Roy William Harry Grist

Roy William Harry Grist

Male 1918 - 1942  (23 years)


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  • Name Roy William Harry Grist  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 17 Jul 1918  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1 Jun 1921  South Dumfries, Brant, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence Religion: Methodist; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son 
    Arrival 15 Aug 1937  Buffalo, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation Mess Room Boy 
    Death 24 Jan 1942  At sea as Canadian Merchant Marine , Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5] 
    Burial Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Joseph Grist,   b. Aug 1824, Warminster, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1897, Warminster, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Fredina,   b. 20 Feb 1867, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1926, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I11077  The Global Grist Compendium

    Father William Joseph Grist,   b. 21 Mar 1887, West Ham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1948, Port Colborne, Niagara, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Edith May Camp,   b. 3 May 1891, South Dumfries, Brant Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1949, Port Colborne, Humberstone, Welland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Wentworth Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Dec 1910  Troy, Beverley Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Jul 1918 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    William Grist    		 William Grist
    Mess Rm Boy William Harry Grist    		Mess Rm Boy William Harry Grist

  • Sources 
    1. [S294] Ancestry.com, 1921 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 50; Census Place: 50, Brant, Ontario; Page Number: 1.

    2. [S3] Ancestry.com, UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918; Archive Name: London, United Kingdom.

    3. [S628] Ancestry.com, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    4. [S233] Ancestry.com, U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record.

    5. [S1029] Ancestry.com, Web: Canada, Virtual War Memorial Index, 1900-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).

    6. [S1380] Ancestry.com, Web: Canadian Headstone Index, 1840-2017, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Canadian Headstones; Canada.