1461 MARSHALL OATMAN
1461 MARSHALL7 (Delos
W.6, Truman5,
Benjamin4, George3, John2, Johannes1), son of Delos W.
and Autha Oatman, was born ca 1859 in Oxford County, Ontario.
He married Jessie,
daughter of Kelvin Chappell and Rachel Burzee (Skinner) Pace. She was born in 1865 in Davenport, Ontario,
died 23 July 1958 in Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, and was buried 26 July
1958 in St. Luke's Cemetery, Vienna, Ontario.
Only one child was
born of this marriage. Shortly after his
daughter's birth, Marshall left home, presumably to find work, and never
returned.
Children of Marshall and Jessie (Pace)
Oatman:
3503 Ethel Maude, b. 12 Jun 1887, South Norwich,
Oxford Co., ON; d. 23 Aug 1987, Red Deer, AB; bur. 30 Aug 1987 (ashes interred
at Wizard Lake, AB); m. William John Mounteer.
He was b. 14 Feb 1884 at Chatham, ON, and d. 19 Jan 1935, Moose Jaw,
SK. He was the son of Edwin Asa
Mounteer, (b. 24 Jan 1860, Wesleyville, ON, d. 1 Sep 1940 at Moose Jaw, bur.
Chatham, ON), and Jennie May Kerr (b. 2 Sep 1858, Wallaceburg, ON, d. 23 Mar
1915, Weyburn, SK; bur. Chatham, ON), who were m. 23 May 1883 in Wallaceburg,
ON. They had two other children: 1) Lulu Belle Mounteer, b. 6 May 1886,
Chatham, ON, d. 1 Sep 1933, Moose Jaw, SK; and 2) Edwin Webber Mounteer, b. 25
Jun 1888, Chatham, ON, and d. 1944, Regina, SK.
Children, surname
Mounteer:
A Donald Edwin, b. 2 Aug 1917, Moose Jaw,
SK; m. 25 Jul 1940, Margaret Ann Young, at Barriefield Camp, Kingston, ON,
daughter of Frank Arthur and Philipina (Heidt) Young. Don served as an officer in the Canadian Army
Regular Force from 23 May 1938 until his retirement 2 Aug 1973; he held the
rank of Brigadier General from 1 Sep 1967 for life.
B Dorothy Jean (Mounteer), b. 26 Oct
1918, Moose Jaw, SK; d. 25 Apr 1969, Lacombe, AB; bur. Calgary, AB; m. 5 Jun
1942, Cecil Milford Hellofs (b. 25 Dec 1911, Plenty, SK, d. 13 Dec 1980,
Lacombe, AB). Cecil m. 2) Bernice Sophia
Brown.
C Audrey Merle, b. 23 Jan 1924, Moose
Jaw, SK; m. 17 Jul 1948, John Elmer Staples, b. 24 Oct 1922, Treherne, MB, to
Lawrence Edison and Elma Beatrice (Sanderson) Staples.
D Joan Catherine, b. 3 Feb 1930, Moose
Jaw, SK; d. 24 Dec 1977, Red Deer, AB; m. James Barnes, 28 Aug 1954; he b. 22
May 1926.
Sources: 1891 census, South Norwich, Oxford
Co., ON
Donald Edwin
Mounteer, Nanaimo, BC
(v.2008) d/l