Funeral Card For Janet (Hallett) Giles
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- Front of Janet Hallett's funeral card.
Giles, - at Hamilton General Hospital on Monday, Nov., 2nd, 1931, wife of W. T. Giles in her 59th year. Parents John Hallet. Born 59 years ago in Whitby. Siblings: Grace Hallet, James Hallet, Jack Hallet, and Dick Hallet. Spouse William Thomas Giles. Marriage: William Thomas Giles married Janet Hallet, December 30, 1896. Children: Vera Marie Giles (spouse Fax Ball), Ethel Irene Giles (spouse Eckhardt Reiner Elton Wettlaufer), Mary Grace Giles (spouse Harry Webster Leedham), and John Kenneth Giles (spouse Ella Alexandra Ball). She was an active member of the former Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Middle road, before its discontinuance and since that of the Palermo United Church. - Notes
- The Giles family farmed at Merton, Trafalgar Township for several generations.
The Merton area (Lots 26-35 2SDS Trafalgar) was settled as early as 1810. The first settlers were David Utter, Joseph Smith, William Bates, Cornelius Tipps and Henry Cale. The community adopted the name "Merton" when the post office opened in 1852. The name was likely chosen to commemorate the battle of Trafalgar and Lord Nelson as other local villages had chosen Bronte and Palermo. The post office remained open until 1917 when it was replaced by rural mail service from Bronte.
Merton boundaries were present day Burloak Drive to 3rd Line, the railway tracks near Lake Ontario north to Upper Middle Road. The intersection of Bronte Road (originally called Station Road) and the Queen Elizabeth Way (formerly Lower Middle Road) was the centre of the Merton area. - Inscriptions
Died in Hamilton General Hospital on Monday, November 2nd, 1931, Janet Hallett, dearly beloved wife of W. T. Giles, in her 59th year. The funeral service will be held at the family residence, Merton, Ont., on Thursday afternoon, 5th inst., at 2.30 o’clock. Interment in St. Jude’s cemetery, Oakville.- Date Of Event
- November 2, 1931
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- Janet (Hallett) Giles, b. unknown in Whitby, Ontario d. November 2, 1931. William Thomas Giles, b. Nov. 1, 1861, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. Death: Dec. 15, 1932 d. December 15, 1932
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- OIKW0158
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- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
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- English
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.412248391995 Longitude: -79.7403525927734
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
