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Dresden is best known as the home of Josiah Henson, an African-Canadian abolitionist and minister whose life-story was an inspiration for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Henson homestead is a historic site near Dresden operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust. An H chondrite-type meteorite fell near Dresden in 1939. [4]: 64–65
Chatham Police Service Jericho, Ontario January 25, 1893 Beat to death with a club, an axe, and a hoe by a freedman wanted for relations with a girl and his two brothers [15] Constable William Lindsay Comber Police Comber, Ontario May 3, 1894 Killed by a drunken disgruntled farmer by a shot to the abdomen Constable Alexander Wright
Ontario shot to death by constable Andy Kis in the Jane and Finch area. The officer fired three bullets into Andrew's lower back and one in the back of one of his thighs. An unfired Glock pistol was recovered from the scene. Officer cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the SIU. [citation needed] 1996-06-11 Williams, Wayne (24) Ontario
The Chatham Police and Fire Departments went into the house and found both the wife and boyfriend dead in a first-floor bedroom. The man, 56, was holding a pistol and appeared to have a self ...
However, Henson remained at the settlement, passing away in 1883; buried near his home. [2] Henson's funeral remains one of Dresden's largest funerals held in the community, with businesses closed for the day, and a 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) procession to the gravesite having formed. [5]
The men sacked the home and left with an undisclosed amount of money. Henri never regained consciousness, and died in August 1993. [87] 2000 Gaetano "Guy" Panepinto: 41 Toronto: Ontario: Gaetano Panepinto was a Toronto mobster and funeral home owner, who was attempting to distance himself from organized crime. The murder of his alleged lover ...
Chatham-Kent (2021 population: 103,988) [1] is a single-tier municipality in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.It is mostly rural, and its population centres are Chatham, Wallaceburg, Tilbury, Blenheim, Ridgetown, Wheatley and Dresden.
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2024. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.