6 Emily Street

Acting Corporal Earl Edward Newstead

Earl Newstead was born in Paris in 1917. He lived at 123 Franklin Street and was the eldest son of Earl Newstead and his wife Henrietta “Hattie” Derrick. He worked in Paris as a laborer. In 1937, he married Jean Isobell Osborne in Paris. They lived at 6 Emily Street. There is no record that they had children. Earl enlisted during WWII with the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles.

During the war, Earl rose to the rank of Acting Corporal. He died at the age of 55 and is buried with his wife in Grove Cemetery in Dundas, in the Municipality of Hamilton.