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He is only 20 and his interest in flying dates back to school days when he made model planes. He was sent to Malta last June and remained there until wounded recently. He had shot down a plane and was after a second when gunfire from an enemy plane riddled his ship and he was shot in the heel. Pilot Buerling bailed out and was picked up in the Mediterranean near Malta. Upon his return to Canada, he was honored with a big parade and celebration at Ottawa. Mr. Woodside is employed at the Homestead Works of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp."
* William Ellsworth Woodside, Sr./III (b. 1862 Braddock, Alleghany, PA - d. 1954 Homestead, Allegheny, PA), son of William John Woodside (b. 1824 Freeport, Armstrong, PA - '''d. ?''' & Hannah Haigh Hollingsworth Woodside (b. 1834 Woodstock, Windham, [[Connecticut|CT]]; m. 1857 PGH, PA; d. 1911 Braddock, Allegheny, PA). William John Woodside developed hearing loss as early as 1850, and by 1860 had become a shoemaker and farmer. None of their seven children were born with their father's disability. W.J.'s father was also William Woodside (b. 1790 Ireland - d. 1871 Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, PA). William E. Sr. worked as a clerk 1880-1930 for Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. in Homestead, which became U.S. Steel in 1901. His [https://www.newspapers.com/image/149028392 obit] in ''The Pittsburgh Press'' indicates he was present during the "historic Homestead strike of 1892".
* Kate Florence Wright Woodside (b. 1876 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, [[England]]; m. 1905 Allegheny Co., PA; d. 1968 Munhall, Allegheny, PA), daughter of Charles Wright (b. 1846 West Bromwich, Eng.) & Elizabeth "Eliza" Parkes Wright (b. 1845 Atherstone, Eng. - d. 1877 Aston, Warwickshire, Eng.). Kate was one year old when her mother died, the same year her younger brother was born, leaving her father to raise five children under the age of ten to raise, with the assistance of two of Charles' young adult siblings who boarded with them.
** William Ellsworth Woodside, Jr./IV '''+1944-1975''' (b. 1907 Duquesne, PGH metro, Allegheny, PA - d. 1991 St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL). +1944-1955+ @ RR 1, Library, PA. +1962+ @ 2570 Windgate Rd., Bethel Park. William was employed as a mechanical engineer with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel U.S. Steel] in PGH, founded by J.P. Morgan in 1901, and the 2nd largest steel corporation in America. He worked there until 1975 when he and his wife relocated to St. Petersburg where he lived the remainder of his life. Wife (1940 @ PGH, PA): Mabel Jessie Gordon Woodside '''+1944-1975''' (b. 1905 Howick, [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1992 St. Petersburg, FL), daughter of James "Hector" Malben Gordon (b. 1874 QC - d. 1941 College Park, [[Maryland|MD]]) & Christina "Tena" Smith Mills Gordon (b. 1877 QC; m. 1898 Montreal, QC; d. 1958).** Kenneth Woodside - Edgewood, PA then Kingston, [[Ontario|ON]]** Harold D. Woodside (1910-1916 Duquesne, PA); Chicago, IL then Dolton, [[Illinois|IL]]** Kenneth James Woodside (b. 1913 Duquesne, PA - d. 1995Markham, ON). From +1940-1950+, Kenneth resided in Edgewood, PA and was employed as a private secretary for U.S. Steel. Wife (1937 @ UCC, Verdun, QC): Elsie Annie Beurling Woodside (b. 1919 Verdun, Montreal, QC - d. 2012 Toronto, ON), daughter of Frederick Gustave Beurling (b. 1893 Norway) & Hetty Florence Gibbs Beurling (b. 1893 QC; m. 1917 Presby., Verdun, QC). @ Kingston, ON** Harry Wendell Woodside (b. 1920 Homestead, PGH metro, PA - d. 2005 Frankfort, Will, IL). Harry resided in Chicago & Dolton, [[Illinois|IL]]. He also served during WWII, earning the position of TEC4. Wife: Frances Lillian Griffith Woodside (b. 1921 Chicago, Cook, IL - d. 2008 Joliet, Will, Chicago metro, IL), daughter of Horace Jacob Griffith (b. 1886 Cass Co., [[Indiana|IN]] - d. 1958 Chicago, IL) & Helen "Nellie" Johanna Fitzgibbons Griffith (1885-1954 Chicago, Cook, IL). In 1918, Horace was employed as a truck builder for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Company Pullman] in the Pullman neighborhood of Chicago that manufactured railroad cars, particularly the development of the sleeping car. In 1930, he worked as a carpenter at a lumber mill.
=Sources=
* EB/TW-Lowe/TW LoG's 1879-2019
* Ancestry.com
