Person:Walter Western (5)

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Walter Charles Western
b.25 Jul 1881 Islington, Middlesex, England
d.18 Aug 1951 Saanich, Capital, British Columbia, Canada
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m. 2 Aug 1880
  1. Walter Charles Western1881 - 1951
  2. Alfred WesternAft 1881 - Bef 1893
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  1. Maurice Alban Walter Western1912 - 2002
  2. Phyllis Madeline Mary Western1920 - 2013
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m. 23 Oct 1905
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Facts and Events
Name Walter Charles Western
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 Jul 1881 Islington, Middlesex, England
Marriage to Ethel Mary Davis
Marriage 23 Oct 1905 Glasgow, Scotlandto Margaret Henrietta Goldsmith
Death[2] 18 Aug 1951 Saanich, Capital, British Columbia, Canada
Burial[2] 22 Aug 1951 Saanich, Capital, British Columbia, CanadaSt. Stephen's Anglican Church

1901 UK Census; Not found

In a 14 January, 2002, letter Barb Smith writes: "My grandfather, Walter Charles Western (born July 25, 1881) was an interesting man. He was overheard by a wealthy man preaching on a London street corner. The gentleman thought he had potential and paid for him to go to ecumenical college in Glasgow. ... My grandfather married [the wealthy man's] daughter (we do not know her name), but she died within the year. My grandfather emigrated to Canada soon after February 23, 1909, because I have a copy of the complete works of Shakespeare presented to him by the Picadilly Mission in Glasgow on the eve of his departure.

In Saskatchewan he met and married my grandmother, Ethel Davis. He also at the time switched from Presbyterian to the Anglican faith. He had parishes in a number of small towns on the Prairies, Pelly (Saskatchewan), Medicine Hat (Alberta), and Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan). He also had a keen interest in drama and for a time had his own radio drama show, in addition to his religious duties. My father [Maurice] remembers that they once hosted Roald Amundson at dinner when he was on a speaking tour of North America. At that time the local clergyman would host any visiting dignitaries to the small prairie towns. My grandfather had parishes in Esquimalt, BC and Nanaimo, BC, during the war and in Saanich, BC near Victoria after the war. He became an Archdeacon and is buried in the churchyard at St. Stephen's in Saanich. It is the oldest Anglican Church in BC still holding regular services and is a beautiful little white clapboard church, set in the hills overlooking Brentwood Bay and is surrounded by trees with hanging Spanish moss."


Entry in the B.C. Archives:
Name: WALTER CHARLES WESTERN Event Date: 1951 8 18 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 69
Gender: Male Event Place: SAANICH Reg. Number: 1951-09-008046 B.C. Archives
Microfilm Number: B13209 GSU Microfilm Number: 2032701

References
  1. ↑ 14 January, 2002, letter from Barb Smith.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Death Certificate : BC Canada D1951-09-00806.
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