William Stephenson Holesworth1

#1224, (1886 - 1940)
FatherThomas Holesworth1
MotherIsabella Stephenson1
Pedigree

Life Events

BirthWilliam Stephenson Holesworth was born on 19 May 1886 in England.1,2
 
MarriageHe married Mary Caroline Bonnycastle on 25 Apr 1921 in Christ Church, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Certificate states: William Stephenson Holesworth: salesman, bachelor, age 34, Church of England, residence Chilliwack, born England, son of Thomas Holesworth & Isabella Stephenson;
Mary Caroline Bonnycastle, widow, age 32, Church of England, residence Chilliwack, born Chilliwack, daughter of Joseph Menzies & Minnie Eliza Kipp;
witnesses: A.H. Parker & J.W. Caurt both of Alberni St Vancouver.1 
1921 CensusWilliam Holdsworth [sic] appeared on the 1921 Census of Merritt, British Columbia, at Quilchena Avenue. He was at a hotel. William was 35, married, born in England, immigrated in 1911, Church of England, and was a Drygoods Clerk, earning $800 the previous year and out of work 16 weeks due to illness.
[His wife Mary was with her grandparents in Chilliwack]3 
DeathWilliam died on 10 Jun 1940 in Duncan, British Columbia.
Details from the certificate: William Holesworth, residence Island Highway South in North Cowichan, single [sic], born 19 May 1886 in England, age 54 years 21 days, Clothing Salesman for 35 years, father Thomas Holesworth, burial at St Peters Quamichan. The informant was a friend, S H OKell of 223 Moss Street Victoria.4 
BurialHe was buried on 13 Jun 1940 in St Peter Quamichan, Duncan, British Columbia. The headstone in the churchyard cemetery reads: William Stephenson Holesworth / Born May 19 1886 / Died June 10 1940.2 
Last Edited5 May 2014

Citations

  1. Marriage certificate of William Stephenson Holesworth and Mary Caroline Bonnycastle, married 25 April 1921 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #21-09-227827.
  2. Image of gravestone viewed on the website Canadianheadstones.com. William Stephenson Holesworth.
  3. 1921 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. British Columbia,Cariboo, SD 51, Page 13.
  4. British Columbia Death Registration. William Holesworth, 1940, #3291.