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William Keith "Bill" Sheldon 1929 – 2003 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Nov 1929

Birth Location: Essex County, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: Apr 2003

Death Location: Wheatley, Kent County, Ontario, Canada

Father: Milton Sheldon

Mother: Edith Grubb

Spouse(s): Velma Snider

Children(s): Susan Sheldon, Nancy Sheldon, David Sheldon, Cindy Sheldon

William Keith "Bill" Sheldon was born in 1929 in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, the child of Milton Carlyle Sheldon and Edith Grubb. William Keith "Bill" Sheldon married Velma Jean Snider, and had children including Susan Sheldon, Nancy Sheldon, David Sheldon, Cindy Lou Sheldon. William Keith "Bill" Sheldon passed away in 2003 in Wheatley, Kent County, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • William Keith "Bill" Sheldon was born in 1929 in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, the child of Milton Carlyle Sheldon and Edith Grubb.
  • William Keith "Bill" Sheldon married Velma Jean Snider, and had children including Susan Sheldon, Nancy Sheldon, David Sheldon, Cindy Lou Sheldon.
  • William Keith "Bill" Sheldon passed away in 2003 in Wheatley, Kent County, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Milton Sheldon
1908 – 1987
Birth Location: Essex, Ontario, Canada
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Edith Grubb
1908 –
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Velma Snider
1929 – 2020
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Susan Sheldon
1951 – 2019
Birth Location: –
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Nancy Sheldon
Birth Location: –
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David Sheldon
– 1985
Birth Location: –
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Cindy Sheldon
Birth Location: –
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William Sheldon's Ancestors

Self
William Sheldon
1929 – 2003
Birth Place: Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Parents
Milton Carlyle Sheldon
1908 – 1987
Essex, Ontario, Canada
Edith Grubb
1908 –
Grandparents
Blake (Coulson) Sheldon
1884 – 1959
Leamington, Mersea Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Hattie (Augusta) Bateman
1887 – 1971
Leamington, Mersea Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Great-Grandparents
Solomon Sheldon
1857 – 1935
Mariah Coulson
1856 – 1913
Thomas Bateman
1864 –
Marget
1865 – 1935
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Sheldon's Descendants

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William (Keith "Bill") Sheldon (11 Nov 1929 – Apr 2003) m. Velma (Jean) Snider (16 Apr 1929 – 30 Jul 2020)
  1. 1. Susan Sheldon (29 Sep 1951 – 2019) m. Philip Wheeler (31 May 1951 – 2019)
    1. 1. Keith (Gordon) Wheeler (06 Apr 1976 – 10 Dec 2012)
  2. 2. Nancy Sheldon
  3. 3. David Sheldon ( – 1985)
  4. 4. Cindy (Lou) Sheldon

William Sheldon's Timeline

2 Records

1929
11 Nov 1929
Birth of William Keith "Bill" Sheldon in Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Essex County, Ontario, Canada
2003
Apr 2003
Age 74
Death of William Keith "Bill" Sheldon in Wheatley, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
Wheatley, Kent County, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Nov 1929
    Event Place: Essex County, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 2003
    Event Place: Wheatley, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
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