Parents - Alfred Day and Mary Anne Webster

Acton Free Press, June 19, 1958 - p.1
F. Day Interred Was Postmaster
An active member of church and district groups for many years, Frank Day,
the former Rockwood postmaster, passed away on June 14 after an illness of
two weeks.  He had lived in Rockwood and district for the past 30 years, and
was the postmaster of the village from 1928 to 1945.
Mr. Day was a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France in 1917
and 1918.  From 1920 to 1926 he was a trustee of S.S. No.8, Eramosa.  He was
a clerk treasurer of the Eramosa school board and was chairman of the Guelph
suburban high school district board in 1948.  A steward of Rockwood United
Church form 1924 to 1948, he was then an elder from 1949 to 1953.  He was a
member of the executive of Guelph Presbytery executive committee of the
United Church from 1947 to 1953 and a commissioner to General Council in
Vancouver in 1948.
Deeply interested in the history of the district, he compiled and published
an historical booklet giving many interesting facts and illustrations
concerning Eramosa and the county of Wellington.  He had a rich personal
knowledge of the district which was helpful in compiling this booklet.
He himself played an important part over his lifetime in the building up of
the Rockwood district and had a wide circle of friends who mourn, with his
family, his passing.
Mr. Day was born in Swavesy, Cambs, England on January 4, 1887 and came to
Canada in 1907.  He was married at Crewson's Corners in 1909 to the former
Ella Leola Wansbrough, who survives him.  Four children remain,
C.R.A.(Fred), Ancaster, Ontario; George F., Rockwood; Marion E.(Mrs. M.G.
Greer), Aldershot and Roy C. Toronto.
Also surviving are brothers Alfred, Swavesy, Cambs, England, Cyril,
Boxworth, Cambs, England; Christopher, Kawumbwa, Northern Rhodesia, Africa;
sisters Bessie, Swavesey, Cambs, England and Mary(Mrs. M. Parish), Wilmslow,
Cheshire, England.  Rev. G.A.B. Moore officiated at the funeral service at
the Rumley Funeral Home, Acton, on June 17.  Interment followed in Rockwood
cemetery.

