served overseas as a radar operator.
Bill was a very intelligent man who had an incredible aptitude for mathsand sciences. The army offered to send him to any university he wantedafter the war, but he declined and returned to the printing trade tosupport his family.
After WWII he moved his family to a house they built at 1036 St. MatthewsAvenue in Burlington where he lived until his death. [1]
- Attended Sunday School at Zion Tabernacle, now Zion United Church.Graduated from Hess St. Public School. Attended Hamilton TechnicalInstitute in the printing course.
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