Person:Matthew Cluney (1)

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Matthew John Cluney
d.17 Aug 1961 Canada
m. 23 Apr 1919
  1. Donald Albert Cluney1927 - 2007
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Name Matthew John Cluney
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Feb 1890 Plaistow, Essex, England
Marriage 23 Apr 1919 Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaAnglican
to Lilian Barnett
Death? 17 Aug 1961 Canada

1890 - Birth registered in West Ham, Essex, Jun Qtr, 4a 59. Matthew John CLUNEY.

1891 - With parents at 32 Whitwell Rd, West Ham (St Andrew's), Essex. Matthew J. CLUNEY, aged 1, born at Plaistow, Essex.

1901 - With widowed father at 38 Whitwell Rd, West Ham (St Andrew's), Essex. Matthew CLUNEY, aged 11, no occupation recorded, born at West Ham, Essex.

1911 - Recorded as a lodger (with brother) in residence of Alfred WALKER at 133 S. Water, Galt, South Waterloo, Ontario. Matthew CLUNEY, born Apr 1890 in England, of English origin. Arrived in Canada in 1908. Nationality is Canadian and religion is Anglican. Labourer, working in knitting factory for 50 hours per week, for 50 weeks in 1910, earning $400 per year or 16 cents when paid by the hour.

1915 - Attestation Paper for Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force: Name: Matthew John CLUNEY; Born: Feb 15 1890 in London, England; Next of Kin: Mrs Eliza BIBLE, grandmother, of 94 Glenmorris St, Galt, Ontario; Trade: Laborer; Married: No; Previous Military Service: 6 months 29th Regt. Signed on 31 August.

1919 - Bachelor, machinist, aged 29, when married.