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Byron Samuel Vanstone (1884 ~ 1959)

4.5.6.3. Third child of Jabez C. Vanstone and Selena J. Cole, Byron Samuel Vanstone, was born June 29, 1884, in Tyrone, Darlington Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.

He married Myrtle Irene Corner, daughter of John Pearson Corner and Florence Lillie Bemrose, December 9, 1922, in Toronto, Ontario and had two children:

(4.5.6.3.1) Mary Irene (1924 ~ 2004)
(4.5.6.3.2) Dorothy May (1929 ~ 2001)

Byron S. Vanstone died November 24, 1959, aged 75 years, and Myrtle I. Corner Vanstone died December 4, 1973, aged 79 years in Toronto, Ontario and are interred at Bowmanville Cemetery.

----- MARRIAGE -----

Vanstone—Corner

On Saturday afternoon, December 9, 1922, at Howard Park Methodist Church, Toronto, the marriage was solemnized of Myrtle Irene, younger daughter of Mrs. J. P. Corner, and Byron S. Vanstone, son of the late J. C. Vanstone, Bowmanville, and Mrs. Vanstone, Toronto. Rev. Dr. C. T. Scott officiated. Mrs. W. J. Beattie presided at the organ. The bride who was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. C. W. Patterson, wore a becoming gown of Mary blue chiffon velvet with a French hat of gold cloth. After the ceremony the bride and groom left for a trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City, the bride wearing a Persian lamb coat with squirrel trimmings the gift of the groom.

Among the beautiful gifts was a cabinet of sterling silver from the head office of the Bank of Toronto, of which the bride and groom were members. Also a clock from the Finance Committee of Howard Park Methodist Church of which the groom was a member. Bowmanville Statesman, Dec. 14, 1922.

----- OBITUARIES -----

Byron S. Vanstone

June 29, 1884 ~ November 24, 1959

Byron S. Vanstone, former Chairman of the Board of The Toronto-Dominion Bank died Tuesday in Toronto after a brief illness.

Born in Tyrone, Ontario, in 1884, Mr. Vanstone’s banking career spanned a period of 56 years. He was raised and educated in Bowmanville, Ontario and joined the Ontario Bank there in 1900 and six years later joined The Bank of Toronto in Toronto. In subsequent years he held a succession of increasingly important positions including Inspector, Supervisor of Ontario Branches and Chief Supervisor Eastern Branches. He was appointed Assistant General Manager in 1938, General Manager in 1942, Vice-President in 1948 and was named President in January of 1951.

As President of The Bank of Toronto, Mr. Vanstone was one of the key figures in its amalgamation with The Dominion Bank in February 1955. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Toronto-Dominion Bank until his retirement at the end of 1956 and continued as a Director.

In his more then half a century as a banker Mr. Vanstone saw Canada come of age as a nation. At the time of his retirement as Chairman he remarked that, “The great advance in commerce and finance in Canada could not have occurred if it had not been built around growing strength in the banking system.”

The last public appearance made in Bowmanville by Mr. Vanstone was when he officiated at the opening of the new Bowmanville branch of the Toronto-Dominion Bank in March, 1958, fulfilling a dream nurtured by him for many years.

A keen athlete in his youth, Mr. Vanstone’s interest in athletics continued throughout his life and he was an active golfer and curler. He was a member of the National, York, Toronto Hunt and Granite Clubs, the Toronto Golf Club and the Toronto Board of Trade and an active member of the Board of Timothy Eaton Memorial United Church, Toronto.

He is survived by his wife, the former Myrtle Irene Corner of Hamilton, two daughters, Mrs. R. S. Stuart and Mrs. Donald Stellings, both of Montreal, and a brother, Fred C. Vanstone of Bowmanville.

Funeral service will be held on Friday, November 27th, at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church (St. Clair Ave., at Dunvegan Rd.) Toronto, at 1:00 p.m. Interment Bowmanville Cemetery. Bowmanville Statesman, Nov. 26, 1959.

Myrtle I. Corner Vanstone

September 17, 1894 ~ December 4, 1973

VANSTONE—Passed away at the Princess Margaret Hospital, on Tuesday, December 4, 1973, Myrtle Irene Corner, wife of the late Byron Samuel Vanstone, mother of Mrs. R. S. Stuart (Mary), and Mrs. Dorothy Stellings. Resting at the Ogden Funeral Home, 4164 Sheppard Ave. E., Agincourt (near Midland Ave.) for service in the chapel on Friday at 2 p.m. Cremation. In lieu of flowers donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Bowmanville Statesman, Dec. 5, 1973.