105 - Private Esau Watts - Armstrong, British Columbia
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Private Esau Watts gravesite is within the Grandview Flats Memorial Gardens. Located about 11 km SW of downtown Armstrong. Follow Otter Lake Road and turn south on Grandview Flat Road to cemetery about 3 km.
Waymark Code: WMQA3X
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/20/2016
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Though a small rural cemetery it is well maintained and surrounded by a chain link fence. It was established about 1910 by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. It is about 1 acre in size and most graves have granite or bronze markers and most are flush to the ground. There are approximately 150 interments.
We did locate Private Esau Watts who passed away August 12, 1990 at the age of 105. He was born in England on July 7, 1885.
Private Esau Watts served during World War One as part of the Queen's Bantam Regiment.
Some events that took place during his lifetime:
1885 - July 7th Esau Watts was born to parents: Jacob and Phoebe Watts
1885 - The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway is driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia
1889 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast
1896 - Gold is discovered in the Klondike
1899 - First Canadian troops sent to participate in the Boer War in South Africa
1900 - Reginald Fessenden transmits the world's first wireless spoken message via radio
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
1965 - Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada
1969 - Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
1969 - Canada approves equality of French-English language
1980 - O' Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada
1980 - Terry Fox began cross-country Marathon of Hope
1990 - August 12th Private Esau Watts passed away at the age of 105
Location of Headstone: Grandview Flats Memorial Gardens
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