William Courtney Oulton

1906 - 1973  (66 years)

• Name	William Courtney Oulton
  AltBirth	1905  [1, 2]
  Born	12 Jun 1906	Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Dec 1936	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [5]
  	automobile salesman
  Residence	Aug 1965	Brantford, , Ontario, Canada   [6]
  AltDeath	25 Feb 1973	Brantford, , Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Died	25 Feb 1973	Hamilton, , Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Obituary	Aft 25 Feb 1973	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Brantford Expositor
  	Obituary Oulton - At the Hamilton General Hospital on Sunday, February 25, 1973. William C. Oulton in his 67th year; beloved husband of Grace Smith, 141 Elgin Street; dear father of William H.; Neil, Mrs. Theodore (Ruth) Smerka all of Brantford, Mrs Peter (Dorothy) Hardy of Clarkson, Mrs Robert (Marjorie) Allen of Calgary, Mrs Kenneth (June) Halliday of Fort Saskatchewan, brother of Robert, Reginald, Mrs Minnie Gorvatt and Mrs Ross (Grace) Chapman, all of Nova Scotia, Mrs Wilson (Mame) Allen, New Brunswick; also 12 grandchildren. Resting at Hill and Robinson Limited, Funeral Home, Nelson and Queen Streets until Wednesday. Service in the chapel at 2 o'clock. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery. Reverend John MacCallum will officiate. [provided by Randal Oulton]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, , Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Lot # W1/25 19-H
  Notes	-RO Self-employed largely -RO Personality/Interests: Violin, fishing, hunting -RO varied -RO At an early age, he moved to Toronto to upgrade his education: high school and college. During the Depression of the 1920s, William worked for a Toronto firm selling life insurance. At some point, he moved back to Baie Verte, NB. -RO He served in the Canadian Army from 11 May 1942 to 30 July 1946 at Debert Station, Nova Scotia. William served as a departmental clerk in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Core. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal at the end of the war. -RO In civilian life, he had his own car dealership in Amherst, NS called Nash Sales. Later on, he worked as a car salesman for different dealers. He also worked at carpenter work: he build the family home in Debert Station, NS. -RO In 1950, he and Grace Oulton and family moved from Debert Station, NS to Brantford, Ontario, where they purchased a house at 81, Murray Street. In Brantford, he had his own business in industrial roofing, and worked at the Cockshut Farm plant on Mohawk Street. -RO In his spare time, he liked to play the violin, to fish and to hunt. ID= OU 1111426 NAME:.. Oulton - Catherine Dickie, 3/2/94 WIF: moved to Calgary NAME:William C Oulton BD:1905 DD:1973
  Person ID	I4142	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Major Hiram Oulton,   b. 22 Jul 1872, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1931, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Maretta Jane Mills,   b. 22 Jun 1872, Linden, , Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 30 Aug 1965, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1 (Divorced)	Violet Victoria Goodwin,   b. CA 1914, Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 8 Mar 2005, Upper Nappan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Married	Bef 1936  [3, 5, 9]
  Divorced	Bef Dec 1936  [3, 5, 9]
  Children	1. June Oulton,   b. 1 Jun 1933,   d. Bef Mar 2005  (Age < 71 years)
  Family ID	F1881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Grace Isabel Smith,   b. 18 Feb 1912, Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Bef May 2006  (Age < 94 years)
  Married	2 Dec 1936	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [5]
  	she 25, he 30
  Children	1. William Herbert Oulton   2. Marjorie Grace Oulton   3. Ruth Roberta Oulton,   b. 13 Dec 1938, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 30 Nov 1985, Brantford, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)   4. Dorothy Elizabeth Oulton   5. Neil Courtney Oulton
  Family ID	F1882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jun 1906 - Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Occupation - automobile salesman - Dec 1936 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Married - 2 Dec 1936 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Residence - Aug 1965 - Brantford, , Ontario, Canada AltDeath - 25 Feb 1973 - Brantford, , Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Feb 1973 - Hamilton, , Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Info: Ferrin Leavitt, GEDCOM received Sep 1999. [S767] Info: Robert L Smith, e-mail 27 July 2001. [S826] Info: Shirley Anderson, Oulton File, received 26 Apr 2000. [S558] Vital Stats: NB, Births, William Oulton, Late Births, RS141A1b, 1906-802132, F21265 (Reliability: 3). RS141A1b Index to Late Registration of Births Child OULTON, WILLIAM COURTNEY Sex M Date of Birth 1906 | 06 | 12 (Y-M-D) Place BAIE VERTE County WESTMORLAND Father OULTON, MAJOR HIRAM Mother MILLS, MARETTA JANE Code 1906-802132 Microfilm F21265 [S1856] Vital Stats: NS, Online Records, Grace I Smith & William C Oulton, marriage, Year: 1936 - Book: 84 - Page: 98. [S1485] Info: Kathryn Jeffers, nscumber post 5 Apr 2009 (Maretta Mills's obituary). [S695] Obituaries: General, William C Oulton, posted to Nova-Scotia mailing list. [S695] Obituaries: General, William C Oulton, Brantford Expositor, Feb 1973. [S1856] Vital Stats: NS, Online Records, Violet V Oulton & Hance E Newsom, marriage, Year: 1937 - Book: 87 - Page: 763.