 1895 - 1966 (70 years)
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| Name |
Duncan George Byers |
| Born |
8 Jun 1895 |
Bonnechere Valley Township, Ontario, Canada  |
- Grattan Township, Ontario
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
19 Mar 1966 |
Callander, Ontario, Canada |
| Buried |
Nipissing Union Cemetery, Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada |
| Person ID |
I00795 |
Family Tree | Byers Side of My Family |
| Last Modified |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Father |
William James Byers, b. 8 Jan 1860, Bonnechere Valley Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 23 Aug 1936, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Alice Ann Raycraft, b. 24 May 1865, Bonnechere Valley Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Jul 1908, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada (Age 43 years) |
| Married |
1 Mar 1887 |
Whitewater Region Township, Ontario, Canada |
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| Family ID |
F0276 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Watson Hamilton, b. 2 Jul 1901, Admaston/Bromley Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 30 Oct 1971, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years) |
| Married |
1 Sep 1920 |
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada |
| Children |
| | 1. Alice Irene Byers, b. 20 Sep 1921, Nipissing Junction, Ontario, Canada , d. 8 Sep 1999, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) |
| + | 2. Margaret Ruth Byers, b. 17 Mar 1924, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Apr 2016, Elmira, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years) |
| | 3. Edaleen Iva Byers, b. 24 Apr 1925, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 4 Apr 1989, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years) |
| + | 4. Edna Joy Byers, b. 3 Apr 1928, Callander, Ontario, Canada , d. 16 Jul 1993, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada (Age 65 years) |
| | 5. James Duncan Byers, b. 4 Oct 1930, Callander, Ontario, Canada , d. 25 Feb 1989, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 58 years) |
| | 6. Mary Ellen Byers, b. 24 Aug 1937, Callander, Ontario, Canada , d. 24 Aug 1937, Callander, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years) |
| | 7. Rodney Stewart Byers, b. 24 Aug 1937, Callander, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Jun 1972, Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada (Age 34 years) |
| + | 8. Living |
| | 9. Edith Byers |
| | 10. Sylvia Byers, d. Bef Apr 2016 |
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| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2021 |
| Family ID |
F1994 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 8 Jun 1895 - Bonnechere Valley Township, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Married - 1 Sep 1920 - Renfrew, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Died - 19 Mar 1966 - Callander, 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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 | Wedding of Duncan Byers & Margaret Hamilton
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 | Duncan & Charles Byers
Front: Brothers Duncan & Charles Byers |
 | Duncan Byers
Duncan lst on the right. Second man on right believed to be a South from Nipissing area. from the album of Elda Byers 162nd Battalion, Regiment 657952. Embarked from Port of Halifax, NS on ship S.S. "Caronia" Oct 31, 1916 |
 | Duncan Byers
In front of Eliza (Byers) Leroy's home on Callander Bay. |
 | Duncan Byers
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 | Duncan Byers
Lighthouse Beach, Callander, Ontario |
 | Duncan & Margaret Byers
Duncan with wife Margaret & son Rodney on knee and son James (Jimmy in front) |
 | Duncan Byers
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 | Duncan Byers
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 | Christie Hamilton with Family
(L-R): Stewart Hamilton, Janet (Hamilton) Wheeler, Duncan Byers, Margaret (Hamilton) Byers, Christie Ann (Watson) Hamilton, Kate (Hamilton) Crogie |
| Headstones |
 | Duncan Byers
Byers
Duncan
1896-1966
From His Many Friends |
| Obituary & Death Notice |
 | D.G. Byers
D. G. Byers
CALLANDER (Staff)-Funeral SE service was held today in the chapel of the Paul Funeral Home, Powassan, for Duncan George Byers, RR1, Callander, who died suddenly Saturday at his home. He was 69.
The service was conducted by Rev. C. B. Taylor of South Shore Community Church, and interment took place at Nipissing Cemetery. Six members of the Callander Branch, Royal Canadian Legion, served as pallbearers.
Born June 4, 1896, in Renfrew County, Mr. Byers was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Byers of Sunset Cove. He had lived in the Callander area for the past 60 years, and was well known as a guide.
Mr. Byers was a veteran of the First World War, having served with the 19th and 162nd Battalions. His marriage to the former Margaret Hamilton took place at Renfrew Sept. 1, 1920.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, James, Camp Tillicum, and Rodney, Callander; and seven daughters, Mrs. A. Rennette (Irene), St. Catharines, Mrs. C. Liberty (Elda) and Mrs. G. Simms (Ruth), both of North Bay, Miss Edaleen Byers, Toronto; Mrs. A. MacWilliam (Edna) Corbeil, Mrs. J. Drober (Edith) and Mrs. W. Johnson (Sylvia), both of Ferris.
Also both surviving are two brothers, William, Quebec, Charles, Callander; and two sisters, Mrs. S. Leroy (Eliza), Callander, and Mrs. S. Hamilton (Annie), Frankville.
--North Bay Nugget, North Bay, Ontario, Canada, March 21, 1966 Page 5 |
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