102 - Fredrick William King - Kaleden, British Columbia
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N 49° 22.408 W 119° 34.872
11U E 312629 N 5472177
Fredrick William King is interred in Kaleden Cemetery located just off Oak Avenue turning north about 200 metres on Linden Avenue. It is only about 2.5 km south from the Community Hall in downtown Kaleden
Waymark Code: WMPZBJ
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 11/16/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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Fredrick William King was born in 1889 and passed away in 1991 at the age of 102.

During Fredrick William King’s in 1899, First Canadian troops were sent to participate in the Boer War in South Africa, WW I, WW II and the Korean War were declared, 1965, Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada and in 1980, O' Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.

Other events that took place during his lifetime:
1889 - Fredrick William King was born
1889 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast
1890 - Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable
1900 - Reginald Fessenden transmits the world's first wireless spoken message via radio
1902 - The first symphony orchestra in Canada
1907 - Canada Dry Ginger Ale is first bottled
1908 - Anne of Green Gables is published by author Lucy Maud Montgomery
1914 - The First World War begins Britain declares war on Germany on behalf of the British Empire, including Canada
1917 - Women won right to vote
1917 - 1921 Alcohol prohibition
1927 - To celebrate Canada's Diamond jubilee the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast is made
1929 - Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law
1934 - The birth of the Dionne quintuplets attracts international media attention
1939 - In WW II Canada declared war on Germany
1941 - Japanese interred in B.C. interior after bombing of Pearl Harbor
1958 - Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland - Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver - opened
1969 - Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
1969 - Canada approves equality of French-English language
1980 - Terry Fox began cross-country Marathon of Hope
1991 - Fredrick William King passed away at the age of 102

Kaleden Cemetery is within the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. The cemetery is about an acre in size that gently slopes downward towards Skaha Lake. At the lower end you can see the lake.

The Kaleden Cemetery is very rustic with native grasses and lots of low growing prickly pear cactus and pine cones. The cemetery was established in the early 1900s as the oldest known burial was Bessie M. Robinson who was born in 1873 and passed away in 1903. There are 173 known burials within the Kaleden Cemetery.

Source: Find a Grave: (visit link)
Location of Headstone: Kaleden Cemetery

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