Person:Willard Weston (1)

Name and Relationships

Name: Willard GARFIELD Weston. Source is his grave marker in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario. He was called Garfield. Strangely, in his WWI Attestation papers, he listed and signed his name as Garfield Willard Weston.

Parents: George Weston and Emma Maude Richards. Source is Garfield's 1898 birth registration.

Personal History

1898 - Birth: Willard Garfield Weston was born on February 26, 1898 in Toronto, York County. The birth registration listed his parents as George Weston, Baker, and Emma Maude Richards. Source is his birth registration. Toronto, York County, Ontario.

1901 - Census: In 1901, Willard Weston 3, born on February 26, 1897, was living in the City of Toronto with his father, George Weston 37, born on March 23, 1863 in USA, and mother, Emma 32, born in Ontario on June 30, 1870, and his sister Adelaide 4, born in Ontario on November 15, 1896. Source is 1901 Census of Canada, City of Toronto, Toronto West, Ontario.

1911 - Census: On June 2, 1911, Garfield Weston, 13, was living with his father, George Weston, 47, Bakery, born in USA, and mother Emma Weston 40, born in Ontario in 1871, in Toronto North, Toronto, with his siblings: Addaide 14, born December 1897, Beatrice 10, born June, 1901, Gordon, born in 1903, and Evant 4, born in 1907. Source is 1911 Census of Canada, Toronto North, Toronto, Ontario.

1917 - Military: On February 7, 1917, Garfield Willard Weston, Machinist, single, signed WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Attestation. He was listed as living at 469 Palmerston Ave., Toronto, Ontario. He listed his next of kin as Emma Weston, mother. Source is WWI CEF Attestation, 1914-1918.

1978 - Death and Burial: Willard Garfield Weston AGE, died on October 22, 1975. Source is his grave marker in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.

Grave Marker: In loving memory of RETA LILA HOWARD July 4, 1897 - March 17, 1967 WILLARD GARFIELD WESTON February 26, 1898 - October 22, 1978 With God's help and guidance .. indistinct. Source is grave marker in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Web International, Find A Grave.