Eugene Francis Apperley (1872 - 1944)

Born 9 Aug 1872 in Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Son of Thomas James Apperley and Sarah Ann (White) Apperley

Husband of Mary Ellen (Tomlinson) Apperley — married 4 Mar 1896 in Alexander, Manitoba, Canada

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1944 at age 72 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Eugene Francis (Frank) Apperley was born 9 August 1872 in Alliston, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada,^[1] the son of Thomas Apperley and Sarah White. In 1882 the family moved to a homestead near Whitewood, Saskatchewan.

Eugene married Mary Ellen Tomlinson 4 March 1896 at Alexander, Manitoba.^[2][3]

Eugene homesteaded on the northwest quarter of Section 36, Township 16, Range 2, west of the third meridian, near Mortlach, Saskatchewan in 1905.^[4]

Eugene and Mary Ellen Apperley had six children:

1. Thomas Raymond born 1904,
2. Frederick Hatton born 1907,
3. Harry Alva born 1910,
4. Sarah Gladys born 1913,
5. Esther Mary born 1915, and
6. Francis Clegg born 1917

Also farming near Mortlach were Frank Scribner and his wife, Teressa (Morrow) Clark.

At the age of 43, Eugene enlisted in the 203rd Battalion Over-Seas Unit March 30, 1916. On July 10, 1917 Eugene was transfered to Staff and then was discharged at Winnipeg, Manitoba September 6, 1918 as medically unfit, a Private from the 10th Battalion, Canadian Garrision Regiment, earning no medals. Eugene suffered from severe leg pains and cramp which would strain from long exposure to standing. The cramping of the legs once over would leave his legs "so sore he [could not] stand the trousers to touch it".He never made it out of training to see any action.^[1]

Eugene abandoned his wife and children^[5] and hooked up with Mary Ellen (Clark) Dugan (daughter of the previously mentioned Teressa (Morrow) Clark), who had been abandoned in Winnipeg by her husband. Eugene, Mary Ellen, and her five children moved to Prongua, Saskatchewan, where Eugene was employed as a grain buyer for the Atlas Elevator Company. Two children were born to Eugene and Mary Ellen while they lived at Prongua: Atlas Ella born 1921and Victor Clark born 1925. The family, consisting of Eugene, Mary Ellen, their two children, and Mary Ellen's children by her previous marriage, moved to Barnes Crossing, Saskatchewan, where they resided until Mary Ellen's death in 1941.

Eugene Francis Apperley died 2 October 1944 at North Battleford, Saskatchewan^[6] and is buried at Prongua, Saskatchewan.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Military: "Personnel Records of the First World War"
   Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 199 - 64
   Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
   Digitized Images (accessed 8 November 2022)
   Name: Eugene Francis Apperley; Gender: Male; Age: 42; Birth Date: 9 Aug 1872; Birth Location: Alliston, Ontario; Residence: Mortlach, Saskatchewan; Military Date: 1914-1918; Spouse: E F Apperley; Next of Kin: Mrs E F Apperley; Next of Kin Relationship: Wife; Regiment Number: 234552.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records"
   Marriages more than 80 years ago, online database
   Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
   https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php (accessed 31 October 2022)
   Entry for Eugene Francis Apperley and Mary Ellen Tomlinson; Registration Number: 1896,002401; Place: Daly; Date: 04/03/1896
3. ↑ Marriage: "Certificate of Marriage Registration"
   Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
   Photocopy, certified 29 April 2003, of original dated 30 June 1906
   In the collection of Gerald Apperly (8 November 2022)
   Bridegroom: Eugene Raymond Francis Apperley; Bride: Mary Ellen Tomlinson; Date: 4th March 1906
4. ↑ 1905 Legal Record: "Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930"
   Homestead Grant Registers. R190-75-1-E. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 9209 #7481 (accessed 23 November 2022)
   Name: Eugene Apperley; Application Date: 27 Mar 1905; Place: Saskatchewan, Canada; Homestead Number: 183172; Part: NW; Section: 36; Township: 16; Range: 2; Meridian: W3.
5. ↑ Newspaper: "Non-Support of Wife is Charge Against Appleby"
   The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan; 17 March 1919, page 2, column 2
   Newspapers.com Newspapers Clip: 31868775 (accessed 8 November 2022)
6. ↑ Death: "Record of Registration of Death"
   eHealth Saskatchewan; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
   Photocopy, certified 3 September 2002, of original document dated 31 March 1945
   In the collection of Gerald Apperly (8 November 2022)
   Name of Deceased: Eugene Francis Apperley; Date of Death: October 2nd 1944

