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William James Uttley was born June 22, 1883 in Elmira. He was the second of seven children and the second son of John Robert Uttley and Catherine (nee Birmingham).

The birth is not found in the Ontario Birth Indexes of the day. The births of his older brothers are not found there either, so the family was consistent at avoiding the registration of births. The date of June 22, 1883 is found in the 1901 Census. There was a birth announcement in the german-language Berliner Journal on July 5, 1883:

Uttley, John   June 24, 1883     The wife of John [R.] Uttley, in Elmira,     a son

This son was well named for an Uttley. The both names 'William' and 'James' recur back in England and Canada. The 1891 Census lists William as a son of age 7. Ten years later in 1901 the Census includes William J. as a son at age 17.

According to the census of 1901, William J. is employed at fulling, a job at the woollen mills where he was earning $180 per year. His younger brother Robert G. is working as a apprentice boiler maker at the same salary. From his obituary, William was also trained as a Boiler Maker at the Waterloo Woollen Mills.

William disappears from the record in Waterloo and we learn from his obituary that he went to Toronto to work with Inglis and by 1906 he was in Copper Cliff working at the Canadian Copper Company.

Marriage Record

His obituary says that the couple were wed in 1908. Her obituary tells us that they married one year later in 1909. The Ontario Marriage Index doesn't disagree with either because the marriage isn't recorded. The 1908 date is preferable since their first child was born on March 1, 1909.

William J. Uttley and Katherine Stinson

Death

This obituary was printed in the newspaper following his death:

WILLIAM J. UTTLEY     A Copper Cliff resident for 48 years, William J. Utley[sic], of Fesserton, died Sunday in Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, at nearby Orillia, after a long illness. The body is at Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home, 233 Larch St., where funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Born and educated in Elmira, he served a boilermaker's apprenticeship in the Waterloo Woolen Mills. After working with John Inglis Company in Toronto he came to Copper Cliff in 1906 to work for the old Canadian Copper Company. He worked for Inco many years, and recently was associated with the KVP Company, of Espanola. Since 1954, he had lived in Fesserton with his daughter. He attended the United Church. His wife, the former Catherine Stinson, whom he married in 1908, died in 1948, in Sudbury. Gordon, of Creighton, and Nathan, of Lively, and four daughters, Mrs. R. H. Tucker, of Fesserton, Mrs. Ernest Bodson, of Toronto, Mrs. Adrien Jobin, of Copper Cliff, and Mrs. Ray Rouleau, of Sudbury, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one brother, Russell, of Kitchener, and one sister, Mrs. Hilda Bone, of Port Hope. Interment will be in Park Lawn Cemetery.

A followup to the funeral read: WILLIAM J. UTTLEY     The funeral of William J. Uttley, of Fesserton, who died in Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia, was held from the chapel of Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home, 233 Larch St. Rev. G. W. Wright, of All People's United Church, officiated at the service. He also conducted the committal at the interment in Park Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were Gordon, Nathan and Robert Uttley, Ralph Tucker, Ernest Bodson and Adrien Jobin.

William was born in 1883, and not in 1879 as is recorded on his headstone in Park Lawn Cemetery, Sudbury.

Birth

Katherine Stinson was born in Petawawa, Ontario on June 2, 1888, a daughter of Philip and Agnes Stinson. We know this from her obituary and from her headstone. No matching entry can be found in the Ontario Birth Index in this time period to support the date or the location.

William James Uttley -- 1883-1964

Katherine Stinson -- 1888-1947

Death

From the Deaths Column of the Sudbury Star is found:

Deaths-- UTTLEY -- Died at St. Joseph's Hospital Monday morning, September 15, 1947, Katherine Stinson, beloved wife of William J. Uttley, of Copper Cliff, in her 60th year. Resting at Jackson & Barnard Funeral Home, 83 Larch St. Service in the chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Park Lawn Cemetery, Sudbury.

Katherine Stinson -- 1888-1947

Her obituary followed:

MRS. WM. J. UTTLEY     A resident of the Sudbury district since 1896, Mrs. Wm. J. Uttley, of 26 Railway St., Copper Cliff, died in St. Joseph's Hospital Monday after a long illness. She was in her 60th year. Mrs. Uttley, the former Katherine Stinson, was born at Petawawa, Ont., daughter of Mrs. Agnes Stinson and the late Philip Stinson. From Petawawa she moved with her parents to Larchwood in 1896. Two years later she moved to Copper Cliff and lived there since. She was married at Sudbury to William J. Uttley in 1909. Surviving besides her mother and husband are: four sons, Robert, of Toronto, Gordon of Creighton, William and Nathan, of Copper Cliff; four daughters, Mrs. R. H. Tucker, of Fesserton, Ont., Mrs. E. Bodson, of Toronto, Mrs. A. Jobin, of Sudbury, and Miss Ruth Uttley, of Copper Cliff; five grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. H. Armstrong, of Sudbury, and Mrs. Fred Rogers, of Copper Cliff, and a brother, William Stinson, of Copper Cliff. The body is resting at Jackson & Barnard Funeral Home, 83 Larch St. Funeral services will be held in the chapel on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev F. J. Baine, of the Copper Cliff United Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Park Lawn Cemetery.

A newspaper item on the funeral appeared thereafter:

MRS. WILLIAM J. UTTLEY     Masses of floral tributes banked the chapel of Jackson & Barnard Funeral Home, on Larch St., Sudbury, Wednesday afternoon for the funeral of the late Mrs. William J. Uttley of Copper Cliff. A large gathering of relatives and friends paid final tribute to the prominent Copper Cliff resident during the service conducted by Rev. F. J. Baine, pastor of the Copper Cliff United Church. Mrs. Uttley died on Monday at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Sudbury in her 60th year, following a brief illness. Mrs. T. Perry, of Sudbury, sang "The Old Rugged Cross." Four sons, Robert, Gordon, Nathan and William, and a son-in-law, Ernest Bodson, and a brother, William Stinson, were pallbearers. Interment took place at Park Lawn Cemetery in Sudbury.

• The spelling of Catherine and Katherine seem to be interchangeable.
• She is buried with a headstone marker in Park Lawn Cemetery, Sudbury.

MOTHER KATHERINE UTTLEY JUNE 2 - 1888 - SEPT 15 - 1947

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