GENEALOGY
PATERNAL SIDE
RIMMER / RICHARDS
John Rymmer and [?]
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John Rymmer (christened
June 21, 1730-), m. Isabell Blondell (christened February 13, 1729/1730-), ST. CUTHBERTS,
NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND
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John Rymer (christened
March 17, 1771-March 21, 1855), b. MARSHSIDE, ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS,
LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, d. MARSHSIDE, ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND, m. MARSHSIDE, ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, September 25, 1792, Ann Wright (April 4, 1773-May 26, 1852), b. MARSHSIDE, ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND, d. MARSHSIDE, ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND
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John Rymer (christened
December 25, 1792-), b. MARSHSIDE, ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND, m.
ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, August 19, 1816, Nanny (Tinsley) Wright
(christened September 22, 1793-December 30, 1863), b. CHURCH TOWN, ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND, d. CHURCH TOWN, ST. CUTHBERT, NORTH MEOLS, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND
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Richard Rimmer (October 7, 1837-), b. CHURCHTOWN, NORTH MEOLS, [SOUTHPORT] LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND and ?
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John Rimmer
(c. 1861-), b. BIRKENHEAD, CHESHIRE, m. ST. THOMAS, in the PARISH OF ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD in the COUNTY OF
LANCASTER, ENGLAND, January 1, 1882, Alice Knowles (c. 1862-), b.
ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND, daughter of James Knowles (c. 1824-) b.
ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND
and Ann Knowles (c. 1826-), b.
ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND
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Joseph
Rimmer (May 16, 1886-), b. ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND, m. ST ANNS CHURCH GREENACRES OLDHAM in the DISTRICT OF OLDHAM in
the COUNTY OF OLDHAM,
ENGLAND, March 18, 1911 Mary
Morrissey (c. November 1880-July 19, 1959), b. ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD LANES, LANCASHIRE,
ENGLAND. daughter
of Michael Morrissey (c. 1851-), b. IRELAND and
Bridget Morrissey (1853-) b. IRELAND
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| John
Rimmer (1911-)
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Beatrice
Rimmer (1913-)
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Richard Rimmer [Dick Rimmer] (February 27, 1915 -
January 17, 1970), b. OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, d.
WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA
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First Wife, m. [?] Wynne [?] 1. (Daughter) Jo-Anne Wynne Rimmer (c. 1939?-August 11, 1982?), m., February 27, 1960, Scarborough, Toronto, Canada, m. Robert James Carruthers, (son of J. H. Carruthers, diseased)
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Second Wife: m. June 23, 1945, CROWLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA Lydia (Lidia, Lida or Lidochka) Chwedchuk (July 10, 1926-), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND
1. (Daughter) Lynda Jean Richards
b. Rimmer
(June 18, 1946-), Welland, Ontario,Canada, and
Eric Krause (January 26, 1943-), Leamington, Ontario,
Canada
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DESCENDANTS
ANCESTRAL GENEALOGICAL NOTES - RIMMERS IN CANADA
For The Rimmers Arrive In Canada, Click Here
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and Lydia Rimmer [Lydia Richards]
(July 10, 1926 - )
According to Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m. Rimmer]
Mike and Lydia Richards
Chwiedczuk / Rimmer / Richards
"... 2. I was born with the name LYDIA CHWIEDCZUK on 10 July 1926 in Poland. After migrating to Canada with my parents in 1929, I began school in 1931 and since starting school I have always spelled my first name LYDIA and was known as LYDIA CHWEDCHUK. My parents and myself found that our polish name spelled CHWIEDCZUK was too difficult for Canadians to pronounce and so since coming to Canada our family anglicized the polish spelling of our family to CHWEDCHUK. This is the spelling on my Marriage Certificate.
3. On June 23, 1945 in Welland, Ontario I married the deceased Michael Richards. At that time, he was known as RichardMichael[Added in pen: Joseph] Rimmer. This is the shown on my marriage certificate. In June 1947, because of severe family difficulty and deep humiliation my husband moved to Ridgetown, Ontario to get away from his family. The friction was so great that he ceased to be known as Richard Michael Rimmer and began using the name Michael Richards. This in his mind, started his life affresh [sic]. When I joined my husband in August 1947, in Ridgetown I was known as Lydia Richards... Since August 1947, I have always used the name Lydia Richards and am now in theprocess [sic] of legally changing my name to Lydia Richards ... I have no birth certificate for my late husband and do not know exactly where he was born, except somewhere in England.
