Person Page - 904

     Reginald married Mary Ann Giles.² He was born in 1880 at Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.¹ Reginald married Mary Ann Giles on 20 February 1901.¹
     Reginald Ballard died in April 1947.¹
     Reginald Ballard, his son, was referenced, but not by name, in the obituary of Henry J. Ballard who died 21 June 1939.²

     She was born circa 1930.^2,4 Joy married Robert Jackson Graham on 9 April 1955.¹
     Joy Alice Mae Graham died on 1 October 2019 at Miramichi Lodge, Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.⁴
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     The following article appeared in the Renfrew, Ontario Renfrew Mercury, 13 September 1934 :

     In the obituary of Robert Jackson Graham who died 21 October 1982, hiswife, the former Joy Schimmens, of Ajax, was listed as a survivor.⁵
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Pembroke Observer published in Pembroke, Ontario, 10 October 2019.⁴

     He was born in 1893.² William married Esther Violet Pilgrim, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Durst, on 10 August 1940 at Haley's Station, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^1,3,4
     Following is other selected information from a newspaper article about their wedding:

     William A. Durst was buried at Crown Cemetery, Morriston, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.²
     William A. Durst died in 1965.²
     The following article appeared in the Renfrew, Ontario Renfrew Mercury, 14 December 1939 :

     The following article appeared in the Ottawa, Ontario The Ottawa Citizen, 13 August 1940 :
He was the officiating minister at the burial of Bertha Yourt on 3 February 1943 at Rosenthal Wesleyan (aka Zion Evangelical United) Cemetery (aka Wesleyan Methodist Burial Ground), Brudenell Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G.^{6,7,8,9,10,11,12}

     He was born in 1916.²
     Basil W. Bimm died on 30 August 1923 at Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^1,2
     Basil W. Bimm was buried at Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Eganville, Twp. of Bonnechere Valley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G.²
     The following newspaper article appeared in the book Reflections of a Century compiled by the Eganville Leader (2002) at Eganville at Ontario originally published 7 September 1923 :

     Herman Verch was referenced in a newspaper article about Two South Algona Boys Missing
Search is being made for two young men, Ellard Verch and Garnet Schruder, both of Ruby, South Algona, who have been missing since Sunday from a lumber camp on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River about 45 miles from Pembroke.

The two youths, who were employed by George Zadow, Pembroke jobber, left the camp with two other men Sunday morning to look for a trout lake. After walking a considerable distance, they decided to return to the camp, and while two members of the party retraced their steps. Verch and Schruder decided to take a shortcut and apparently got lost. Their tracks have been followed through the bush by searchers, but the snow that was on the ground at the first of the week has no melted and the trail was lost.

Men from the lumber camp and friends of the young men are carrying on the search, and the aid of Quebec provincial police has been enlisted.

Verch is a son of Herman Verch, a former Reeve of South Algona, and Schruder is a son of Herbert Schruder of Rudy.

This (Friday) afternoon it was rumored the youths had reached Brumm's camp, about 25 miles distant from the point they had entered the woods. This, however, could not be confirmed. on 19 November 1943 at the book Reflections of a Century compiled by the Eganville Leader (2002), Eganville, Ontario, Canada.¹

     She was born in 1876.³ Minna married Herman August Bimm in 1900 at Eganville, Grattan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Marriage Registration 014471.^4,1,3
     Minna Auguste Brose died in 1970.³
     Minna Auguste Brose was buried at Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Eganville, Twp. of Bonnechere Valley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G.³
     She was commonly knownas Minnie according to the obituary of her son, H Arthur Bimm.⁴ Minnie Brose was listed as a survivor in the obituary of Herbert Arthur Bimm who died 5 September 1959, his mother.^4,3

     He was born on 18 September 1901 at Eganville, Grattan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Birth Registration 036577.^1,2,3,4
     Herbert Arthur Bimm died on 5 September 1959 at Eganville, Grattan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, at age 57.^1,3
     Herbert Arthur Bimm was buried at Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Eganville, Twp. of Bonnechere Valley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G.³
     His name was also recorded as Arthur.^5,3 He was a witness from "Reflections of a Century", 1927 Briefs, page 154:
R.G. Boland Sells Jewellry Business
Mr. R.G. Boland, who for over 20 years conducted a jewellery business in Eganville -- his shop being considered one of the most attractive in the Ottawa Valley -- has been sold to Mr. Arthur Bimm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bimm, of Eganville, who took possession on Wednesday. The new owner has been with J. Deacon Taylor, jeweller of Pembroke, for the past seven years and is therefore practical and experienced.⁵
     From "Reflections of a Century", 1959 Briefs - page 378 - May 15 - A Massive Robbery in Eganville
With the assistance of OPP investigators from the Perth Headquarteres, Eganville Police Chief Rod Junkin is conducxting an intensive investigatoin ot idnetify the master robbers who entered the H. Arthur Bimm Jewelleery Store in Eganville about 2 a,m, on Thursday ad escaped with an estimated $20,000 in diamonds, luggage, wrist watches and other valuable merchandise....⁶

     She was born on 13 April 1905 at Alice Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^1,2,3,4,5 Alternatively, she may have been born circa 1901 according to a newspaper account related to the dismissal of charges against the man that struck her parked car, killing her.⁶ Ida married Ezra Bertram Schonnop on 22 June 1927 at Locksley, Alice Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^1,2,7,8,5
     Ida Louise Schultz died on 7 October 1961 at Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, at age 56.^1,3,4,6
     Ida Louise Schultz was buried at Wilberforce United Church Cemetery (AKA Evangelical Lutheran / Zion Evangalist ), Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G.^3,4
     Ida appeared in the 1931 Canadian Census of Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, in the household of her father-in-law Mathias Schunop and Annie Schunop.⁵
     The following newspaper article appeared in the book Reflections of a Century compiled by the Eganville Leader (2002) at Eganville at Ontario originally published 8 October 1961 :

     In the obituary of Ezra Bertram Schonnop who died 26 August 1986, his wife, the former Ida Schultz, was listed as predeceased.⁹
     In the obituary of Beverly Cook who died 27 June 2001, her parents, Ezra Schonnop and Ida Schultz were listed or implied as predeceased.¹⁰

     He was born on 11 November 1856 at Drachhausen, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Prussia/Preußen (modern Germany).¹
     Christian Yurth died on 13 January 1857.¹

     He was born on 28 May 1880 at Hagarty Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.¹
     His name was also recorded as Walter Boase according to a Renfrew Mercury clipping.³
     The following article appeared in the Renfrew, Ontario Renfrew Mercury, 1 April 1927 :

     Mary married Reginald Ballard.³ She was born in 1881 at Oxfordshire, England.² Mary married Reginald Ballard on 20 February 1901.²
     Mary Ann Giles died in November 1953.²
     Mary Ann Ballard, his mother, was referenced, but not by name, in the obituary of Henry J. Ballard who died 21 June 1939.³

     He was born on 24 May 1889 at Golden Lake, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.¹ Alternatively, he may have been born on 4 May 1889.¹
     

Canadian Military Service

     Edward Verch was conscripted on 11 November 1917 at Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada, a single farmer at the time of signing his WWI Particulars of Recruit form of Jun 11, 1918. A note on the form states that his service reckons from Nov 11, 1917. He was in the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment.¹ Edward Verch ended his military service on 12 November 1918 At the time of his discharge it was noted he had pulmonary tuberculosis since an attack of pleurisy in 1914, so it was not due to his service.

End of Military Service section.¹

     Research notes (June 2018):

     The following information is from my personal research, June 2018: