Robert J. Albert DeHart

1869 - 1943  (74 years)

• Name	Robert J. Albert DeHart
  Birth	15 Jan 1869	Creighton, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Oct 1943	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Burial	22 Oct 1943	St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I13914	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Family	Janet Thomson,   b. 15 Mar 1866, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. Abt 1940 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1897	Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Nora Alberta DeHart,   b. 4 Feb 1900, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1977 (Age 76 years)   2. Elizabeth Marion DeHart,   b. 29 May 1903   d. 12 Jun 1991 (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F5268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  In his marriage registration, Robert was listed as a 29 year old farmer residing in Jarratt and born in Canada. Was a farmer living at Creighton, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada when daughter Nora was born. In the 1901 Canada Census, Ontarop, Simcoe East, Medonte C-3, page 8 line 14, film T6495, Robert was listed as a 32 year old farmer of German descent and a Presbyterian living with his wife Jannet age 34 and daughter Nora age 1. His parents Robert and Marion DeHart also lived with him. The Orillia Packet and Times, Thursday, October 28, 1943, Page 4, Archives of Ontario microfilm N039 Reel 79NP reported: "ROBERT ALBERT DeHART On Tuesday, October 19, at the Toronto General hospital, Robert Albert DeHart died. He had been in poor health for several months but had improved and expected soon to leave hospital, when he succumbed to a sudden heart attack. He was born in Creighton on January 15, 1869, the son of the late Robert DeHart and Marion Bell. In 1898 he married Janet Thomson, who predeceased him three years ago. Their early married life was spent on their farm at Creighton and in Orillia. Nearly forty years ago they tool up residence in Barrie, where Mr. DeHart was connected with the Massey-Harris Company. He leaves to mourn the loss of a kind and loving father two daughters, Miss Nora DeHart of the Barrie teaching staff and Mrs. P.H. Brimage (Bessie) of Coldwater. Also surviving are two brothers, Nicholas, of Coldwater, Edwin of Detroit and one sister, Mrs. C.M.T. Leith, of Alma, and two grandchildren. The funeral was held in Barrie on Friday, October 22, and was conducted by the Rev. S.E. Lewis, of Collier Street United Church. Interment was made in St. Andrew’s Cemetery, Orillia. The pallbearers were R.J. Gamble, John McCaw, Frank DeHart, Hilton Leith, George Graham and John Rumble. Many floral tributes expressed the sympathy of a large circle of friends and relatives."

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. year of birth for Robert Albert DeHart (place from obituary) (date from 1901 Canada Census) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. year of death for Robert Albert DeHart (date and place from obituary) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. in St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery (burial date from obituary)