Alexander George Rosamond (1873 - 1916)

Born 23 Dec 1873 in Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Eleanor (Cotton) Rosamond — married 24 Sep 1902 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Died 15 Sep 1916 at age 42 in Courcelette, France

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Biography

Alexander's grandfather, James Rosamond, had established a woolen mill in Almonte, Ontario. It was expanded by his sons, Bennett and William. Alexander took over the management of the Almonte Knitting Company (previously the Rosamond Woollen Company) on the death of his uncle, Bennett Rosamond, in 1910.^[1]

During the First World War, Alexander served as a lieutenant in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). He died during the Battle of the Somme on September 15, 1916, in Courcelette, France, and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Richard M. Reid, “ROSAMOND, BENNETT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 22, 2016, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/rosamond_bennett_13E.html.
2. ↑ Canadian Virtual War Memorial

• "Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLC-B32 : accessed 20 January 2016), Alexander Rosamond in household of James Rosamond, A, Lanark (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 1, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBJ-VFD : accessed 20 January 2016), Alex Geo Rosamond and Mary Eleanor Cotton, 24 Sep 1902; citing registration , Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,082.