Private William Elmyr Van Every

1863 - 1916  (53 years)

• Name	William Elmyr Van Every
  Prefix	Private
  Born	1863	South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145174296
  Military	WW1
  	Canada, V. A. (2024) Canadian Virtual War Memorial, William Van Every - The Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada. Available at: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/425886 (Accessed: 28 August 2024).
  Occupation	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Tool Painter
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1900	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	painter
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-25471
  Died	10 Apr 1916	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I25471	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles P. Van Every,   b. 24 Dec 1830, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 80 years)
  Mother	Eliza Jane Halley,   b. 1 Aug 1840, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nellie Mandana Shupe,   b. 20 Dec 1878, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 1950, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1900	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F6604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Fanny Elizabeth Daniels,   b. 1868, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Dec 1874  [2]
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F254240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  VanEvery,William-001.jpeg

  
  

• Notes

  It's been said that old men\emdash politicians and generals\emdash send the young to die in wars. But those officially considered too old to fight also found a way into the war to end all wars, although events didn't always work out as anticipated. House painter William Elmyr Van Every was 52 when he walked into a Toronto recruiting office on Nov. 22, 1915. He told them he was 43 and nobody, apparently, batted an eye. He was one of six Brant County, Ont., Van Everys to sign up. His brother Maurice\emdash a merchant and no spring chicken himself at 45\emdash had told recruiters he was 39 when he enlisted three days before William. A private in the 116th Battalion (Ontario County), he was killed at Arras on Sept. 17, 1917. The elder Van Every never made it overseas. William died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 10, 1916, while in training with the 123rd Battalion (Royal Grenadiers) at Toronto's Exhibition Park. The site had become Exhibition Camp at the war's outset in 1914. Thorne, S. J. (2021) Too young-and too old-to join the fight, Legion Magazine. Available at: https://legionmagazine.com/too-young-and-too-old-to-join-the-fight/ (Accessed: 28 August 2024).

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016225-00. William Elmyr VAN EVERY, 37, painter, Brant Co., Galt, widower, s/o Charles VAN EVERY & Eliza Jane HALLEY married Nellie Mandana SHUPE, 21, Preston, Galt, d/o Wellington SHUPE & Sarah ROSENBURGER, witn: Maurice VAN EVERY of Hamilton & Lillian G. SHUPE of Galt, 12 September 1900 in Galt [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 112.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1863 - South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tool Painter - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - painter - 1900 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Sep 1900 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Apr 1916 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth