He looks up, suddenly confused. Someone reminds him that he is Canada's last surviving veteran from the First World War.See his attestation papers here.
“I guess I'm the last,” he says. A pause. Then, he adds, “Am I?” turning to his wife for confirmation. She nods and puts a hand on his.
“It takes a while for it to sink in,” she explains.
In the 1901 Addington Cty. census.
In the 1911 Frontenac Cty. census
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