Wellington Uttley was born March 26, 1882. He was the first of seven children of John Robert Uttley and Catherine (nee Birmingham). The birth is not found in the Ontario Birth Indexes of the day. The date of birth is found in a "Delayed" Birth Registration done by his father in 1927 (#902-210): Date of Birth: March 26, 1882 Name: Wellington Uttley Sex: M Father: John Robert Uttley, Waterloo, Engineer Mother: Catherine Birmingham Doctor: Dr. Bingham Declared: Nov 8, 1927 by: John Robert Uttley, Copper Cliff Wellington is in the Census of 1891 as a son, age 9. The Census of 1901 records Wellington at age 19 and says that he was born March 20, 1882. He was employed at "spinning" in the woollen mills and earning $315 a year. The City Directories for 1901-1903 say that he continues to live at home and work at the Waterloo Woollen Mills. Wellington was born either March 20 or March 26 in 1882.

Marriage Record

Wellington marries in 1911. The Ontario Marriage Archive for 1911, reference #015-271, shows:

His name: Wellington Uttley Occupation: farmer Age: 31 Religion: Presbyterian bachelor Residence: Crosshill Father: John R. Uttley, farmer Mother: Cathalene Birmingham Her name: Caroline Mary Playford Occupation: on farm Age: 48 Religion: Presbyterian spinster Residence: Crosshill Father: Stephen Playford, farmer Mother: Caroline Bird Date: 25 day of October 1911, in Crosshill Witness: Sarah A. Playford, Berlin Ont Leah Playford, Crosshill By: A.W. Gazley, Wellesley

Wellington (Wally) Uttley -- 1882-1955

Wellington stayed on the farm in Crosshill following the death of his wife Caroline in 1921. His niece, Myrtle Howald, recalls that Uncle Wally married a woman named Lillian in 1927 or 1928. Shortly after the couple moved from Crosshill to Buffalo, New York where family contact was lost. Wellington married Lilliam M. Henry on September 25, 1928 in Kitchener. The couple were already residing in Buffalo when they were married.

Wellington was working as a farm laborer in Stafford, New York when the 1930 census was taken. He had immigrated to the United States in 1928 which explains why Wellington needed his delayed birth registration in November of 1927. In the 1940 census, Wellington and his second wife Lillian have moved to Pembroke, New York.

Death

On Monday February 28, 1955 the Batavia Daily News in Batavia, New York printed an obituary for Wellington Uttley. A report on the funeral followed on Thursday March 10, 1955:

Wellington Uttley   PEMBROKE -- Wellington Uttley, 72, of the Boyuce Rd., died at Genesee Memorial Hospital in Batavia Friday (Feb. 25, 1955) after being a patient for two weeks.   Born in Waterloo, Ont., March 26, 1882, Mr. Uttley had resided here for 28 years. He worked at the General Crushed Stone plant in Le Roy until about two years ago.   Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Lillian Henry Uttley.   Funeral Services willbe at the C. B. Baach & Son Mortuary in Corfu at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Peter Klotzbach of the United Church of Pembroke officiating. Interment will be in the Old Buffalo Rd. Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary.

Funeral of Mr. Uttley   PEMBROKE -- Funeral services for Wellington Uttley of the Bouce Rd. were at the C. B. Beach &. Son Mortuary, Corfu, with the Rev. Peter Klotzbach, pastor of the United Church at Pembroke officiating. Burial was in Old Buffalo Cemetery on Rt. 5.   The bearers were Milford Hamilton, Albert Hamilton, Clarence Crawford, Claud Shafer and Jacob Lang of Pembroke Center and Joseph Kohorst of East Pembroke. Floral tributes included pieces from relatives, friends and the neighborhood. Amont those present were relatives and friends from Kitchener, Ont.

Birth

Caroline Mary Playford was born in Ontario on March 18, 1863. She was the daughter of Stephen Playford, a farmer, and Caroline Bird. The date of birth comes from the 1901 Census in Wellesley Township where she lived with an older sister Leah and older brother Andrea. Next door was a younger brother Ely (Eli) and his wife and an older sister Ellen.

Death

Her tombstone in Rushes Cemetery, Waterloo, reads:

CAROLINE MARY PLAYFORD WIFE OF W. UTTLEY DIED JAN. 1, 1921 AGED 57 YRS 9 MOS

The Ontario Vital Statistics, reference #033-685, of deaths for 1921:

     Name:       Caroline Mary Uttley
     Died:       Wellesley Township
     Age:        57 yrs, 9 mo, 14 days
     Born:       Canada
     Father:     Stephen Playford; England
     Mother:     Caroline Bird; England
     Informant:  Eli Playford, Crosshill (brother)
     Burial:     Wellesley Twp, Jan 4 1921
     Undertaker: Ratz & Fleischhouer, Wellesley
     Date of Death:  Jan 1, 1921
     Cause:      Cerebral Haemourage
     Doctor:     William Glaister, Wellesley

On Wednesday January 5, 1921 the Berlin Daily Telegraph included this item on page 9 under the banner of "CROSSHILL":

The community was shocked last Saturday morning to hear of the death of Mrs. Wellington Uttley (nee Miss Caroline Playford). She had done her work as usual on Friday after which she went to Wellesley on business and not feeling well when she returned, she suffered a stroke during the night and passed away about 5 o'clock Saturday morning.     The sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved husband who is now left alone.

On September 25, 1928, Wellington was remarried to a women named Lillian Henry in Kitchener, when the couple already resided in Buffalo, New York. The US Census of 1930 shows the couple living in Stafford, Genesee county, New York state. Lillian M. Uttley is listed as being 45 years old and that she was married two years earlier at age 43. Lillian was born in Canada and had immigrated to the US in 1901; Wellington immigrated in 1928.

In 1950 Wellington was living in Flint, Michigan and two years later he was back in New York state at Corfu.

The US Social Security death information lists a Lillian Uttley who was born May 16, 1884 and died in June of 1974 in Genesee, New York.

LILLIAN UTTLEY 1884-1974   Old Buffalo Road Cemetery, East Pembroke, New York

On Monday June 3, 1974 the Batavia Daily News in Batavia, New York printed Lillian's obituary on page 4:

Mrs. Wellington Uttley Mrs. Lillian Uttley, 88, of 408 Towers died at 12:05 p.m. Saturday (June 1, 1974) at Genesee Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for five days. Born May 16, 1886[sic] in Canada, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Henry and Mary Pullman Uttley[sic]. Her husband Wellington, died in 1955. There are no survivors. Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at the J. Leonard McAndrew Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in East Pembroke.

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