4. LIDIA CHWIEDCZUK, LYDIA CHWEDCHUK, LYDIA RIMMER, and LYDIA RICHARDS is one and the same person, and I am that person.
5. Michael Richards and Richard Michael Rimmer is one and the same person who died January 17, 1970 and to whom I have been married since 23 June 1945 ...
SOURCE
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Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and Lydia Rimmer [Lydia Richards]
(July 10, 1926 - )
According to Leonard Chwedchuk, brother of Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m. Rimmer]
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"... she "[Lydia] eventually ended up marrying Richard Rimmer, a man in an army uniform ... "
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"That summer, on June 23, 1945, my sister got married, and I made the trip to Welland by train for the wedding. It was one of those affairs with both Canadian and Ukrainian traditions, the marriage being performed by Rev. Fern A. Sales [Rev. Fern Sayles - Sayles was associated with the United Church All Peoples’ Mission in Crowland] of the Peoples Church in Crowland, and the reception with Ukrainian polkas and various waltzes taking place at the farm home ..."
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"We did know that he [Rimmer] was a Sergeant in the army, that he was about ten years older than Lydia who was only nineteen, that he had been married before [to Wynne Rimmer] and had a daughter [Jo-Anne Rimmer m. Robert James Carruthers, Scarborough, Toronto - m. February 27, 1960] who was about sixteen years old at the time [Sic: Perhaps 9 years of age?], and that his father was a construction contractor in Toronto ..."
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"Richard started to gamble at cards after being discharged from the army, or perhaps even before, and soon ran up substantial debts which got him into trouble with his gambling buddies. To get out of that hot frying pan, he foolishly jumped into the fire, and ended up as as refugee from the law, hiding out as hired help for Jack Hymers, a farmer neat [sic: near] Ridgetown, Ont., under the assumed name of Mike Richards ..."
SOURCE
Leonard Chwedchuk, From Revolution to Depression (Memoirs of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in Canada in 1930) (Ottawa, January, 1999), pp. 85, 105-106
Name: Richard Joseph Rimmer
Army Service: 1942 - 1946, Pte. No. B56155
Date of Birth: February 27, 1915 (as reported, not certified)
Date of Death: January 17, 1970 (under the name of Michael Richards)
Father: Joseph Rimmer, born in England
Mother: Mary Rimmer, born either in England or Ireland
Last Residence: Dunn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
SOURCE
Source: Leonard Chwedchuk, Letter of March 15, 1993 to National Archives of Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A ON3
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Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards]
(February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
and Lydia Rimmer [Lydia Richards]
(July 10, 1926 - )
According
to
Shirley (Richards) Ribble, daughter of
Lydia (Chwedchuk) Richards [m.
Rimmer]
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"Went to bed and then got up to keep on reading your [Eric Krause's] site. Did I not send you the stuff from England and Ireland that have the actual births of Dad, brother and I think sister and that Dad's dad was Joseph Rimmer and his Mom was Mary Morrissey from Cork Ireland? I am still reading but a bit confused as I have the info and maybe I did not send it along. I am sure I still have it. I also have all the STUFF from Fernie about Rick [Richards, where he worked for a time and died in an auto accident] and I thought I gave Lynda [Krause] copies but really not sure at this time . I also did not know that most of your family came from South Russia. Very interesting. I did not know that Dad was in hiding. I knew he changed his name but Mom has given me a story that he worked for a Jeweler [Peoples Credit Jewellers] and took money for gambling and Ernie Goldhawk paid his debt when he landed in Ridgetown and that is all I knew . Mom always said that she left him with Rick and Lynda and lived with Nanny [Alexandra (Sonia) Maximovna [Shalagin] Chwedchuk (November 6, 1902-April 16, 1984)] on the farm [in Welland] and then he got the job in Ridgetown and Ernie paid and Dad changed his name there when Lynda and Rick were just going to school. I found out this when I had to take Mom to Windsor to get her name changed to Chwedchuck, Rimmer and Richards and all the same as she was trying to collect her Old Age Pension and then I was not sure if her story was 100% correct. Mom has always said Dad was born in Cork Ireland but his birth certificate says Manchester, England [Oldham, Greater Manchester, formerly Oldham in the County of Lancashire] but Mom says he was raised for a long time in Cork ...."
SOURCE
Source: Shirley (Richards) Ribble, e-mail to Eric Krause, 2010
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Mom said that Nanny and Grand dad always when [sic: went] to the Greek Orthodoist [sic: Orthodox] church in Russia ... Apparently, Dad was an alter boy and did it all for the Catholic church. Remember, I found out Dad was born in Lancaster [Oldham, County of Lancashire], England, but went to Cork, Ireland, to be raised for a long time. His family, went back to England and thats [sic: that's] when his father was booted out of England for dog raceing and they moved to Toronto and his father was a big shot in construction in TO and great grandfather died in a scrap on the street in TO when someone hit him and he hit his head and died ...
SOURCE
Shirley (Richards) Ribble - I asked Mom, April 10, 2004.
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Hi,
My grandparents were Joseph and Mary ( Morrisey ) and came from Lancaster to Toronto. They are buried in Toronto somewhere. They had 3 children - Richard, John and Beatrice. My father was Richard. My grandfather used to race dogs in England and apparently was asked to leave. I traced my dad's birth as Oldham, Lancaster, England in about 1915 ... My grandmother was born in Cork, Ireland ...
SOURCE
Shirley (Richards) Ribble, April 26, 2000 - http://genforum.genealogy.com/rimmer/messages/153.html
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John Rimmer, son of Joseph and Mary Rimmer washed dishes in a restaurant
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Beatrice Rimmer, daughter of Joseph and Mary Rimmer was on welfare
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Source: Shirley (Richards) Ribble (April, 2012)
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RIMMER: CHRONOLOGY
c. 1915-1923
Joseph Rimmer
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Joseph Rimmer moved at an unknown date to Canada.
1923
May 18
BRANTFORD
Mary Rimmer, John Rimmer, Beatrice Rimmer, and Richard Rimmer
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Mary Rimmer and her three children, Beatrice, John and Richard left England on May 18, 1923 for Canada.
1923
May 26
BRANTFORD, 61 Aberdeen Avenue
Joseph and Mary Rimmer
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When his wife Mary Rimmer and their three children left England on May 18, 1923 for Canada to join Joseph Rimmer, her husband was already in Canada living at 61 Aberdeen Avenue, Brantford, Ontario Ontario, Canada
61 Aberdeen Avenue
(Vacant in the 1925)
http://www3.brantford.ca/inventory.nsf
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1923
September 28
William Rimmer
Joseph Rimmer
BRANTFORD, 67 Allenby Avenue
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William Rimmer, brother of Joseph Rimmer, sailed on the Montclare on 28 September, 1923. He was destined to stay with Joseph Rimmer, 67 Allenby Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
The 61-67 Allenby Avenue Brantford Row Complex
67 Allenby Home: far left portion
Map Data, 2011, Google (see also http://www3.brantford.ca/inventory.nsf)
1924
March 21
BRANTFORD
William Rimmer
Ernest Rimmer
BRANTFORD, 56 Rose Avenue
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Ernest Rimmer, brother of Joseph Rimmer, sailed on the S. S. Montcalm on March 21, 1924 for Canada. He was destined to stay with his brother William Rimmer, 56 Rose Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
1925
Joseph Rimmer
BRANTFORD, 55 Aberdeen Ave (Formerly 43 Aberdeen Ave)
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Joseph Rimmer, laborer, is listed as resident in the 1925
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Residence
http://www3.brantford.ca/inventory.nsf
Perhaps 1929-1930
School Year - Grade 10
LONG BRANCH
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
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Passed Grade 10 (town school) - Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946
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1 1/2 years Commercial High School (can type, a little) - Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946
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Long Branch High School, Toronto 2 years Business Course 1 yr. - Record of Service, B56155, September 29, 1942 (Enlisted) - March 1, 1946 (Discharged)
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Long Branch High School, 3495 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Map Data, 2011, Google
Perhaps 1934
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
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Early in his life, Mike [Richards] [as Richard Rimmer] caddied for Golf legend Gene Sarazen, who later toured with Joe Kirkwood - C. Scott Holland, Canada's Most Southernly 18 Hole Golf Course, Erie Shores Golf and Country Club, Seventy-Five Years (1926-2001), 2001, p. 53
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[On two occasions, first in 1923, and again in 1934, Lakeview hosted the National Golf Championship of Canada ... Gene Sarazen participated at both events - http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/discover/lakeviewhistory . In those years Richard Rimmer would have been 8 years and 19 years of age respectively. See also: http://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/LakeviewBook_PartThree1_1901_1950.pdf ]
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The well-known Jimmy Rimmer also played the course during this Canadian Open -
Perhaps 1936 - 1939
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
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4 seasons Lakeview Golf Club - Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946 [Note: Lakeview is located in Port Credit, Mississauga, Ontario. On July 21, 1939, the Club House burned down ... The next day, it was reported that the Mississauga Golf Club was besieged with caddies from Lakeview desperately looking for work ...
