George Edgar Moody

    George Edgar Moody was born on Monday, 22 March 1897 at Ontario, Canada, informant was Henry A. Moody, registration was not signed. He appeared on the census of Thursday, 1 June 1911 in the household of Henry Albert Moody at Weston, York Co., Ontario, Canada. He is recorded as: Moody, George, male, son, single, born Mar 1897 in Ontario, age 14, of English origin, Canadian, Baptist, attended school for 9 months, able to read, write and speak English. He began military service on Thursday, 10 January 1918 at Niagara Falls, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada, when he was drafted and became regimental #3314076. He was living in Weston, gave his mother as his next of kin, states he was born Mar 22 1897 in Claireville, working as a bank clerk. He was examined at St. Catherines on Sept. 28, 1917, and was deemed fit. He was described as: 5' 7½'', fair complexion, brown eyes, light hair, small scar under right eye. He and Elsie Eleanor Bell, daughter of Robert J. Bell and Jennie Bryans, were married by United Church Minister A. J. Toyce on Saturday, 29 October 1927 at Lambton Mills, York Co., Ontario, Canada. He was 30, bank clerk, bachelor, United Church, born Ontario, living in Lambton Mills, able to read and write. She was 28, spinster, clerk, United Church, born Ontario, living in Lambton Mills, able to read and write. John Everett Ross Linton and Jean Bell witnessed the marriage.