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Norfolk Marriages, Simcoe - Edward Moon, Aged 28 Years, Resides Port Dover, Born Hamilton, Bachelor, Clerk, Father Josiah Moon, Mother Emily Ann Bye, Vestergaard Ida Maud Mary, Aged 30 Years, Resides Port Dover, Born Windham, Widow, Father Francis Walsh, Mother Mary Ann Glover, Witnesses Josiah Moon, Port Dover, Mary Ann Walsh, Port Dover, December 20th 1899 at Simcoe, Groom Methodist, Bride Methodist, Solemnized by D. W. Snider, by License, Registered December 21st 1899
From John Cardiff's Nornet:
Moon -- Edward Moon of Port Dover married Mrs. Ida Maud Mary Vestergaard of Port Dover 20 Dec 1899 at the Methodist Parsonage [SR18991228]
On the 1901 Census of Port Dover, Norfolk South, Ontario are:
Moon Edward, Male, Head, Married, Born October 15 1871, Aged 29, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist, Shipping Clerk
Moon Ida M. M., Female, Wife, Married, Born December 29 1865, Aged 35, Born Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Methodist
(Transcribed as Edward and Ida M. M. Main on Automated Genealogy)
Norfolk Births, Port Dover - Maria Emily Moon, Female, May 19th 1904, Father Edward Moon, Mother Ida Moon
Canadian Soldiers of World War I - Moon Edward, Present Address Port Dover, Born Hamilton, Ontario, Next of Kin Mrs. Ida Maud Mary Moon, Port Dover, Ontario, Wife, Date of Birth October 15th 1871, Occupation Factory Shipper, Married Yes, Willing to be Vaccinated Yes, Belong to Active Militia 39th Regt., Undertand Nature and Terms of Engagement Yes, Willing to Serve in the Canadian Over Seas Expiditionary Force Yes, Signed Edw. Moon, February 26th 1916, C. E. Innes, Witness, Oath taken at Simcoe, February 26th 1916, 133rd Batt.
On the 1911 Census of Port Dover, Norfolk South, Ontario are:
Moon Edward, St. George St., Male, Head, Married, Born October 1871, Aged 39, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist, Grocer
Moon Ida M. M., Female, Wife, Married, Born December 1865, Aged 45, Born Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Methodist
Moon Marian L, Female, Daughter, Single, Born May 1904, Aged 7, Born Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist
From John Cardiff's Nornet:
Moon -- Edward Moon, carpenter, Port Dover
Moon -- Ida M. M. Moon, Port Dover -- see 1919 Voters' List
Port Dover Cemetery
FLT
Edward Moon
1871 - 1940
Ida Maud
Wife Of
Ed Moon
1865 - 1828
Footstones
Edward & Ida Maud
Who was Ed Moon?
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi
One of Port Dover’s leading citizens died January 27th 1940. Edward Moon had served on many community groups and spent his adult life serving his hometown in unassuming, but important, ways.
Ed Moon was secretary-treasurer of the Board of Education for 21 years. Mr. Moon was known to everyone as he was the postmaster here for ten years from June 1920.
He was elected a Village Councillor in 1904 and rose to be Norfolk County Warden in 1911. Mr. Moon was secretary of Port Dover Bicycle Club and had the distinction of owning the first bicycle in Norfolk County with pneumatic tires. He was in his 69th year at the time of his death.
The Port Dover Maple Leaf,
February 18th 2009
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1871 - 1940 (68 years)