Elsie Milsted

     Elsie Milsted was born on Tuesday, 27 September 1904 at Zephyr, Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada. She appeared on the census of April 1911 in the household of William Marshall Milsted at Twp. of Scott, Zephyr, Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada. She is listed as: Milstead, Elsie, female, daughter, single, born September 1904 in Ontario, age 6, of English origin, Canadian nationality, Methodist, not attending school. She appeared on the census of June 1921 in the household of William Marshall Milsted at Zephyr, Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada. She was enumerated as: Milstead, Elsie, daughter, female, single, age 15, born Ontario, father born England, mother born Ontario, Canadian, English, speaks English, cannot speak French, Methodist, able to read and write. She and Peter Francis Metheral, son of Peter Metheral and Mary Jane Stonehouse, were married. In February 1969, she fell and broke her leg in 2 places. From that time on, she walked with a stiff leg that would not bend at the knee. Elsie died on Saturday, 25 February 1995 at York County Hospital, Newmarket, York Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 90 years, 4 months and 29 days. She was buried on Tuesday, 28 February 1995 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Zephyr, Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada.