Person Record

Metadata

Name

Wismer, Floyd Hallick

Other Names

Known as Floyd, but legal name was Hallick Floyd or Halleck Floyd Wismer

Born

May 15, 1893

Birthplace

Saugeen Township, Ontario

Deceased

1963

Deceased

Palmerston, Ontario

Father

John H. Wismer

Mother

Lydia Trafflet

Spouse

Hilda Mae Redden, m. Sept. 29, 1920

Children

Lloyd Wismer, 1924-2010

Occupation

Floyd Wismer enlisted on February 7, 1916 with 160th Bruce Battalion as member of Band. At that time, he listed "tinsmith" as his occupation on his attestation papers. He also served with 47th Battalion and 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade. According to "Bruce in Khaki, containing a history of the 160th Overseas Bruce Battalion", he suffered a shrapnel wound on Arras-Cambrai Road, September 15, 1918. His diary entry for Sept. 15, 1918 makes no mention of shrapnel, but he writes on August 30, 1918 "was hit but not serious on cambria road."

At the time of his marriage in 1920, he was working as a plumber in Brantford, Ontario.

According to the book "Bruce in Khaki containing a history of the 160th Overseas Bruce Battalion and complete nominal roll of all men who were at any time on the strength of the Battalion" by 1934 (the date of that book's publication), he was working in Palmerston, Ontario, as a plumber and tinsmith in Palmerston, Ontario. He died in 1963 in Palmerston.

Places

At time of birth, resided at lot 9, con. 8, Saugeen Township.
At time of marriage, Floyd was residing in Brantford (his wife was residing in Teeswater).

Sources

Sources:

Halleck Floyd Wismer, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134008111/halleck-floyd-wismer, accessed June 6, 2023.

Hallick Floyd Wismer Ontario birth registration, 1893, #002977;

Hallick Floyd Wismer - Hilda Mae Redden, Ontario marriage registration (1920), Brantford, ancestry.ca, accessed 2019.

Wismer, Halleck Floyd (651642) personnel file, Library and Archives Canada, access