George Earnest Welch (1900 - 1920)

Born 22 May 1900 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Died 28 May 1920 at age 20 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Greg Slade [send private message], Julie Slade [send private message], and Rob Slade [send private message]

Biography

George Earnest Welch was born in the family home in Victoria, British Columbia on May 22, 1900^[1]. Earnest, as he was called, was the son of Herbert Welch and Mary French.

At the time of the 1901 Canada Census, Herbert H., Mary, Herbert John, Mary L., Edna B., and George E. Welch were listed as living in Victoria, British Columbia^[2].

At the time of the 1911 Canada Census, Herbert, Mary, Herbert, Lillian, Edna, Earnest, May, Minnie, Doris, and Phyllis Welch were listed as living in Vancouver^[3].

Earnest enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Victoria on January 12, 1917.^[4] As many young men did at the time, he lied about his age to get in. Earnest served in World War I and was returned to Canada in September, 1917, where he died of appendicitis in Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, British Columbia on May 28, 1920^[5]. He is buried in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ BC birth registration: 1900-09-010163
2. ↑ Census of Canada, 1901, British Columbia, Victoria (4), Victoria (City) (D), page 25, dwelling 210, family 210, George E. Welch; RG31 - Statistics Canada, roll T-6430 (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=158955 : Accessed January 14, 2017).
3. ↑ Census of Canada, 1911, British Columbia, Vancouver, North Vancouver and South Vancouver (12), Vancouver City (40), page 39, dwelling 385, family 385, Earnest Welch; RG31 - Statistics Canada, roll T-20337 (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=517862 : Accessed December 29, 2015).
4. ↑ Attestation Paper: Name: WELCH, ERNEST GEORGE, Regimental Number: 525143, Date of Birth: 22/05/1899, Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10210 - 38, Item Number: 305858 http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=305858 Library and Archives Canada
5. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKN-9N1 : accessed 30 December 2015), Ernest George Welch, 1920.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Ernest G. Welch

• Add sources here.

Research Notes

• http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=305858
• http://www.ezitis.myzen.co.uk/kingscanadian.html