I can add a little more information from the local newspapers. I don't have the full text for a couple of them but if I have time on Saturday I will try to look them up. - Roger
Gravestone Inscriptions of Forest Lawn Cemetery - 2003
/ DUCKWITH / George DUCKWITH / born 1836 - died 1913. / Anne his wife / born 1839 - died 1913. / William Arthur their son / born 1872 - died 1914. / Elizabeth S. DUCKWITH / wife of George NICHOLSON / born in South Africa / Oct. 3. 1862 died Mar. 19 1926 /
Shelburne Economist, Date: 01 Sep 1910, Page: 4, Column: 5, Type: Article
Duckwith , George , Mr&Mrs , 50th Wedding Anniversary
Orangeville Sun, February 20, 1913, MARRIED: DUCKWITH-CORK – At Toronto on Feb. 1, William Arthur Duckwith to Minnie Cork.
Orangeville Banner, Date: 11 Sep 1913, Page: 2, Column: 2, Type: Death Notice
Mrs. Annie Duckwith, w/o George, nee Germaine, aged 74, born Easingwold, Yorkshire England, died Orangeville; leaves husband, m/o George, Arthur and Mrs. George Nicholson; came to Canada 40 years ago with husband and young family.
Orangeville Sun, Date: 11 Sep 1913, Page: 8, Column: 1, Type: Obituary
GERMAIN Ann, w/o George DUCKWITH
Shelburne Economist, September 18, 1913, Mrs. Geo. Duckwith: Annie Germaine, wife of George Duckwith, is dead at Orangeville, in her 75th year. Born at Easingwold, Yorkshire, England, Mrs. Duckwith came to Canada with her husband and young family forty years ago moving to Orangeville three years afterwards. Mr. and Mrs. Duckwith celebrated their golden wedding three years ago. Besides the husband, two sons and one daughter survive: Geo., Caledon; Arthur, Toronto; Mrs. Geo. Nicholson, Orangeville.
Orangeville Banner, Date: 02 Oct 1913, Page: 7, Column: 1, Type: Article
Mr. Will Lathwell has bought Mr. Geo. Duckwith's dwelling house on John St.
Orangeville Banner, Date: 23 Oct 1913, Page: 6, Column: 2, Type: Death Notice
aged 77, born Easenwold, Yorkshire England died Orangeville, married 1860; f/o George, Arthur, Mrs. Geo. Nicholson / DUCKWITH, George
Orangeville Sun, Date: 23 Oct 1913, Page: 5, Column: 4, Type: Death Notice
DUCKWITH George
Orangeville Sun, Date: 23 Oct 1913, Page: 8, Column: 2, Type: Obituary
DUCKWITH George
Orangeville Banner, Date: 30 Jul 1914, Page: 7, Column: 1, Type: Death Notice
Arthur Duckwith, the former Orangeville man who was killed by falling from a street car in Toronto on May 24th, left an estate of $5,473. It consists of household goods $200, insurances $1000, cash $2,628 and an equity in 299 Perth Ave., $1650.
Orangeville Banner - March 25, 1926, pg 3, col 5: MRS. GEORGE NICHOLSON: Orangeville lost a well-known citizen on Friday night in the person of Elizabeth S. Duchworth, beloved wife of Mr. George Nicholson, Townline St. Deceased had been ill for the last two weeks with an internal malady that defied the best efforts of medical skill. Toward the end she suffered a great deal, but bore her pain and weakness with Christian patience and fortitude. Mrs. Nicholson, who was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Duckworth, citizens of Orangeville for many years, was born in Durban, South Africa. When she was three years of age her parents returned to England and five years later decided to try their fortunes in Canada. She had been a resident of Orangeville for about fifty years and in that time had made many warm friends to whom the news of her demise brought real sorrow. There is also general sympathy for her husband and brother, Mr. George Duckworth, of Alton, who survive to mourn her loss. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson conducted a large greenhouse business at the south end of John St. This they sold to Mr. E. A. Parsons some ten years ago. The late Mrs. Nicholson was a member and an active supporter of First Avenue United Church.
The funeral was held from her late residence to the Forest Lawn cemetery on Monday afternoon, Rev. E. W. McBrien, her pastor, conducting services at the house and grave. The pallbearers were her brother, George Duckworth, a brother-in-law, J. J. Nicholson, of Hamilton, and four nephews, Austin Nicholson, Toronto; Jos. Dermott, Wm. Cullen and J. E. Maltby.
Orangeville Banner, Thursday, June 24, 1948 - Page 12 - MRS. GEORGE DUCKWITH: Mrs. George Duckwith, a longtime and highly regarded resident of the Alton district, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Percy Lazenby, Norwich, Ont., on Friday, June 18th, in her 85th year. The funeral service was held in Alton United Church on Monday afternoon, Rev. E. M. Burgess officiating, and was followed by interment in the family plot in Alton cemetery. The pallbearers were Cecil Presley, Clifford Groves, Charles Pinkney, William Thomas, Peter Currie and Ross Houston. Many lovely flowers testified to the esteem in which the departed woman was held.
Mrs. Duckwith, whose maiden name was Mary Alice McClellan, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. McClellan, lot 22, 4th line, west, Caledon, where she resided until her marriage to George Duckwith on March 15, 1893, when she moved to lot 22, 5th line, west, Caledon. Predeceased by her husband, her demise is mourned by a family of four daughters and two sons - Mrs. Percy Lazenby (Alva), of Norwich, Mrs. E. Jensen (Ruth), of Erin, Mrs. Comyn Cassell (Emily), Ontario, Calif., Mrs. Carl Hammer (Edith) of Burgessville, Ont., Howard, on the homestead in West Caledon and Harmon, of Kitchener. A daughter, Mrs. J. Barkwill (Winnifred), of Merritton, predeceased her mother sixteen years ago. There are seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Mrs. Duckwith was very fond of music and played the organ in the Congregational church in Alton, which later united with the Methodist church and was finally merged in the United Church.
Alton Cemetery
George DUCKWITH, Oct. 13, 1864 - June 4, 1940
his wife Mary Alice McLELLAN Sept 4, 1863 - June 18, 1948.