Cpl. Isaac Stewart ECKFORD

1919 - 1943  (24 years)

• Name	Isaac Stewart ECKFORD
  Prefix	Cpl.
  Birth	16 Mar 1919	Zion Line, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Gravestone	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	WW II, C31419; killed in action at Moro River, Italy
  Death	13 Dec 1943	Moro River, Italy
  Burial	Ortona, Provincia di Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
  	Address: Moro River Canadian War Cemetery
  Person ID	I19911	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac ECKFORD,   b. 21 Sep 1871, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Jan 1953 (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ann ROSS,   b. 7 Jan 1879, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Jan 1937, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1906	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F8355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Eckford, Pte. Stewart - Military photo, 1941 Photograph from the collection of Laurel Anne Bates (Neice)
  		Cpl. Stewart Eckford Photograph from the collection of Laurel Anne Bates (Neice)
  		Eckford Siblings: Bertha, Cpl. Isaac Stewart ECKFORD & Leah Photograph from the collection of Laurel Ann Bates
  		Cpl. Isaac Stewart ECKFORD taken at his home on his last leave home Photograph from the Collection of Laurel Ann Bates
  		Cpl. Isaac Stewart ECKFORD LEST WE FORGET Flag Cobden Legion initiative, sponsored by family Photographed by Fay Bennett 2025

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Eckford, Stewart - Letters from military following being killed in action The Cobden Sun, March 2, 1944 p. 5
  		Eckford, Cpl. Stewart fatally wounded (military) Newspaper clipping from Scrapbook 1939-46 donated to Ross Museum
  		Beachburg boys die overseas - Stewart Eckford & Damos Sylvester (military) Newspaper clipping from Scrapbook 1939-46 donated to Ross Museum
  		Eckford, Cpl Isaac Stewart killed in action (military) Newspaper clipping from the collection of Brenda Millar, 2018
  		Eckford Stewart remembered by sister Leah May Newspaper clipping from the collection of Gladys Francis
  		Eckford, Stewart remembered by his sister Leah p.2 Newspaper clipping from the collection of Gladys Francis
  		Calder, Doug at military cemetery in Italy Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Lena Byce
  		Letters to Isaac Eckford's parents from the scrapbook collection of Whitewater Historical Society

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Eckford, Cpl. I Stewart Zion Line Cemetery, Ross Twp. photographed by Clarke Johnson provided to Fay Bennett 2002

  
  

  Histories

  Eckford Cpl. Isaac Stewart Eckford military service summary Compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Sources

  [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), # Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3). Name: Isaac Eckford Birth Place: Westmeath Ont Age: 34 Father Name: William Eckford Mother Name: Isabella Condie Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Spouse Name: Maggie Ann Ross Spouse's Age: 27 Spouse Birth Place: Tp of Ross Spouse Father Name: Thomas Ross Spouse Mother Name : C Mccalloch Marriage Date: 18 Apr 1906 Witnesses: mrs & mr Robert Ireton, Cobden by Rev W H Cramm by license