William John Little ^291,292

  General Notes:

5886-04 William J. LITTLE, 28, farmer, Mono, same, s/o William LITTLE & Margaret Ann SHAW, married Bertha Ellen ISLAND, 26, Mono, same, d/o Joseph ISLAND, farmer, & Ann LEIGHTON, witn: William ISLAND of Mono & Laura CRUIKSHANK of Orangeville, 16 Feb 1904 at Mono
Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/duff04.htm

In Loving Memory of William John Little husband of the late Bertha Island and father of Eldred, (deceased) Passed away at Shelburne District Hospital, on Tuesday, July second 1957, in his eighty-fourth year. Resting at the Gamble Funeral Home, Shelburne, for service on Thursday, July fourth, at three-thirty p.m. Officiating Clergy Rev. J.M. Dobson. Final resting place Forest Lawn Cemetery, Orangeville.

Shelburne Free Press & Economist - July 31, 1957 - JOHN LITTLE:
A well known resident of Shelburne passed away on July 2nd in the person of William John Little, son of the late William Little and Margaret Ann Shaw, of Camilla. Born June 26th, 1875, he spent his boyhood days and greater part of his life as a farmer in the Camilla district. In the year 1905 he was united in marriage to Bertha Island, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.J. Island, of Orangeville, who predeceased him in 1913. To their union was born one son Eldred, who died at the early age of 15 years, in 1921.

Mr. Little sold his farm on lot 19, Blind Line, Mono, and moved to Shelburne in the autumn of 1921, where he resided until his death.

Mr. Little was of a warmhearted, kindly personality making many friends through the years of his life. He leaves to mourn his passing two brothers and three sisters: James, of Camilla, Robert, of Toronto, Mrs. James Stinson (Annie), Mrs. T. Hodgson (Alice), Mrs. George Walker (Sadie), all of Orangeville.

His funeral from the Gamble Funeral Home, in Shelburne, to Forest Lawn Cemetery, Orangeville, on Thursday, July 4th, was well attended by relatives, friends and old neighbors. The pallbearers were Cameron Lemon, Jack Ledyow, Frank Turner, Earnest Curtis and Chris Sorenson.

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 4 Apr 1881, Cardwell, Ontario, Canada. in 1881 census as William G. L...ttle, born 1876, Church of England

William married Bertha Ellen Island on 16 Feb 1904 in Mono, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada. (Bertha Ellen Island was born on 29 Jul 1878 in Mono, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada, died on 5 Dec 1913 in Mono, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Orangeville, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada.)

  Marriage Notes:

MARR: _UID 5637709D-44AE-4C07-89AA-7D647165D6CC
MARR: RIN MH:FF889