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- aka Lance. Son of Margaret Waugh and John Clark Rumble. Step son of Mary Isabella (Thomson) Rumble. (Margaret was a daughter of Mary Graham and Charles Waugh. Mary was a sister of Elizabeth Graham, therefore Margaret and Mary Isabella were first cousins). Birth registration 029938 microfilm MS929 reel 128 Archives of Ontario. Birth was attended by Dr. A.W. Heaslip. Name was recorded as John Lancelot Graham Rumble. Was recorded in the 1901 Canada Census as John L.G. Marriage registration 006741Archives of Ontario microfilm MS 932 reel 521 John Lancelot Rumble, bachelor, 25, a Traveller, Methodist, resident of Nanton Court Apartments, Toronto, married 18 September 1920 in Toronto to Georgina Lawson, spinster, 20, Presbyterian. resident of Durham, Ontario. Ceremony was performed by Rev. George Waugh of 5 Oak Street, Toronto. Witnesses were Mary J. Waugh and Helen Waugh, both of 5 Oak Street, Toronto. Lance was a truck consultant to the USA Army during the construction of the Alaska Highway. He met Donald Clark Amos (descendant of the Robert Thomson branch) who was civilian Chaplain to the highway construction crew in 1943-44. Was living in Toronto in 1935 when his father died. Buried in Row 2, Cherry Section, Durham Cemetery, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario.
Lance signed up twice for Service in WWI.
Regimental Number 57482, John Lancelot Rumble, born 6 September 1893, in Hillsdale, Ontario, next of kin John C. Rumble, father. Lance was a chauffeur. Signed 13 November 1914 in Toronto. Age 21 years 2 months, 5'-11", chest expanded 42" range 2", complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair fair, Methodist.
Regimental Number 513190, John Lancelot Rumble, born 6 September 1895, in Hillsdale, Ontario, next of kin John C. Rumble, father. Lance was an automobile dealer. Signed 13 November 1916 in Toronto. Age 21 years, 5'-11", chest expanded 45 1/2" range 4", complexion dark, eyes brown, hair brown, Methodist.
From "Another Look At Hillsdale" by Sylvia Holderny
Lance served oversea in World War I. Joined General Motors in 1927 and became a salesman who had a fantastic record of selling a truck a day for eleven years. He became Manager of G.M. Canada Truck Retail Branch in Toronto and worked as consultant to the U.S. War Department in WWII. Was technical advisor to the General responsible for building the Alaska Highway in 1942, 1422 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska and Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Was an accomplished speaker and writer. Interests included baseball, Hackney horses (owned many in his stables in Durham), helping handicapped children and writing humorous articles. In 1951 he was considered one of Canada's best dressed men.
The Toronto Star, Tuesday, November 17, 1959, Page 3. The late Lance Rumble lead a campaign to raise funds for the Metropolitan Toronto Association for Retarded Children for a new branch on Yonge Street in Hoggs Hollow.
Toronto City Directories. In 1925, J. Lance Rumble was a salesman for Canada Ruggles and had rooms at 321 Jarvis Street. In 1930 (J. Lance), 1935 (John L.) and 1940 (J. Lancelot) was a salesman for General Motors Products and lived at 102 Dinnick Crescent. In 1945 and 1950 (John L.) was Branch Manager General Motors Products and living in Durham, Ontario (also in 1950 he was General Manager Truck Division General Motors Products, residing at the King Edward Hotel). In 1957 J. Lance was General Manager Truck Division General Motors Products of Canada and living at 614 - 1 Benvenuto Place.
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1895 - Abt 1958 (62 years)
