Chantry, Robert
Robert and his mother (1915); photo from Pamela Peart, his great niece
R. CHANTRY
Robert Chantry (Chantrey; 'Bob' later 'Roy')
Born at Scotter
Son of Harry (a farm worker from Scotter) and Bessy Sophia (nee Drayton of North Kelsey)
Family lived at High Street, Scotter
Baptised 2nd June 1889 at St. Peter's Church
Father died the next year
Mother became a charwoman
Called up on 19th February 1916
Joined the Labour Corps on 25th April 1918
Demobilized on 21st January 1919 and transferred to the Army Reserve of the Lincolnshire Regiment
Decided to emigrate to Canada with his sister Grace and their mother
His passage paid for by the Government
On 21st May 1920, with $40 each, set sail aboard the ’Victorian’ from Liverpool bound for Quebec
Headed for the home of brother Thomas and his wife Mary (nee Graham) in Ballycroy, Ontario
Intended to become a farmer
Described as 5 feet 7 and a half inches tall, fair complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair
A Protestant
Lived with his mother and sister at Concession A, Etobicoke Township
At their home farmed a few acres, grew fruit trees and kept livestock
Became profoundly deaf
Died 6th September 1946 aged 57
the ‘Toronto Star’ reported:-
‘Train victims
Weston, Sep. 7 - When he was struck by a train on the C.N.R. right-of way which runs through the Weston Golf Club, Roy Chantrey, of Etobicoke, suffered fatal injuries today.
Chantrey, an employee of the golf club, was crossing the track with a lawnmower. The train, travelling east, was brought to a stop and the man removed to the Weston station. Dr. F.D. Cruickshank was called but pronounced the man dead. The date of an inquest has not been set. Mr. Chantrey is survived by a sister and brother in Thistletown and two brothers in England.’
Buried alongside Grace and close to their mother in St. Philip’s Anglican churchyard at Etobicoke
Father buried in St. Peter's churchyard
Brother of Joseph