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Re: Looking for calder family
Posted by: John B. Calder (ID *****2080) Date: September 26, 2008 at 17:55:39
In Reply to: Looking for calder family by bronwen vipond of 715

Hello Bronwen:
While researching the Calder families who resided in Ontario I came across your, James Franklin Archibald Calder. Hopefully, the information below will give you some clues in your search for, Sally.

Regards

John B. Calder
Cambridge, Ontario

1-2       Rev. Archibald Clement Calder
Born: 1880.
Campobello Island, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Died: June 27, 1951.
St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, Middlesex County, Ontario.
Buried at: Maitland Cemetery, Hwy. #8 (Con. MT, Lot 4), Goderich, Huron County, Ontario.
Headstone Inscription: CALDER / “I am the Resurrection and the Life” (4 accompanying footstones)
               fs #1:       Gerald Thomas Stanley / Calder / 1916 - 1938 /
               fs #2:       Archibald Clement / Calder / 1880 - 1951 / Mary Agnes / Calder / 1889 - 1979
                     F/L John Philip Sargent Calder R.C.A.F. / 1915 - 1944 /
                     Buried In Kiel British Military Cemetery Germany
               fs #3:       James Franklin A / Calder / 1913 - 1988
               fs #4:       Philip Harding / Calder / 1922 - 1987                            (sect. B)
Parents: James Arthur Calder, and Martha Owen Batson.
Married to: Mary Agnes Harding in 1912.
Profession: - He “obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree at Dalhousie, N.B., and practised law for four
       years before entering the ministry. His theological education was obtained at Bishop’s
       College, Lennoxville, Quebec, and he was rector at Qu’Appelle, Sask., before coming to
       Ontario in 1916. He served at Wallaceburg and Chatham, and while rector of Holy Trinity
       Church, Chatham, he was elected Conservative member of the Legislature for Kent West in
       1927”.
       - Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Kent West,
       from December 1, 1926 to April 3, 1934.
       - Rector of St. George’s Anglican Church, Goderich, Ontario.
       - Rector of St. George’s Anglican Church, Owen Sound, Ontario.
       - Rector of St. George’s Anglican Church, London, Ontario in 1950.
Place of Residence:- Nokomis, Saskatchewan in the 1911 census.
        - Kent County, Ontario in the 1920’s.
       - Goderich on the date of his son John’s death, July 21, 1944.
       - Lucan, Middlesex County on the date of his death in 1951.
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Marriage Registration # not registered.
New Brunswick Census Returns - 1881 - Charlotte County, District 26, Sub District Q, Campobello,
       Division ?, Page 45, Line ?
Saskatchewan Census Returns - 1911 - Humboldt, District 209, Sub District 86, Townships 29,
       Page 10, Line 23.
Death Notice: The Goderich Signal-Star, Thursday, June 28, 1951; Page 1.
Obituary: Funeral Rites for Rev. A.C. Calder
       - The Goderich Signal-Star, Thursday, July 5, 1951; Page 1.
Town of Goderich, cemetery master acct #987.

Mary Agnes Harding                                                               Wife
Born: 1889.
Died: 1979.
Buried at: Maitland Cemetery, Hwy. #8, Goderich, Huron County, Ontario.
Headstone Inscription: See her husband Archibald’s headstone inscription.

Children of Archibald Clement Calder and Mary Agnes Harding:
       2-1       James Franklin Archibald Calder
       2-2       John Philip Sargent Calder
       2-3       Gerald Thomas Stanley Calder
       2-4       Philip Harding Calder
       2-5?       Mary Calder
       2-6?       Marjorie Calder

       2-1       James Franklin Archibald Calder
Born: September 11, 1913.
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Died: February 22, 1988.
Toronto, Ontario.
Buried at: Maitland Cemetery, Hwy. #8 (Con. MT, Lot 4), Goderich, Huron County, Ontario.
Headstone Inscription: See his father Archibald’s headstone inscription.
Profession: - Journalist with The Toronto Star and Prince Albert Herald.
       - Served with the Princess Patricia Light Infantry in World War II.
Place of Residence: - Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1951.
Notes: - The Calder Centre in Saskatoon is named after him.
Documentation:
The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan - CALDER, James Franklin Archibald (1913 - 1988). Bronwen, I believe this is searchable online.

       2-2       John Philip Sargent Calder
Born: 1915.
Died: July 21, 1944.
Killed in World War II.
Buried at: Kiel War Cemetery (Grave 1. H. 20.), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Profession: - Flight Lieutenant (Nav.), Royal Canadian Air Force, Unit 571 (R.A.F) Squadron.
Headstone Inscription: See his father Archibald’s headstone inscription.
Documentation: - Military Service # J/4695.

       2-3       Gerald Thomas Stanley Calder
Born: 1916.
Died: 1938.
Buried at: Maitland Cemetery, Hwy. #8 (Con. MT, Lot 4), Goderich, Huron County, Ontario.
Headstone Inscription: See his father Archibald’s headstone inscription.

       2-4       Philip Harding Calder
Born: 1922.
Died: 1987.
Buried at: Maitland Cemetery, Hwy. #8 (Con. MT, Lot 4), Goderich, Huron County, Ontario.
Headstone Inscription: See his father Archibald’s headstone inscription.
Place of Residence: - Toronto, Ontario in 1951.

       2-5?       Mary Calder
Died: after 1951.
Married to: L. Mason.
Place of Residence: - Peterborough, Ontario in 1951.

       2-6?       Marjorie Calder
Died: after 1951.
Married to: J.A. McNeil.
Place of Residence: - Islington, Ontario in 1951.


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