Fairminer - Treneman - Family Tree

Although he gave Bracebridge, Ontario as his place of birth on his attestation papers, Arthur Henry Waltenbery was born in Dwight, Muskoka, Ontario on 17 June 1893. His father George Waltenbery aged 34 [died 1951 Orillia], a carpenter by trade, and mother Margaret Jane McIlwain aged 26 [died 1946 Orillia] had married in 1882 in Huntsville. Children born to the couple were Emily Jane (1883-1914), George Lewis (1885-1974), Edward Thomas (Jan 1887-May 1887), Melinda Agnes (1888-1913), Rose Margaret (May 1891- Sep 1891), Arthur, Albert Victor (May 1895- Sep 1895), Elizabeth Ann (1897-1984), and Ada Adeline (Feb 1901-Mar 1902). Over the years the family lived in a few places throughout the Muskoka and by 1911 had relocated to Chamberlain, Nipissing.

Established Church after Banns
Arthur Henry Waltenbery [Soldier] married Bessie Gertrude Fairminer when he was 23 years old
Both living in Ashtead
Witnesses
Matilda Arnold Harmsworth, Bessie's mother.
Ti Haseman

They gave birth to a son John Oliver (Jack) on 14 February 1918-1942 followed by four more children:
Arthur 1919-2000, Cyril 1927-1999, Violet, and Isabel.

On the Metagama as Arthur was to continue with his convalescence in Toronto
Possibly Bessie went with him ?

It appears that he and Bessie had divorced, and he later married Laura Byers, widow of WW1 veteran Henry Byers of Kenora. The daughter of Adolphus and Olive (née Atkinson) Vandall, Laura was born in 1921 in Kenora. The couple gave birth to three daughters, Margaret, Linda, and Janet.
Laura later married WW1 veteran Ford Fredrickson Day. She died on 19 February 1972 and is also interred in the Lake of the Woods Cemetery

Plot: 38E-34-2
His gravemarker replaced in 2015. His surname is spelled as Waltenbury on both markers

Height: 5 Feet 7 Inches
Chest: 38 Inches
Expansion: 5 Inches
Blue eyes and Black hair
Suffered serious gunshot wounds to the head and neck in 1916

Regimental Number 408629
Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Battalion: 60th Battalion
Next of Kin:
Margaret Jane Waltenbery, mother, Marchmont PO, Ontario
Address at Enlistment: Marchmont, Ontario
Trade or Calling: Painter
Marital Status: Single
Place of Enlistment: Niagara Camp, Ontario
Date of Enlistment: September 11, 1915
Enlisted or Conscripted: Enlisted
Saw service in: Europe
Discharged September 1917
Rank .....Regiment .............Company
Private Canadian Infantry 60th Battalion
Private Canadian Infantry 12th Reserve Battalion
Private Canadian Infantry 37th Battalion

As a Private with the 37th Battalion he embarked from Halifax aboard the SS Lapland on 27 November 1915.
Once in England he was transferred to the 12th Reserve Battalion in March of 1916, followed by a transfer to the 60th Battalion, taken on strength 08 May 1916.
Arriving at the unit on the 30th of May, Arthur suffered serious gunshot wounds to the head and neck just four days later and was invalided to England on 06 June 1916; his service in the battlefield had come to an end.

In England Arthur spent time at the North Evington Military Hospital in Leicester followed by four months in the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Woodcote Park in Epsom. Upon discharge in October of 1916, Arthur returned to Shoreham where he was attached to the 22nd and then 23rd Reserve Battalions. However his recovery was incomplete and he continued to have difficulties with aftermath of the injuries.

By Kenora Great War Project
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com

by 1945 Painter and Decorator.

They were probably living with Arthur's parents.

By 1945 Arthur had moved to Kenora, Ontario and found work as a painter and decorator
By Kenora Great War Project
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com
Did Gertrude go too, she died in Midland ?