Samuel Harvey Armstrong (1897 - 1972)

Born 7 Mar 1897 in Houghton Centre, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Edith May Walker — married 23 Sep 1913 in Walsingham Ont Can ?

Died 20 Sep 1972 at age 75 in Vienna, Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Samuel was born May 7, 1897 in Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario.^[1]

Samuel was married to Edith May Walker. ^[2]

Samuel experience the tragic death of his daugther Bessie Irene Armstrong. Bessie died of Pnuemonia on October 25th, 1918 at only 8 days old. They were living in Brantford, Brant, Ontario. ^[3]

Great War

Samuel Harvey Armstrong 189940 Private. Son of John A. and Sarah Armstrong. Enlisted February 1916. Served in Canada 91st Battalion; England 12th Reserve; France 2nd Battalion. Battles: Somme, Vimy Ridge. Wounded at Fresnoy. Discharged January 1918.^[4]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 23 Sep 1972

Place: St. Luke's Anglican Cemetery, Vienna, Ontario, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMD2-LNG : 10 August 2017), John A. Armstrong in entry for Samuel Harvey Armstrong, 07 Mar 1897; citing Birth, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,906,133.
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2789-LNN : 10 April 2015), Samuel H Armstrong and Edith May Walker, 23 Sep 1914; citing registration , Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,021,936.]
3. ↑ Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDR4-GQB : 2 March 2021), Sam Armstrong in entry for Bessie Irene Armstrong, 25 Oct 1918; citing Brantford, Brant, Ontario, yr 1918 cn 10299, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,879.
4. ↑ Elgin County Book of Remembrance, The Great War, 1914 - 1918

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Notes

Note HI324(Research):Canada Ontario Bayhem 57 B 1 Port Burwell 13 8 146 146 Armstrong, Samuel M W Son S 4-Mar 1897 4 Ont Canada - - German Canadian B

Canadian Postal Records

Samuel Harvey Armstrong Born:March 7 1897 Postmaster Port Burwell Began: Oct 31 1923 Retired: Dec 31 1959 **Notice the three day descrepancy in birth day.

Note NI324Lived in Port Burwell. postmaster forever

Funeral service for

Samuel H. Armstrong

Beloved husband of the former Edith Walker

In his 76th year

Passed away in Tillsonburg

Wednesday, Sept 20th, 1972

Resting at the H. A. Ostrander and Son Funeral home

For service on Saturday, September 23, 1972 at 2:00 pm

Clergy Rev. James Taylor

Interment

Saint Luke's Cemetery Vienna

Burial: !901 Census Bayham , Aylmer list date Mar. 4

Fact: 31 Oct 1923, post master Port Burwell

Notes

Note N23Lived in Port Burwell. postmaster forever.

More About Samuel Harvey Armstrong:

Fact 1: October 31, 1923, post master Port Burwell.

Fact 2: December 31, 1957, retired.

More About Samuel Harvey Armstrong and Edith May Walker:

Marriage: week of Sept 25-29 1913 probably Walshingham, Ontario..

Census Records

1921 Census, Pt. Burwell & Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario

• Armstrong, Samuel, 24
• Armstrong, Edith, 22
• Armstrong, Winnifred M., 1