See also,

• CENSUS 1881: "Census of Canada, 1881,"
  online database with images Digitized image (accessed 17 Oct 2022)
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3647490
  Entry for Eugene R Apperly; Province: Ontario, District Name: Simcoe South, District Number: 138, Sub-District Name: Essa, Sub-District Number: F, Division Number: 1, Family Number: 44, Page Number: 10, Line Number: 20, Microfilm: C-13250, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 3647490.
• CENSUS 1891: "Census of Canada, 1891,"
  online database with images Digitized image (accessed 17 Oct 2022)
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=4745820
  Entry for U J Apperley; Province: Saskatchewan, District Name: Assiniboia East, District Number: 198, Sub-District Name: Broadview, Sub-District Number: A, Division Number: 11, Family Number: 52, Page Number: 11, Line Number: 8, Microfilm: T-6426, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 4745820.
• CENSUS 1901: "Census of Canada, 1901,"
  online database with images Digitized image (accessed 17 October 2022)
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=173058
  Entry for Eugene F Apperley; Province: Manitoba, District Name: Brandon, District Number: 6, Sub-District Name: Daly, Sub-District Number: F, Division Number: 4, Family Number: 5, Page Number: 1, Line Number: 27, Microfilm: T-6431, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 173058.
• CENSUS 1906: "Census of the Northwest Provinces, Canada, 1906,"
  online database with images Digitized image (accessed 9 November 2022)
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1906/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=22275
  Entry for Frand Apperley; Province: Saskatchewan, District Name: Assiniboia West, District Number: 12, Sub-District Number: 23, Family Number: 150, Page Number: 13, Line Number: 1, Microfilm: T-18358, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 22275.
• CENSUS 1911: "Census of Canada, 1911,"
  online database with images Digitized image (accessed 9 November 2022)
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=7615171
  Entry for Frank Apperley; Province: Saskatchewan, District Name: Moose Jaw, District Number: 211, Sub-District Number: 24, Family Number: 142, Page Number: 5, Line Number: 45, Microfilm: T-20454, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 7615171.
• CENSUS 1916: "Census of the Prairie Provinces, Canada, 1916,"
  online database with images Digitized image (accessed 13 October 2022)
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1916/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1629332
  Entry for Frank Apperley; Province: Saskatchewan, District Name: Swift Current, District Number: 30, Sub-District Number: 23, Meridian: W3, Family Number: 53, Page Number: 5, Line Number: 17, Microfilm: T-21945, Reference: R233-47-9-E, Item Number: 1629332.
• CENSUS 1921: "Census of Canada, 1921,"
  online database with images Digitized image (accessed 13 October 2022)
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=6019716
  Entry for Frank Apperly; Province: Saskatchewan, District Name: Battleford, District Number: 215, Sub-District Number: 26, Family Number: 71, Page Number: 7, Line Number: 3, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 6019716.
• CENSUS 1926: "Census of the Prairie Provinces, Canada, 1926,"
  online database with images Digitized image (accessed 9 November 2022)
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1926/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1267677
  Entry for Frank Apperley; Province: Saskatchewan, District Name: South Battleford, District Number: 34, Sub-District Number: 65, Family Number: 84, Page Number: 8, Line Number: 31, Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada, Item Number: 1267677.
• 1931 Census: "1931 Census of Canada"
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27338; Census Place: North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada; Page Number: c
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62640 #5072036 (accessed 13 September 2023)
  Eugene Frances Apperly (61), married head of household in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.
• A Time to Remember - A History of Mortlach and District; Published by the Mortlach History Book Committee; 1983, "Apperley, Eugene Francis," by Fred; page 109. University of Calgary, Digital Collections (https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/A-Time-to-Remember---A-history-of-Mortlach-and-district-2R3BF1O1B86GD.html : accessed 6 November 2022).
• Whitewood and Area - 1892-1992; Compiled by the Whitewood History Book Committee; Published by the Whitewood Herald; 1992; "Apperley, Thomas & Sarah (White)," by Eileen Flick and Loraine McCormick; Pages 422 and 423. In the ersonal collection of Gerald Apperly.
• Military: "Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918"
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1086 #571057 (accessed 13 September 2023)
  Name: Eugene Francis Apperley; Gender: Male; Age: 42; Birth Date: 9 Aug 1872; Birth Location: Alliston, Ontario; Residence: Mortlach, Saskatchewan; Military Date: 1914-1918; Spouse: E F Apperley; Next of Kin: Mrs E F Apperley; Next of Kin Relationship: Wife; Regiment Number: 234552.
• the Annals of a Humble Race genealogy website by Gerald Apperly.

DNA

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Gerald Apperly and his 1st cousin once removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Thomas Apperley and Sarah White, the 1st great grandparents of Gerald Apperly and the grandparents of his cousin. The predicted relationship from Ancestry is 1st to 2nd cousin, based on sharing 493 cM across 22 segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal Family Tree DNA test match between Samantha (Jarvis) Robinson and Gerald Apperly, her half 1st cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestor is Eugene Apperley, the great great grandfather of Samantha (Jarvis) Robinson and grandfather of Gerald Apperly. Predicted relationship from Family Tree DNA & My Heritage DNA: 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 88 cM across 4 segments.