Edwin Poole (1866 - 1955)

Born 23 May 1866 in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Janet Agnes (White) Poole — married 15 Dec 1888 in St. John County, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1955 at age 88 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Edwin was born May 23, 1866 in Saint John, New Brunswick, the eldest child of William Poole and Mary Duval.^[1]

In the 1871 census Edwin (age 5) was in Portland, Saint John, New Brunswick.^[2]

In the 1881 census Edwin (age 15), Nail Cutter, was in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.^[3]

When Edwin married Janet White on December 15, 1888 both said they were Baptists.^[4] The couple’s first child was born in Saint John^[5] and three more were born in Chelsea, Massachusetts.^[6]

In 1881 Edwin at 15 years of age and his father were both described as nail cutters.^[1] At his marriage he said he was a mechanic.^[4] In 1891 Edwin reported his occupation as iron moulder.^[5]

Edwin was naturalized as an American citizen on December 1, 1897^[7] with a reported immigration date of November 29, 1891.^[8] The family did not remain in the USA, however. On September 6, 1913 Edwin received title to a homestead in Alberta at Glengarden in today's Strathcona County, east of the provincial capital of Edmonton. His application stated he had obtained entry to the land in January 1908 and that his family had resided there with him from March 1909 to November 30, 1910. He said when absent from the homestead he had worked as a miner and a moulder.^[9] In 1911 Janet, listed as married head of household, and the three surviving children are found in Edmonton, Alberta.^[10] Edwin has not been located in that census.

Edwin is in 1916 shown as head of the household in Edmonton^[6] although by then he was already in England having enlisted in March with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In his attestation form he gave his occupation as mechanical engineer and his birth year as 1872 when in fact he was within 3 months of his 50th birthday. Edwin served as a sapper in France.^[11] He died in Edmonton in 1955 after spending his latter days in a soldiers home there.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1881 Census of Canada, Edwin Poole household, Saint John, Portland Ward 3, page 157, family 770, digital image, Family Search. https://www.familysearch.org/
2. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1871; Census Place: Portland, Saint John, New Brunswick; Roll: C-10375; Page: 68
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1578 #642146 (accessed 15 June 2023)
   Edwin Pool (5) in Portland, Saint John, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick.
3. ↑ 1881 Census: "Canada Census, 1881"
   citing William Poole, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
   FamilySearch Record: MV67-YZX (accessed 12 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DR49-6P1 Image number 00157
   Edwin Poole (15), Nail Cutter, in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Born in New Brunswick.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Edwin Poole–Janet A. White marriage (1888) Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Vital Statistics from Government Records (RS141) database & images. https://archives.gnb.ca
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Census of Canada, Edwin Poole household, Saint John, Portland Victoria Ward, Family 377. digital image, Library and Archives Canada. https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} 1916 Census of the Prairie Provinces, Edwin Poole household, District 37, Subdistrict 2, Edmonton, page 2, dwelling 10, digital image, Ancestry.ca. https://www.ancestry.ca
7. ↑ Edwin Poole naturalization (1897), U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992. Ancestry.ca. https://www.ancestry.ca
8. ↑ Edwin Poole petition (1895), Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950,” database and images, Ancestry.ca. https://www.ancestry.ca
9. ↑ Edwin Poole petition (1908) and patent (1913), Alberta, Canada Homestead Records 1870-1930, Ancestry.ca. https://www.ancestry.ca
10. ↑ 1911 Census of Canada, Janett Poole household, District Strathcona East, ED 48, p 16, dwelling 169, family 183; digital image, Library and Archives Canada. https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
11. ↑ Edwin Poole, regimental number 504294, Personnel Records of the First World War, Library and Archives Canada. https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
12. ↑ Poole, Edwin. Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Wed April 5, 1955, page 36, column 6, Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80345189/edwin-poole : accessed 11 May 2022), memorial page for Pte Edwin Poole (23 May 1866–5 Apr 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80345189, citing Westlawn Memorial Gardens, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Alison (contributor 46917968) .