Perhaps 1939
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
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Married to Wynne [?], c. 1939 - Attestation Paper, Richard Rimmer, B56155, RCASC D Wing, M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4, September 29, 1942
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Daughter: Jo-Anne Rimmer (b. c. 1939) - Leonard Chwedchuk, From Revolution to Depression (Memoirs of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in Canada in 1930) (Ottawa, January, 1999), p. 106 [Leonard says she was 16 in 1945, meaning that she was born in 1929 when Richard Rimmer was only 14. Perhaps she was born in c. 1939. making her not 16 but [Sic: 6 years] of age in 1945 - See: Midland Free Press - http://www.midlandlibrary.com/obituary/carruthers_joanne_74502]
Perhaps 1939 - 1941
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
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2 years Peoples Credit Jewellers (road Salesman) - Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946
1941 - 1942
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
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Waiter (One Year), York Hotel, St. Catharines [Toronto?], Ontario Canada - Attestation Paper, Richard Rimmer, B56155, RCASC D Wing, M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4, September 29, 1942 ; Personal Selection Record - B56155 Dvr. Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946
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Address as of September 29, 1942: York Hotel, St. Catharines [Toronto?], Ontario Canada - Attestation Paper, Richard Rimmer, B56155, RCASC D Wing, M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4, September 29, 1942
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Was married to Wynne [?], as of September 29, 1942 - Attestation Paper, Richard Rimmer, B56155, RCASC D Wing, M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4, September 29, 1942
1942
September 29, 1942
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
YORK HOTEL, 100 Front Street West, Toronto
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Present Address: York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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[Note: This address is near the District Recruiting Establishment, 159 Bay Street, Toronto]
1942-1946
September 29, 1942 - March 1, 1946
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
According Canadian Regimental Records, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps [RCASC]
District Recruiting
Establishments
RCASC D Wing
M.D. No. 2, Mobile Unite No. 4
And Report to DRO 159 Bay Street Toronto
[Headquarters MD. #2]
Active Formations and Units of the Canadian Army
Surname Rimmer
Christian Names Richard
Present address York Hotel, St. Catharines [Toronto?], Ontario Canada
Date of birth Feb, 27th. 1915
Place of birth England Lancashire Oldham
Citizenship Canada
Religion (state denomination) Roman Catholic
Trade of Calling Waiter
Married, Widower or Single Married
Name of next of kin Mrs Wynne Rimmer
Relationship wife
Address of next of kin [Blacked out]
Serve Before, Canadian Army No
Witness W. Dalyleish, Sgt.
Certificate of Attesting Officer Hamiliton Ontario, 29th September, 1942, # 2 District Depot, E. Sykes, [?] Recruiting Officer
Signed Richard Rimmer
SOURCE
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Military Nil
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Business or Professional Nil
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Trade or Civil Waiter
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Technical Nil
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Languages English
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High School or Collegiate Longbranch High School Toronto 2 years Business Course 1 yr.
