 1901 - 1971 (70 years)
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| Name |
William James King |
| Born |
19 Mar 1901 |
Lake County, Michigan, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
8 Aug 1971 |
Duncan Lake, Ontario, Canada |
- Drowned in Duncan Lake, Nipissing, Ontario
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| Buried |
Nipissing Union Cemetery, Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada |
| Person ID |
I00638 |
Family Tree | Byers Side of My Family |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2024 |
| Father |
William Murdoch King, b. 4 May 1874, Puslinch, Ontario, Canada , d. 8 Feb 1944, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Rhoda Annah Perry, b. 4 Sep 1881, Parham, Ontario, Canada , d. 13 Jan 1970, Powassan, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years) |
| Married |
20 Feb 1897 |
Powassan, Ontario, Canada |
| Family ID |
F0310 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Leada Rosa Hilda Yerkie, b. 29 Jul 1903, Commanda, Ontario, Canada , d. 8 Jan 1988, Mattawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
2 Nov 1920 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Children |
| | 1. Ernest Albert King, b. 9 Nov 1921, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 May 1923, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada (Age 1 years) |
| + | 2. Lillian Grace King, b. 2 May 1922, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 10 Aug 1980, Blind River, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years) |
| + | 3. Gladys Effie King, b. 1 Mar 1925, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 Aug 2022, Powassan, Ontario, Canada (Age 97 years) |
| + | 4. Myrtle Stella King, b. 7 Oct 1926, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 9 Oct 2013, Mattawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years) |
| | 5. Leslie King, b. 1929, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada |
| | 6. Ralph Walter King, b. 27 Oct 1929, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 Nov 1929, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years) |
| + | 7. Hazel Pearl King, b. 17 Nov 1930, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 1 Aug 1989, Port Loring, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years) |
| + | 8. Cecil Steven King, b. 22 Apr 1932, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 14 Mar 2017, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) |
| + | 9. Erlene Mary King, b. 1937, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 3 Jan 2021, Mattawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) |
| + | 10. Bert William King, b. May 1939, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Dec 1996, Powassan, Ontario, Canada (Age 57 years) |
| + | 11. Marian King |
| | 12. William S. King, b. 19 Oct 1942, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 Sep 2017, Mattawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) |
| + | 13. Lemmie King, b. Nipissing, Ontario, Canada |
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| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Family ID |
F0741 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 19 Mar 1901 - Lake County, Michigan, USA |
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 | Married - 2 Nov 1920 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Died - 8 Aug 1971 - Duncan Lake, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Buried - - Nipissing Union Cemetery, Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada |
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| Pin Legend |
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| Photos
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 | Family of William & Annie King
Family of William & Annie King: (front) Simon, Dan, George, Willie (middle) Jennie, Ethel, Ruth, Florence (back) Henry, Joe, John 'Jack' Nipissing |
 | King Family
l-r: William King, Leada Yerkie King, Leslie and Kathleen King, Kathleen sister Florence and Tim Restoule, Annie Lariviere, Pete Lariviere |
 | William King
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 | William and Leada King
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| Obituary & Death Notice
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 | William J. King
KING - Suddenly at Duncan Lake, Township of Nipissing, on Sunday, August 8, 1971, William James King in his 71st year, beloved husband of Leada Yerkie, of Nipissing. Resting at the Paul Funeral Home, Powassan. Service in the chapel on Wednesday, at 2 p.m. Interment Nipissing Cemetery.
--North Bay Nugget, North Bay, Ontario, August 9, 1971 Page 3 |
 | W.J. King (1 of 2)
W. J. King
POWASSAN - Fergus McElrea conducted the funeral service today at the Paul Funeral Home for William James King, R.R. 1, Nipissing Township. His death Sunday was due to drowning.
Pallbearers were: Edgar Pearce, Harry Hertzberg, Ralph Joanissie, Norman Dellandrea, Carl Elliott and Clifford King. Interment was at Nipissing Cemetery.
Mr. King, who was involved in mill work and lumbering most of his life, was born in Michigan March 19, 1901, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William M. King.
