World War I was a long time ago.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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