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Graduation or Matriculation Nil
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College Nil
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University Nil
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[Places] Toronto: September 29, 1942 - July 20, 1945; Camp Borden: July 21, 1945 - February 25, 1946; Toronto: February 26, 1946
SOURCE
Record of Service, B56155, September 29, 1942 (Enlisted) - March 1, 1946 (Discharged)
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Canadian Army (Active) Discharge Certificate, March 1, 1946
Regt No. B56155
Rank Dvr.
Name (surname first): Rimmer Richard; A or R: A; Age: 27; Med. Cat.: C-1
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Main Language English
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Educational Background
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Passed Grade 10 (town school)
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1 1/2 years Commercial High School (can type, a little)
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Occupational Background
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4 seasons Lakeview Golf Club
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2 years Peoples Credit Jewellers (road Salesman)
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1 year York Hotel (Waiter)
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Expects to be used and a clerk and typist in Capt. Sykes office - Recommendation: D.R.O's Staff - Hamiliton
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Revised Examination "M": Hamiliton, September 19, 1942 [Appraisal of Intelligence - Terry Copp, Bill McAndrew], Battle exhaustion: soldiers and psychiatrists in the Canadian army, 1939-1945 (1990), p. 163]
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Enlisted at Hamilton in September, 1942
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12 Sep 44. MILITARY BACKGROUND ... T.O.S. # 2 D.D. 29-9-42. Transferred to # 2 D.R.C. 7-10-42. Employed Mobile Unit # 4. 8 Months on loan to Medical Board, Hamilton Armouries (clerical work) Since May 43 returned to recruiting duties at various out of town sub-stations. Present station Brantford; A salesman and waiter in civil life, Dv. [Dvr.?] Rimmer has the ability to meet the public ... Graded E-4, he is suitable for only H.W.E. employment. Remain present duties and corps ...
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2 June 45: Eyes bother him on the range; Has some experience as a typist; States he would prefer to stay on the square; Volunteered for the Pacific Theatre 7 June 45, DO 136
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18 Feb 46: ... Enlisted at Hamilton in Sep 42. Presently employed as ration supplies man for the past 4 months. Prior to this was employed for 2 1/2 years as recruiting clerk at M.D. #2 ... Although undecided on employment contact he is likely to return to Peoples' Jewellers, his former employer; At this time is undecided re use of re-establishment credit; at a later date will likely request settlement under V.L.A. [Veterans Land Act] - a small holding.
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Age 31 years
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Height 5 feet 8 inches
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Complexion Medium
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Eyes Hazel
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Hair Brown
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Marks or Scars Scar back of left hand
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Medals, Decorations,
Mentions, awarded in
respect of service during
this war Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
SOURCES
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Personal Selection Record. B56155 Dvr. Rimmer Richard, September 29, 1942 - February 18, 1946
RCASC, D Wing MD2, Mobile Unit #4 - D.R.O's staff, Hamiliton
This form will accompany the soldier's regimental documents at all times
Canadian Army (Active) Discharge Certificate, March 1, 1946
[Note: The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal is granted to persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of Canada who voluntarily served on Active Service and have honourably completed eighteen months (540 days) total voluntary service from September 3, 1939 to March 1, 1947 - The medal was established on 22 October 1943 - http://www.ancienscombattants.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group04/cvsm ]
[D.D = District Depot; DRC = District Recruiting Company; D.R.O. = District Record Officer; DVR = Driver; H.W.E. = Home War Establishment; M.D = Military Depot; T.O.S. = Taken On Strength; - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.011.003-e.html ]
[159 Bay Street Toronto is opposite Union Station -Rail]
[C1: Fit for Home Service only?; E-4 = Eyes?]
[Discharged men or women could apply for a special payment or gratuity based on their service record. Once the amount was established and a statement was received, a veteran could apply for a re-establishment credit. It would be determined on the basis of $7.50 for each 30-day service in the Western Hemisphere and $15.00 for each 30-day service overseas. This credit was to be spent on such things as the purchase of a home, furniture, insurance, business, or tools of trade. Advisory committees were set up to assist the veterans in making plans - http://www.wyattheritage.com/homefront/main.asp?level1=warsend&level2=rehabilitation ]
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While recruiting for the Army in Welland, Ontario, he met his future wife Lydia ...
