Alonzo
Tisdale
Alonzo Tisdale, died on
Friday at the family homestead at the age of 87 years. The funeral
took place from his late residence to the Presbyterian Church
Cemetery, Vittoria, with Rev. John Robertson, the pastor,
officiating.
Sheriff Tisdale, D. Robb
Tisdale, Mrs. R. Boultbee, Senator McCall, Charles E. Boyd, W. P.
Price, and
D. G. McKight, attended the funeral, along with his children: George
and Alonzo of Detroit, Mrs. Edith Carr of Charlevolx, Michigan, Mrs.
May Burnham, and Mrs. Leah Mitchell of Detroit.
Pallbearers were John Guiler,
William Walmsley, Frank Jones, Sidney Jones, John A. McCall, and
Charles Deming.
Alonzo was the representative
of not only one of the oldest families in Canada, but one of which
fought with distinction in the time of the Stuarts.
Ephraim Tisdale, was one of
the family who, rather than fight against England at the time of the
American Revolution, left behind his property in the revolting
colonies and settled in New Brunswick.
In 1790 his son Lot Tisdale
came to Norfolk. In 1806 the father followed him. From him was
descended in a direct line, Alzono Tisdale, who died on the
homestead on which he was born. Of Mr. Alonzo Tisdale's children on
two now live in Norfolk --
Mrs. (Dr.) Mitchell and Edward Tisdale.
