Sergeant William Alexander Wanless

1869 - 1903  (34 years)

• Name	William Alexander Wanless
  Prefix	Sergeant
  Born	29 Jun 1869	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Christadelphian
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Illelible
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Christadelphian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-345353
  Died	31 Dec 1903	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Woodland Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I345353	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Wanless,   b. 4 Apr 1830, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 27 Jul 1899, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Rothwell,   b. 1836, , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Aug 1858	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F236928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William was listed a Sergeant in the military at the time of his death. William graduated from the Royal Infantry School at London Ontario on 6 July 1889. His Certificate of Military Instruction indicated he was a member of the 29th Battalion. This was likely the 29th Waterloo Battalion of Infantry which would become 29th Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada) during the First World War, and in more recent times, The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada. The 29th Battalion originated in Berlin, Ont (now known as Waterloo, Ont) on 14 September 1866. William later lived in Kingston, Ontario where he married in 1894. The Canadian Military College was located in Kingston but William's relationship to the College requires more research. William married Aggie Stokes in Kingston on 7 August 1894. Their two sons were subsequently born there. William's father, John, died in a Kingston Hospital in 1899. By the time of the 1901 Canada Census, the family had moved back to London Ont. They were living at 514 Quebec St when William sr and William jr died in 1903. William's widow remarried in 1909, and his surviving son, George Andrew, would go on to serve in the Canadian military during the First and Second World Wars. Cemetery, Woodland, North America, Middlesex County, and Woodland Cemetery. 1869. " William Alexander Wanless (1869-1903) - Find A...". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205064033/william-alexander-wanless.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 55. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 33. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205064033. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 31 Aug 1858. On the 25th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, Waterloo Village, by the Rev. James Sim, Mr. John Wanless, School Teacher, Bridgeport, to Miss Mary Bothwell. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Wanless John, 24, Waterloo, England, married 25 Aug 1858 Mary Rothwell, 17, Waterloo, Canada, daughter of William

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Jun 1869 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christadelphian - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Illelible - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christadelphian - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Dec 1903 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth