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     He was born circa 1906 at England.³ Harold married Emily M. Scott on 3 April 1928 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.^4,5,6 Harold Edgar Newing and Emily M. Scott were divorced.⁷ Harold married Frances Evelyn Maud Shaw.⁸
     Harold Edgar Newing died on 24 November 1952 at General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, (photo) HAROLD NEWING,
... injuries prove fatal
     Midnapore Man Dies Following Sunday Accident
     12th Calgary Traffic Fatality This Year
     Harold Newing, M.B.E., 44, of Midnapore, who sustained shock end internal injuries in a two-car collision at. the intersection of 17tn Ave. and 1st. St. E. at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, died in the General hospital Monday afternoon.
     The victim, Calgary's 12th traffic fatality of 1952, was the driver of a car which collided with another vehicle driven by W. H. Williams, Currie barracks. Newing was traveling east on 17th Ave. and Williams was. proceeding north on 1st St.
     FOLLOWING the collusion, Williams car crashed into the fence of R. H. Muir, damaging it considerably.
     Newing was taken to the General hospital in Starr's ambulance. Mr. Newing was born in Folkstone,
     Kent, England, and moved to Ontario as a child in 1906. In 1915 he went to British Columbia and lived in many cities including Chilliwack and Vancouver. He came to Calgary in 1916 and operated the Handy Meat Market for several years
     DURING THE Second Great War, Mr. Newing served overseas as a welfare officer with the Salvation Army auxiliary services, and was stationed with the Seaforth Highlanders in England until moved to Sicily and Italy at the time of the assault landings.
     He held -the rank of captain (supervisor) and had been a member of the Salvation Army for more than 25 years. For several years he was a cornet soloist with the Calgary Citadel band.
     On receiving his discharge, Mr. Newing returned to Calgary and for the past four years had operated the Pacific Meat Market. He was a member of the Cosmopolitan club of Calgary.
     SURVIVING are his wife, Frances; a son Lt. Harold Newing with the Royal Canadian Artillery; "his mother, Mrs. Caroline Newing of Toronto; three sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Black of Calgary, Mrs. Hazel Gerlitz of Vancouver and Mrs. Dorothy Upfold of Port Colbourne, Ont;- three brothers, Gerald of Toronto, William of Calgary and Earn of Folkstone, England.
     Rev. Dr. J. Gordon Jones will conduct the funeral service Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Jacques funeral home and burial will in Midnapore cemetery.⁹
     Harold Edgar Newing was buried on 26 November 1952 at Saint Paul's Anglican Midnapore Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.^10,1,9
     Harold and Marguerite Newing appeared on the 1931 Canadian Census of Calgary, Alberta, enumerated 1 June 1931. Harold was described as a butcher, in a butcher store, working for wages.³
     The following article appeared in the Calgary, Alberta Calgary Herald, 6 February 1942 :

     In the 1946 Honours List awarded to members of the Canadian army, Supervisor Harold Edgar Newing was recipient of M.B.E. (Civil Division.)²

     He was born on 23 February 1907 at Lamerton, Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada.³ Fred married Ethel Olsen in 1927.⁴ Fred Blakeley Douiswell and Ethel Olsen were divorced.⁵ Fred married Marguerite Newing.^1,2 Fred married Ruth Wilson Stephenson.⁶
     Fred Blakeley Douiswell died on 13 July 1998 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at age 91.³
     He was commonly known as Blake.³
     In the obituary of Marguerite Dowswell who died 13 March 1965, her husband, Fred Blakeley Douiswell, of Calgary, was listed as a survivor.²

     He was born on 13 June 1932.^2,1
     Harold Walter Newing died on 26 November 1993 at London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, at age 61.^1,3
     Harold Walter Newing was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.¹
     In the obituary of Marguerite Dowswell who died 13 March 1965, her son, Harold W. Newing, of San Francisco, California, was listed as a survivor.⁴

     He was born on 15 August 1921 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.^4,2
     Gordon Douglas Scott died on 7 September 1943 at England at age 22 in a flying accident, crashing in the sea off Pembrokeshire during a night training exercise. They had taken off from Bruntingthorpe. A hill in Manitoba is named in his honour, Gordon Scott Hill, Manitoba; Between White Stone Lake and Waskaiowaka Lake.^3,2,5
     Gordon Douglas Scott was buried on 21 October 1943 at Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery, Somerset, England.^6,2
     

Canadian Military Service - WWII

     Gordon Douglas Scott began military service on 10 November 1941 at the age of 20 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, joining the R.C.A.F..^3,2 On 12 December 1941 at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, Gordon Douglas Scott wrote his will leaving all to his mother, Myrtle Ann Scott.²
     On 22 January 1943, he was promoted to Spec T/Sgt. He embarked overseas from New York on Mar 9, 1943, arriving in England on Mar 17, 1943. From July 22, 1943 he was paid as a Flight Sgt.² T/Sgt. Gordon Douglas Scott ended his military service on 7 September 1943 reported missing after a night flying exercise. This status was updated to "Killed" on Oct 23, 1943. His "body recovered from sea at Freshwater past Pembrokeshire, England.

End of Military Service section.²

     Flight Sergeant Gordon Douglas Scott was commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

     In the obituary of Sparling Robert Scott who died 24 August 1979, his son, Gordon Scott, was listed as predeceased.⁸
     In the obituary of Marjory Irene Watson who died 11 August 1987, her brother, Gordon Scott, was listed as predeceased.⁹
     In the obituary of Myrtle Scott who died 15 November 1989, Gordon Scott, was listed as predeceased.¹⁰

     She was born on 15 April 1919 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, according to Saskatchewan Birth Registration 4937.^1,2,4,5 Tena married Jack Nicholas MacKay, probably in Swift Current where Tena's father was pastor of a church, on 15 April 1936 at Saskatchewan, Canada.^6,3,5,7
     Tena Ruth Elizabeth Stoakes died on 27 November 2015, probably in Kelowna, at British Columbia, Canada, at age 96.^2,5
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     Tena Ruth Elizabeth Stoakes was buried on 5 December 2015 at Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.^8,2,5
     Tena Stoakes was included in a circa December 1919 photograph (an unknown value.)⁹
She moved to Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, with her parents Victor John Ashford Stoakes and Emma Johnson and family in 1920.¹⁰
     Tena Stoakes appeared in the 1921 Canadian Census of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in the household of her parents, Victor and Emma Stoakes.⁴
     In the obituary of Alma Joyce Georgena Stoakes who died 6 January 1936, her sister, Tena Stokes was listed as a survivor.¹⁰
     In the obituary of Todd Eugene Blish who died 16 November 1984, his grandparents, Jack McKay and Tena MacKay, of Kelowna, British Columbia, were listed as survivors.¹¹
     In the obituary of Joyce Blish who died 8 November 1999, her parents, Jack MacKay and Tena MacKay were listed or implied as predeceased.¹²
     In the obituary of Jack Nicholas MacKay who died 3 September 2010, hiswife, the former Tena Stoakes, was listed as a survivor.⁷
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspapers of the Okanagan Valley Newspaper Group, British Columbia, 2 December 2015.²
     In the obituary of Darlene Tohivsky who died 20 September 2023, her parents, Jack Mackay and Tena Stoakes were listed or implied as predeceased.⁷

     She was born on 14 June 1918 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, according to Saskatchewan Birth Registration 6851.^1,2,5,3,4 Frances married Ralph Edward Riley on 23 July 1942 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.^6,7,8
     Frances Ivy Dure died on 9 April 2006 at age 87.⁵
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.⁶
     She was commonly knownas Duie.⁸

Francis I. Dure appeared on the 1911 British Census of Moose Jaw, Canada, in the household of her parents, Frank and Elizabeth Dure.⁴ Frances Ivy appeared 1n the 1931 Canadian Census of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in the household of Frank Dure and Elizabeth Dure.³
     In the obituary of Frank Dure who died 27 April 1947, his daughter, Mrs. R. Riley of Moose Jaw, was listed as a survivor.⁹ She and Ruby Irene Stoakes crossed the border on a temporary visit on 28 May 1948 at Turner Valley, Montana, USA, bound for a one day pleasure visit to Harlem, Montana.. From the manifest we learn that they were travelling by auto with Rhueben Nestegard/Westegard and Vernon Sherven. Frances was 29 (claiming to be 21.) Frances was a clerk at Woolworth's in Moose Jaw, and Ruby was a domestic.^2,10
     In the obituary of Ralph Edward Riley who died 23 January 2000, hiswife, the former Frances Ivy Dure, was listed as a survivor.⁸
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Moose Jaw Times Herald published in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 13 April 2006.⁶
     The following analysis is from my personal research and reflects my attempts to consolidate information from different sources.

     She was born on 28 May 1915 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, according to Saskatchewan Birth Registration 5560.^3,1,2 Victorine married Chris S. Faber on 29 July 1935 at United Church manse, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹
     Victorine Stoakes was buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.⁴
     Victorine Stoakes died in 1993.⁴
     She was commonly knownas Vickie.¹
     Victorine Stoakes was included in a circa December 1919 photograph (an unknown value.)⁵
She moved to Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, with her parents Victor John Ashford Stoakes and Emma Johnson and family in 1920.⁶
     Victorine Stoakes appeared in the 1921 Canadian Census of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in the household of her parents, Victor and Emma Stoakes.²
     In the obituary of Alma Joyce Georgena Stoakes who died 6 January 1936, her sister, Victorine Stoakes was listed as a survivor.⁶

     He was born on 1 November 1911 at Ukraine.¹ Jack married Tena Ruth Elizabeth Stoakes, probably in Swift Current where Tena's father was pastor of a church, on 15 April 1936 at Saskatchewan, Canada.^2,3,4,1
     Jack Nicholas MacKay died on 3 September 2010 at Sutherland Hills Rest Home, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, at age 98.¹
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Jack Nicholas MacKay.
     Jack Nicholas MacKay was buried on 11 September 2010 at Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.¹
     In the obituary of Todd Eugene Blish who died 16 November 1984, his grandparents, Jack McKay and Tena MacKay, of Kelowna, British Columbia, were listed as survivors.⁵
     In the obituary of Joyce Blish who died 8 November 1999, her parents, Jack MacKay and Tena MacKay were listed or implied as predeceased.⁶
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in his memorial page on the wewb site of Dignity Memorial, circa 4 September 2010.¹
     In the obituary of Tena Ruth Elizabeth MacKay, who died 27 November 2015, her husband, Jack McKay, was listed as predeceased.⁷
     In the obituary of Darlene Tohivsky who died 20 September 2023, her parents, Jack Mackay and Tena Stoakes were listed or implied as predeceased.¹

     He was born in 1918 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹ Ralph married Frances Ivy Dure on 23 July 1942 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.^2,3,1
     Ralph Edward Riley died on 23 January 2000 at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.¹
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Ralph Edward Riley.
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Times Colonist published in Victoria, British Columbia, 26 January 2000.¹

     She was born on 13 August 1953 at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.^1,2
     Bonnie Lyn Eckroth died on 30 October 2000 at Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at age 47.^3,2
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Calgary Herald published in Calgary, Alberta, 1 November 2000.²