John Hoar

1889 - 1920  (31 years)

• Name	John Hoar
  Born	10 Mar 1889	Lasalle, Lasalle Co, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900
  Died	3 Sep 1920	Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA
  Buried	Lasalle, Lasalle Co, Illinois, USA (St. Vincent's Cemetery)
  Person ID	I10084	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	John Hoar,   b. 13 Dec 1861, Lasalle, Lasalle Co, Illinois, USA ,   d. 14 Oct 1934, Peru, Lasalle Co, Illinois, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Catherine Leen,   b. Mar 1863, Lasalle, Lasalle Co, Illinois, USA ,   d. Bef 1921,  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Married	18 Jun 1888	Lasalle, Lasalle Co, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F4491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=4010250 Name: John Patrick Hoar Titles & Terms: Death Date: 03 Sep 1920 Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Gender: Male Race (Original): White Race (Standardized): White Death Age: 31y 5m 24d Estimated Birth Year: Birth Date: 10 Mar 1889 Birthplace: LaSalle, IL Marital Status: Spouse: Spouse's Titles & Terms: Father: John J Hoar Father's Titles & Terms: Father's Birthplace: LaSalle, IL Mother: Catherine Leen Mother's Titles & Terms: Mother's Birthplace: LaSalle, IL Occupation: Clerk Street Address: 2940 Prarie Ave Residence: Chicago, Cook, IL Cemetery: Burial Place: LaSalle, IL Burial Date: 05 Sep 1920 Funeral Home: Informant: Additional Relatives: Film Number: 1309242 Digital Folder Number: 4005208 Image Number: 260 Reference Number: cn 25383 Collection: Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922 Name: John Patrick Hoar Titles and Terms (original): Death Date: 03 Sep 1920 Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Gender: Male Marital Status: Race or Color: Age: 31 Estimated Birth Year: 1889 Birth Date: 10 Mar 1889 Birthplace: LaSalle, Illinois Father: John J. Hoar Father's Titles and Terms (original): Father's Birth Place: LaSalle, Illinois Mother: Catherine Preen Mother's Titles and Terms (original): Mother's Birth Place: LaSalle, Illinois Occupation: Clerk Residence: Street Address: Spouse: Spouse's Titles and Terms (original): Spouse's Birthplace: Burial Date: 05 Sep 1920 Burial Place: LaSalle, Illinois Cemetery: Informant: Additional Relatives: Digital Folder Number: 4031885 Image Number: 390 Film Number: 1852878 Volume/Page/Certificate Number: RN25383 Collection: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 Death Notice: Date: 1920-09-04 Paper: Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) [Special Dispatch to The Sun] Chicago, Sept. 3 - Sergt. John F. Hoar, a cripple, wearing two artifical legs, committed suicide today by inhaling gas in his small apartment at 2040 Prairie avenue. Hoar received wounds in the World War which rendered him incapable of earning a living for himself and wife. He served in the Canadian Army, a member of Princess Pat's regiment.. On the floor beside Hoar's body was a letter from the Canadian Government informing him that it would be necessary to reduce his pension. There was no food in the cupboard. Mrs. Hoar had less than $1. "He tried so hard," sobbed Mrs. Hoar "He thought he was a burden to me because when he came back a cripple I kept the promise I had made him and married him. We were married March 6. We rented a room and I got a job. He tried so hard to get one, too, but everybody turned him down. Finally he found one, but after six weeks his old wounds became infected and his boss told him he would have to get a job where he could sit down. He brooded because he was unable to find work that he could do." Hoar was wounded at Vimy Ridge when a shell burst a hole where he and six buddies were hiding. Hoar was the only one of the party to escape alive, but both his legs were gone.