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- Description: William John Ventin was the father of Donna Joan Ventin.
He was born May 22, 1909 at Turbridge, Kent, England. He married Clara
Joan Arnold on November 6, 1941. He died April 17, 1977 after being in
a wheelchair for several years. He was initially diagnosed with MS,
but his illness was later thought to be connected with his father's
virus (malaria)that he caught in the Sudan. He is buried at Exeter
Cemetery. He owned a drywall company. When he was at Parkwood Hospital
during a family visit he was told he could eat supper anywhere. He
choose H Salt Fish and Chips.
Clara Joan Arnold was the mother of Donna Joan Ventin. She was born on
December 3, 1919 in Poole, Dorset, England. She died on July 20, 1984
of cancer. Buried in Exeter Cemetery. She always had candy in her
purse for her grandchildren. She was alergic to granola bars.
Elizabeth Harrison was the mother of William John Ventin II. She was
born in 1876 in England. She married William John Ventin I on July 2,
1906 (after he came back from the Sudan-probably infected then)
Elizabeth later married a Scott after her first husband died in 1909.
She died in 1939. Buried at Canfield, Ontario.
William Harrison was the father of Elizabeth Harrison. He was born in
England. His occupation was a wheelright. We know this from a marriage
certificate.
William John Ventin I was born in 1877 in either England, Spain or
France. He died on September 20, 1909. He worked in the Sudan as a
soldier for the Telegraph Dept. We know that he was there in 1905 due
to a story in a letter about how he saved a young Native boy from a
leopard-shot it. The child had been injured by the cat, but lived.
Kate Elizabeth de Rattew was the mother of Clara Joan Ventin. She was
born in 1897 at Rossmore Cottage, Upper Parkstone, Dorset, England.
She was married in 1917 to George Thomas Arnold II. She died on May
31, 1934. Place of Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery, London, Ontario.
George Thomas Arnold II was the father of Clara Joan Ventin. He was
born on December 7, 1894 at Dorset, England. He died on October 7,
1977. Buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Dorcas Young was the mother of Kate Elizabeth Arnold. She was born in
1864 at Dorset, England. She married Henry John de Rattew. She died in
1952. Place of Burial: England.
Henry John de Rattew was the father of Kate Elizabeth Arnold nee de
Rattew. He was born in 1868 in England. He died in 1948. Buried in
England.
John Ventin was the father of William John Ventin I. He was born in
England or Spain. His occupation was a butler. We know this from a
marriage certificate. The Ventin family was originally from France.
They fled the country to Spain at the time of the French Revolution.
There is a village or town in Spain named after them.
George Thomas Arnold I was the father of George Thomas Arnold II. He
was born in 1876 in England. He died October 7, 1952. Buried in
England.
Agnes Ellen Hunt was the mother of George Thomas Arnold II. She was
born in 1874 in England. She married George Thomas Arnold I. She died
in 1957. Buried in England.
Henry Hunt was the father of Agnes Ellen Hunt. He was born in 1850 at
Blandford, Dorset, England. Buried in England.
Melinda Theander was the mother of Agnes Ellen Hunt. SHe was born in
1855 in England.
William Arnold was the father of George Thomas Arnold I. He was born
in 1850 in Weymouth, Dorset, England.
Mary Clarke was the mother of George Thomas Arnold I. No other
information.
We do not know the name of William Arnold's father, however, his
mother's maiden name was Groves.
Sir John Groves was the father of this unidentified woman and maternal
grandfather of William Arnold. Place of burial: England.
Ezra Young was the father of Dorcas de Rattew. He was born in 1830 in
Dorset, England. He died in 1904.
Martha (maiden name unknown) was the mother of Dorcas de Rattew. She
was born in 1836 in England and died in 1926 in England. Buried in
England.
Jamie Dickey
rjdickey@uwo.ca
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1909 - 1977 (67 years)
