Henry Wesley was born in Worthington, Ontario, the eldest of three sons and one daughter, of Donald Campbell Nesbitt and Minnie McKay.
He died at age 18 in November 1911. Tragically his two younger brothers would also perish at young ages during WWI. Stanley McKay, age 18, died at Vimy Ridge in France serving with the Canadian Infantry in April of 1917. Walter Kenneth, age 21, served with the Canadian Engineers Corp. He also fell at Vimy Ridge and later subcumbed to influenza and bronchopnemonia at the Canadian General hospital in East Sussex, England in November 1918.
His sister, Margaret, attended Grace Hospital nursing school in Detroit, Michigan. She returned to Ontario afterwards, remained single, and followed a lifetime career as a nurse.
Henry Wesley's headstone is placed directly in front of another stone which marks his grandfather and father's resting place. That stone is also engraved with the details of his brother Stanley's death although his body was not returned from France.
His mother Minnie and brother Kenneth birth and death details are engraved on the backside of the same gravestone.
He died at age 18 in November 1911. Tragically his two younger brothers would also perish at young ages during WWI. Stanley McKay, age 18, died at Vimy Ridge in France serving with the Canadian Infantry in April of 1917. Walter Kenneth, age 21, served with the Canadian Engineers Corp. He also fell at Vimy Ridge and later subcumbed to influenza and bronchopnemonia at the Canadian General hospital in East Sussex, England in November 1918.
His sister, Margaret, attended Grace Hospital nursing school in Detroit, Michigan. She returned to Ontario afterwards, remained single, and followed a lifetime career as a nurse.
Henry Wesley's headstone is placed directly in front of another stone which marks his grandfather and father's resting place. That stone is also engraved with the details of his brother Stanley's death although his body was not returned from France.
His mother Minnie and brother Kenneth birth and death details are engraved on the backside of the same gravestone.
Henry Wesley was born in Worthington, Ontario, the eldest of three sons and one daughter, of Donald Campbell Nesbitt and Minnie McKay.
He died at age 18 in November 1911. Tragically his two younger brothers would also perish at young ages during WWI. Stanley McKay, age 18, died at Vimy Ridge in France serving with the Canadian Infantry in April of 1917. Walter Kenneth, age 21, served with the Canadian Engineers Corp. He also fell at Vimy Ridge and later subcumbed to influenza and bronchopnemonia at the Canadian General hospital in East Sussex, England in November 1918.
His sister, Margaret, attended Grace Hospital nursing school in Detroit, Michigan. She returned to Ontario afterwards, remained single, and followed a lifetime career as a nurse.
Henry Wesley's headstone is placed directly in front of another stone which marks his grandfather and father's resting place. That stone is also engraved with the details of his brother Stanley's death although his body was not returned from France.
His mother Minnie and brother Kenneth birth and death details are engraved on the backside of the same gravestone.
He died at age 18 in November 1911. Tragically his two younger brothers would also perish at young ages during WWI. Stanley McKay, age 18, died at Vimy Ridge in France serving with the Canadian Infantry in April of 1917. Walter Kenneth, age 21, served with the Canadian Engineers Corp. He also fell at Vimy Ridge and later subcumbed to influenza and bronchopnemonia at the Canadian General hospital in East Sussex, England in November 1918.
His sister, Margaret, attended Grace Hospital nursing school in Detroit, Michigan. She returned to Ontario afterwards, remained single, and followed a lifetime career as a nurse.
Henry Wesley's headstone is placed directly in front of another stone which marks his grandfather and father's resting place. That stone is also engraved with the details of his brother Stanley's death although his body was not returned from France.
His mother Minnie and brother Kenneth birth and death details are engraved on the backside of the same gravestone.
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