A resident of Nipissing since 1909, he married the former Leada Rose Yerkie at Toronto Nov. 2, 1920.
He is survived by his wife; five sons: Leslie and Lemmy, both of Sudbury; Cecil and Bert, both of Nipissing and Billie, Toronto; seven daughters: Mrs. C. King (Lillian), Blind River: Mrs. C. Elliott (cont'd)
--North Bay Nugget, North Bay, Ontario, August 11, 1971 Page 5 |
 | W.J. King (2 of 2)
(Gladys), Nipissing; Mrs. D. Hazelwocd (Myrtle), Mrs. R. Joanissie (Erlien), Mattawa; Mrs. N. Dellandrea (Hazel), Arnstein; Mrs. H. Hertzberg (Beatrice), Toronto and Mrs. E. Pearce (Mary), Chisholm; 62 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren.
Mr. King is also survived by six brothers: John and Daniel, both of Nipissing; Joseph, Little Current; Henry and George, both of Sudbury; Simon, Trout Creek, and sisters: Mrs. R. Busby (Florence), Ironbridge; Mrs. Fred Young (Ruth), Powassan; Jean Yerkie, Nipissing and Mrs. R. Newbatt (Ethel), Hanmer.
--North Bay Nugget, North Bay, Ontario, August 11, 1971 Page 5 |
 | Elderly Nipissing resident is drowned (1 of 2)
Elderly Nipissing resident is drowned
POWASSAN (Staff)— William James King of R.R. 1 in Nipissing Township lost his life Sunday afternoon because of a leaky boat and the inability to swim.
A spokesman fur the Powassan detachment of the Provincial Police said that Mr. King and a friend Albert Hutchens of Weston Ont. set off across Duncan Lake which is about 8 miles from the village of Nipissing They were using an old wooden rowboat.
While on the return trip from a mine shaft they wanted to see, the boat which had taken on water since the beginning of the trip, finally sank about 100 yards from the shore.
Mr. King disappeared under the waves while Mr. Hutchens, who is a poor swimmer, managed to make it back to shore.
With the help of his wife Frances, he was able to pull Mr. King to the shore and apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but it was too late.
An ambulance rushed the man to the Civic Hospital in North Bay but the 70-year-old man was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. Investigating officer Const D J Warwick said there would be no inquest into the tragedy.
Coroner Dr Harold Wallace said that death was the result of drowning. Involved in mill work and lumbering most of his life, (Continued on Page 3)
--North Bay Nugget, North Bay, Ontario, August 9, 1971 Page 1 |
 | Drowned (2 of 2)
Drowned
Continued from Page 1
Mr. King was born in Michigan March 19, 1901, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William M. King.
His marriage to the former Leada Rose Yerkie took place at Toronto Nov. 2, 1920. Mr. King had been a resident of Nipissing since 1909.
He is survived by his wife; five sons: Leslie and Lemmy, both of Sudbury; Cecil and Bert, both of Nipissing and Billie, Toronto; seven daughters: Mrs. C. King (Lillian), Blind River; Mrs. C. Elliott (Gladys), Nipissing; Mrs. D. Hazelwood (Myrtle), Mrs. R. Joanissie (Erlien), Mattawa; Mrs. N. Dellandrea (Hazel), Arnstein; Mrs. L. Levesque (Beatrice), Toronto, and Mrs. E. Pearce (Mary), Chisholm; 62 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren.
Also surviving are six brothers: John and Daniel, Nipissing; Joseph, Little Current; Henry and George, both of Sudbury: Simon, Trout Creek; and four sisters: Mrs. R. Busby (Florence), Ironbridge; Mrs. Fred Young (Ruth), Powassan; Jean Yerkie, Nipissing and Mrs. R. Newbatt (Ethel), Hanmer.
The family will receive friends at the Paul Funeral Home in Powassan, where the funeral service will be conducted in the chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment will be at Nipissing Cemetery.
--North Bay Nugget, North Bay, Ontario, August 9, 1971 Page 3 |
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