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Thomas Arthur PELTON

Male 1872 - 1969  (97 years)


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  • Name Thomas Arthur PELTON 
    Birth 25 Apr 1872  Grundy Center, Grundy, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 6871 
    _UID 24B6B3B529364C5FB8C3D260F06D7EE6BA3C 
    Death 22 Oct 1969  Campbell River, BC, Can Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6867  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Father George Gray PELTON,   b. 10 Dec 1810, Anson, Somerset, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Frances DRESSER,   b. 9 Oct 1844, Madison Dane, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1917, Willmar, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 1868 
    • Reference Number:59991
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      Description: following her husband's death she moved to Pipestone, MN a nd worked as a mid-wife
    Family ID F1950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sylvia Celestine GRINDLE,   b. 29 Sep 1878, Brookfield, Renville Co, MN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1946, New Westminster, B.C. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jul 1900  Sitkin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:92689
    Children 
     1. Lillian PELTON
     2. Alfred Thair PELTON
     3. Della Frances PELTON
     4. ? PELTON
     5. Gordon Arthur PELTON,   b. 18 Apr 1901, McGregor, McGregor, MN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1976, Maple Ridge, B.C. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     6. Thomas Floyd PELTON,   b. 1904, McGregor, McGregor, MN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1930, Queen Charlotte City, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     7. Ralph Charles PELTON,   b. 17 Feb 1906, McGregor, McGregor, MN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1974, Maple Ridge, BC, Can Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     8. Milton PELTON,   b. 1908, Fort Pelly, Saskatchewan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1910 (Age 2 years)
     9. Mildred Sylvia PELTON,   b. 23 Jun 1910, Fort Pelly, Saskatchewan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1999, Campbell River Hospital, Campbell River, BC, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F2729  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

  • Documents
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    Thomas Arthur Pelton Death.jpg

  • Notes 
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      He was a student in Toronto, York, ON, CAN at Toronto Veterinary Colleg e. He moved in 1892. He moved to Canada and studied at Toronto Veterina ry College. When he returned to the USA he met the widow Martin who w as a cook at her father's logging camp raising her son, Russel Martin. Wh ile in Canada he traveled a circuit showing films, then ran a livery stab le and had one of the first car dealerships and implement dealers in Saska tchewan.
      He was Veterinarian between 1906-1969. Lived in eleven different cities d uring his professional career.