William Joseph Alchorn
1889 - 1957 (67 years)-
Name William Joseph Alchorn Nickname Billy Born 19 Sep 1889 St. John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada 
Gender Male Residence Between 1910 and 1911 Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada acc to 1910 marriage cert and 1911 Census of Canada _UID BDA15C893A4F7A4BA29929D8C97B238EC296 Died 19 Mar 1957 Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Person ID I71 Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages Last Modified 4 Mar 2011
Father Joseph Artemus Alchorn, b. Abt 1861, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Julia Oram, b. Abt 1866, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F509 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary (Matilda) "Maud" Boutilier, b. 15 May 1891, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 31 Jul 1926, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 35 years) Married 4 Jul 1910 Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Minister Rev. Herbert Fraser (Church of England) officiates the Alchorn-Boutilier marriage Witnesses Leo McDonald & Hannah McIntyre witnessed the Alchorn-Boutilier marriage. Children 1. Artemus Lemuel Joseph Alchorn, b. Jan 1911, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown2. Gervase (Gervis) Allister Alchorn, b. 24 Jun 1912, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 22 Nov 1972, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 60 years)3. Winifred C. Alchorn, b. 31 Oct 1914, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 22 Feb 1915, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 0 years)4. William Courtney Alchorn, b. 26 Jun 1916, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 18 Jun 2004, Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)5. (stillborn) Alchorn, b. 14 Mar 1921, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 14 Mar 1921, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 0 years)6. Utah Elizabeth Alchorn, b. Abt 1923, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 17 Mar 2004, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age ~ 81 years)7. Unknown Alchorn, b. 31 Jul 1926, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 3 Dec 2022 Family ID F16 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Son of Artemus and Rose, according to marriage record. This seems to be an error and his mother's name is actually Julia ORAM:
Index to County Birth Registers
Child ALCHORN, JOSEPH WILLIAM
Sex M
Date of Birth 1889 | 09 | 19 (Y-M-D)
Place SAINT JOHN
County SAINT JOHN
Father ALCHRON, JOSEPH ARTEMAS
Mother ORAM, JULIA
Code 1-1-163-85
Microfilm F23160
126 Alchorn Joseph A. M Head M Dec 28 1861 39
126 Alchorn Julia F Wife M Apr 22 1866 33
126 Alchorn Fred H. M Son S Sep 27 1885 15
126 Alchorn Berton M Son S Sep 17 1887 13
****126 Alchorn Joseph W. M Son S Sep 19 1889 11 ******
126 Alchorn Ethel C. F Daughter S Dec 25 1891 9
126 Alchorn Charles M. M Son S Dec 1 1893 7
126 Alchorn Ella M. F Daughter S Sep 26 1894 5
126 Alchorn Elizabeth C. F Daughter S Jun 22 1897 3
Source Information 1901 Census of Canada
Subdistrict Sydney (Ward/Quartier), SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK
District Number 21
Subdistrict Number g-1
Archives Microfilm T-6443
1911 census of Canada, Glace Bay, enumeration district 21, page 1
Water Street
A_ _ h_ _ (_) William b. September 1890 20 b. N.B. laborer, coal mine
-------------------- Maud b. May 1892 19 b. N.B.
-------------------- Artimus b. Jan 1911 b. 4/12
Registration Year 1915 - Book: 23 - Page: 110 - Number: 660
Alshorn, (forename not discernable: Cornleas?? (Cornelia or Cornelius? Caroline?) female, died of convulsions, February 22, 1915, 3 1/2 months, 30 Falmouth Street, Sydney. Buried Holy Cross, Sydney, February 22, 1915. (born November 1914)
Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and the Great War
Sydney Nova Scotia Alchorn, Pte. William J., 185th Bn., C.I.
William's attestation paper (August 14, 1915) states his name as: William Joseph Alchorn, born St. John. New Brunswick, August 14, 1890 next of kin wife Maud Alchorn 47 Falmouth Street Sydney occupation laborer height 5'4" chest 36 inches, dark complexion black hair hazel eyes religion Roman Catholic distinguishing marks scar and mole on right ...(?)
He seems to have remarried two years after his wife Maud's death:
Index to New Brunswick Marriages
Name WATERFIELD, MARY EDNA*
Married ALCHORN, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Date 1928 | 02 | 09 (Y-M-D)
County SAINT JOHN
Parish SAINT JOHN
Number 1164
Reference B4/1928
Microfilm F19693
He had children from this marriage as well inc. Barbara Ann Alchorn and John Joseph Alchorn; she was a widow w/ a son, George Clinton "Buster" Frawsel.
Index to Death Certificates
Name ALCHORN, WILLIAM J.
Sex M
Date 1957 | 03 | 19 (Y-M-D)
County SAINT JOHN
Registration 2055
Volume
Microfilm F20856
- Son of Artemus and Rose, according to marriage record. This seems to be an error and his mother's name is actually Julia ORAM: