(1868 - 1926),
Mydra Irena LENT
(1876 - 1963) &
Rev. Walter Ernest GILBERT
(1874 - 1951)
Williston F. W. LENT (?)
(1868 - 1926),
Mydra Irena LENT
(1876 - 1963) &
Rev. Walter Ernest GILBERT
(1874 - 1951)
(Above) Williston F. W. LENT (?) *,
Myrda Irena LENT & Rev. Walter Ernest GILBERT,
Alberta, Canada, Abt. 1907
* Williston F. W. LENT, K.C.,
b: 22 Jun 1868 or 22 Jun 1870 Dresden, Camden Twp., Kent Co., Ontario, Canada,
son of Lucas Milton Lent & Matilda Rosina PURDY;
m: Carrie Belyea DAVIDSON 1903 Ontario, Canada;
d: 02 Apr 1926 Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Buried: Union Cem., Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Family Plot)
Education:
High school, Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada;
1890 - Graduated in law, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:
Practised law in association with
Judge MCWATT, Barrie & Elmvale, Ontario, Canada;
1894 - Opened a law practice, Elmvale,
(had previously operated the Elmvale office as a student);
1905 - Formed partnership with Major Stanley JONES,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, LENT & JONES
(later known as LENT, MACKAY & MANN; LENT & MACKAY)
Organizations:
Coronation Lodge, A.F. & A.M., Elmvale, Ontario, Canada (first Master 1904-05);
Ashlar Lodge No. 28 A.F. & A.M., G.R.A. (first Worshipful Master);
Otukloawan Chapter Shrine-Masons;
Past Master, Al Azhar shrine;
Representative of the Imperial Council;
Oddfellow; Member Independent Order of Oddfellows;
100 Percent Club, Calgary;
A backer of professional baseball in Calgary;
Lectured as an amateur astronomer;
Presbyterian;
Liberal
Residence:
1868 - 1881 - Chatham Twp., Kent Co., Ontario, Canada; **
1894 - Elmvale, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada;
1905 - 1926 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
1926 - Twenty-first Ave. & Fifth St. West, Calgary (Map)
** Dresden is now part of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent,
which is the size of all Kent County, but was not made a Town until 1881.
1871 - In the Census for Chatham Township, Kent Co., Ontario, Williston is shown as one year old, living with family: LENT, L. M., age 35, born Ontario, Methodist Episcopalian, English origin, farmer, married; Matilda, age 30, born USA; Della, 11; Cora, 9; Newton (sic - is this Milton?), 7; Matilda, 4. His father, Lucas Milton LENT, settled here in 1860.
In the 1871 Agricultural census, the L. M. (Lucas Milton) LENT family is shown as:
owning 140 acres,
1 building lot,
4 dwelling houses,
2 barns and stables,
4 cars, waggons & sleds,
1 plough,
2 fanning mills.
They lived on Concession 9, lot 23 (Large Map) owner,
130 acres occupied,
50 acres improved,
12 acres in pasture,
2 acres gardens and orchards,
10 wheat acres,
100 fall wheat bushels,
200 bushels oats,
30 bushels peas,
150 bushels corn,
2 acres potatoes (140 bushels),
10 acres hay,
12 tons of 200 lbs or bundles of 16 lbs of hay,
2 bushels grass and clover seed,
5 lbs. hops,
10 bushels apples,
20 lbs. maple sugar,
1500 cu. ft. square or sided timber,
400 cords firewood,
30 standard spruce and other logs;
2 horses over 3 years, 3 colts & fillies,
2 working oxen,
4 milch cows, 8 other horned cattle,
7 sheep,
12 swine,
1 hive of bees,
4 cattle killed or sold for slaughter,
1 sheep killed or sold,
8 swine killed or sold for slaughter,
100 lbs butter,
70 lbs wool,
35 yards handmade cloth/flannel.
1881 - In the Census for Chatham Township, Kent Co., Ontario, William (sic - is this Williston F. W.?) is listed as 12 years old & living with family: L. M. LENT, 45, born Ontario, Presbyterian, German, farmer, married; Cora, 35, born in USA (who this Cora was, & where Matilda Rosina was have yet to be determined); Cora, 19; Milton, 17; Mattie, 15; Letta, 9; Lulilla, 7; Mydra, 5. Some room for error must be allowed in these transcriptions. The Atlas of 1881 lists his father, L. M. LENT, with land in two Kent County Townships - Concession IX, Lot 23, 135 acres in Chatham Twp., (Large Map) as well as Concession III, Lot 2, 50 acres in Camden West Twp. (Large Map).
(Many thanks to K. MORRISON for much of the above information.)
Carrie Belyea DAVIDSON,
b: 10 Aug 1878 Ontario, Canada,
Daughter of J. J. DAVIDSON,
former member of the federal parliament representing north Ontario
(M. P. P., of Penetanguishene);
m: Williston F. W. LENT 1903 Ontario, Canada;
d: 11 Dec 1957 Victoria, BC, Canada;
Buried: Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC, Canada
Education:
First gold medalist, Toronto Conservatory of Music
Their daughter:
Dora Geneva LENT, b: 1904
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Links to:
Al Azhar shrine;
Ashlar Lodge No. 28 A.F. & A.M., G.R.A.;
Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Coronation Lodge, A.F. & A.M., Elmvale, Ontario, Canada;
Coronation Lodge, A.F. & A.M., Elmvale, Ontario, Canada, Past Masters;
Dresden, Ontario, Canada - African Heritage Tour;
Dresden, Ontario, Canada - The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Meteorite;
HyperDictionary.com;
Independent Order of Oddfellows;
Stanley L. JONES, B.A. (K.C.) of LENT & JONES;
Kent Co., Ontario, Canada;
L. M. LENT, County Atlas of Canada Project;
Major Stanley JONES;
Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada;
Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
The Presbyterian Church in Canada;
The Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto;
Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC, Canada;
Toronto Conservatory of Music;
Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Canada GenWeb);
Union Cemetery, City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
(A Short History of Calgary's Union Cemetery);
Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (A Tour of Union Cemetery);
Maps:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Twenty-first Ave. & Fifth St. West, Map;
Camden West Twp., Kent Co., Ontario, Canada (Large Map);
Chatham Twp., Kent Co., Ontario, Canada, Concession 9, lot 23 (Large Map);
Dresden to Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada Map;
Elmvale, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada Map;
L. M. LENT, County of Canada Project
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