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C. Scott Holland, Canada's Most Southernly 18 Hole Golf Course, Erie Shores Golf and Country Club, Seventy-Five Years (1926-2001), 2001, p. 53
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1947
June
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
RIDGETOWN
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Richard Rimmer moved in June, 1947, to Ridgetown, Ontario where he assumed the name Michael Richards - Source: Declaration of 8th May, 1970, Lydia Richards of the Town of Lasalle in the County of Essex. Declared, City of Windsor, Province of Ontario - Top and Bottom
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[Note: His son Richard Joseph Rimmer born August 9, 1947-June 24, 1970, Welland, Ontario, Canada), in the Welland Hospital, was registered September 5, 1947, as Rimmer. His mother, Lydia Rimmer, went to Ridgetown after August 9, 1947, where she, daughter Lynda, and son "Rick" also assumed the name Richards - Declaration of 8th May, 1970, Lydia Richards of the Town of Lasalle in the County of Essex. Declared, City of Windsor, Province of Ontario - Top and Bottom ]
1947 - 1956
Richard (Dick) Rimmer [Michael (Mike) Richards] (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970)
RIDGETOWN
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In 1947 he assumed the name Mike Richards in place of Dick Rimmer when he assumed a job near Ridgetown with Jack Hymers, a farmer.
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There was local golf course nearby and Mike Richards took a course in looking after golf greens, and some what later was hired as greens-keeper at the said golf club.
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Source: Leonard Chwedchuk, Letter of April 18, 1970, Leonard Chwedchuk to M. Hornick, Canada Pension Plan Services, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Leonard Chwedchuk, From Revolution to Depression (Memoirs of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in Canada in 1930) (Ottawa, January, 1999), pp. 85, 105-106
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Lynda and Shirley stayed with their Chwedchuk Grandparents in Welland post 1947 during the summer while Mike and Lydia worked at the Ridgetown Golf Club
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Source: Lynda Krause; Shirley Ribble
(Pop) Gordon and Mabel Nicholson of Ridgetown looked after Shirley (post 1951) during the summer while Mike and Lydia worked at the Ridgetown Golf Club [Source: Shirley Ribble]
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Pop Nicholson played golf with Jim Cooper
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Source: Shirley Ribble
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Gordon M. Nicholson: 1905-1987 and Mabel T, Nicholson; 1904-1978
Pop Nicholson - Once the manager at the Ridgetown Golf & Curling Club
1955
December 22, 1955
Mile Richards
http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. December 22, 1955 - pp. 1-2
1956
Saturday, September 29
JO-ANNE WYNNE RIMMER
LEASIDE
Jo-Anne Rimmer, Junior Majorette
TOP US. AND CANADIAN TRUMPET BANDS, DRILL TEAMS TO COMPETE FOR INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN TORONTO SEPT 29
IST INTERNATIONAL TRUMPET BAND COMPETITION
SENIOR DRUM MAJORETTES of Leaside group, the 1955 Canadian fancy drill champions will perform at the concert ...
LEASIDE PRECISION TEAM senior [15-20?] and junior [14 and under?] majorettes
Dianne Winstanley and Joanne Rimmer
show poster for the international championship trumpet competition to be held
Sept. 29 under sponsorship of Leaside Lions
Source: Toronto Star, Wednesday, September 12 or Thursday, 13, 1956 - Star Photos by Harold Barkley
[Note: The Leaside Girls' majorettes, sponsored by the Lions, began in 1951 for girls aged nine to nineteen - Jane Pitfield, Leaside, 1999, "Leaside Lions Club"]
[Note: The Leaside Lions Club Senior Boys Trumpet Band in 1957 was comprised of boys from 15 to 20 years of age - http://www.optimists-alumni.org/leaside_lions.htm ]
Leaside Lions First International Drum Corps Championships, September 29, 1956
http://www.optimists-alumni.org/downloads/acrobat_downloads/cdca_50th.pdf
"Traditionally the Leaside Lions Club invited one or two
prominent American corps to compete against the Canadian junior and senior
champions in mid September" -
For example, in 1958, it was held at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.
http://www.soundmachine.org/dci/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4937&start=0
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