 1861 - 1948 (86 years)
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| Name |
John Alexander Byers |
| Born |
19 Oct 1861 |
Eganville, Ontario, Canada  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
12 Jul 1948 |
Powassan, Ontario, Canada |
| Buried |
Nipissing Union Cemetery, Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada |
| Person ID |
I00753 |
Family Tree | Byers Side of My Family |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
William James Byers, b. 10 Jan 1839, Admaston/Bromley Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 1 Aug 1920, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Ellen Banning, b. 22 Mar 1840, Lachute, Québec, Canada , d. 30 Aug 1907, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
4 Nov 1859 |
Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada |
| Family ID |
F0275 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Florence Mary Perry, b. 18 Apr 1883, Parham, Ontario, Canada , d. 9 Nov 1939, Callander, Ontario, Canada (Age 56 years) |
| Married |
8 Jun 1897 |
Nipissing, Ontario, Canada |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Ellen Byers, b. 7 Apr 1898, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 23 Apr 1981, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) |
| + | 2. William James Byers, b. 23 Jun 1900, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 1 May 1978, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada (Age 77 years) |
| + | 3. John Alexander Byers, b. 10 Apr 1902, Powassan, Ontario, Canada , d. 13 Aug 1995, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 93 years) |
| + | 4. Levi Byers, b. 6 Apr 1904, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 Dec 1987, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) |
| + | 5. Eliza Jane Byers, b. 17 Aug 1905, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 30 Mar 1985, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years) |
| + | 6. Enos Elijah Byers, b. 13 Nov 1907, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 29 Aug 1986, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) |
| + | 7. Frances Pearl Byers, b. 22 Mar 1909, Brule, Ontario, Canada , d. 14 Nov 1998, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years) |
| | 8. Irene Byers, b. 3 Dec 1910, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 3 Dec 1910, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years) |
| + | 9. Gordon Emmanuel Byers, b. 29 Jan 1912, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Jun 2003, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years) |
| + | 10. Maude Esther Byers, b. 7 Aug 1914, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 8 Jan 2001, Powassan, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years) |
| + | 11. Irvin Elsworth Byers, b. 28 Jul 1917, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada , d. 3 Sep 1997, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0233 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 19 Oct 1861 - Eganville, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Married - 8 Jun 1897 - Nipissing, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Died - 12 Jul 1948 - Powassan, 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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 : Location
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| Photos
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 | Familiy of John & Florence (Perry) Byers
Back: Mary, Gordon, Alex, Levi, Eliza, Bill, Frances, Irvin, Esther, Enos
Front: Florence, John |
 | Family of John & Florence Byers
(l-r) Mary, Florence, holding Eliza, Bill (sitting), Alex, John, holding Levi |
 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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 | John Alexander Byers
John Alexander Byers with two of his grandchildren, likely Norman and Nancy, children of Enos Byers. |
 | John & Florence Byers
Photo taken at a family reunion of John & Florence's children and grandchildren. |
| Headstones |
 | John & Florence Byers
Byers
Father
John A.
1861-1948
Mother
Florence M.
1883-1939
Gone but not forgotten |
| Obituary & Death Notice |
 | John Alexander Byers
Powassan: Funeral services will be held at Powassan, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for John Alexander Byers, who died Monday at his home in Powassan. He was 86 years of age and was ill for only two days before his death. The service will be held at the home of his son, Irvin, with Rev. Knowles officiating, and internment will take place in the Nipissing Cemetery. Mr. Byers six sons will act as pall-bearers.
Born at Eganville, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Byers, he moved to Nipissing in 1894 and lived there until two years ago when he moved to Powassan. One of the best known residents of the Nipissing area, he worked as a sawmill employee and farmer most of his life.
Mr. Byers was predeceased by his wife, the former Florence Mary Perry nine years ago. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Clinton Turcotte, North Bay; Mrs. S. Grawbarger, Callander; Mrs. A.W. Radkey, Larder Lake; Mrs. Bert Johnston, Simcoe; and six sons, William, Mimico; Alex and Levi, Callander; Enos, Gordon and Irvin, Powassan. Two brothers Thomas, Powassan and Robert, Pittsburgh, Penn., also survive.
--The North Bay Nugget, North Bay, Ontario, July 13, 1948 Page 2 |
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