William Pope (1879 - 1954)

Born 2 Dec 1879 in Devonshire,England

Husband of Amy Madiline Innes — married 1905 in England

Descendants

Died 1954 at about age 74 in Burnaby,British Columbia,Canada

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

Reference or Indent Number

Reference or Indent Number: 8

Note

Note: William was a beerslinger, a railroad worker, and a farmer.

He moved to Montreal from England in 1906 whie his new bride was pregnant with their first child. He left on errand for Mr. Paterson and was to set up the homestead. Once the home was ready and the child was born, wife Amy came to Canada, leaving their newborn daughter, Amy, in the care of Amy's parents with the understanding that parents and child would be coming to Canada a year later. Unfortunately, Amy became very en route to Canada. Once the parents were apprised of this, they rushed to Canada to take of her, leaving the infant in the care of the "spinster aunt". Time went past and little Amy was not able to emigrate to Canada though arrangements were made several times. Finally, when she was nine years old she was booked on the Titanic. When the Titanic sank without her on it, it was taken as a sign and Amy remained in England to be raised. William never met his eldest child, though she did fly to Canada for his funeral.

William continued to work for R.M. Patterson as a gardener and farmer. In 1918 he came west to a farm owned by Mr. Patterson four miles north of Ryley, Alberta. A month later, wife Amy and the five Quebec-born children followed. The family lived in a granary until they completed Mr. Patterson's two-storey house.

William's very first crop in ALberta froze in July, 1918.

In 1927, William bought some land from Mr. Patterson.

William retired from farming in 1949 and moved to Burnaby, British Columbia.

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 30 JUN 1999

Time: 00:03:21

Prior to import, this record was last changed 00:03:21 30 JUN 1999.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Pope-584 created through the import of pafhostland.ged on Jun 7, 2011 by Darren Hinger. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Darren and others.