See also

Family of Alfred Ernest Capener and Leona Alice Last

  • Husband:

  • Alfred Ernest Capener (1897-1963)

  • Wife:

  • Leona Alice Last (1899-1926)

  • Marriage:

  • 27 Nov 1919

  • London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada1

  •  

  • Alfred a bachelor working as a painter of London and son of Alfred Capener and Elizabeth Arnold. Leona a spinster of Edgar last and Elizabeth Gold. Witnessed by Dorothy White Routledge and Harold E Last

Husband: Alfred Ernest Capener

  • Name:

  • Alfred Ernest Capener2 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cabinet maker then a painter and decorator3 1

  • Birth:

  • 28 Feb 1897

  • Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England2 4 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • 29 Dynevor Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Alfred and Polly, aunt and uncle Selina and Charles Hook, and cousin Albert Capener. Born in Gloucester Gloucestershire

  • Emigration:

  • 27 Oct 1910 (age 13)

  • from Bristol, Gloucestershire, England to Quebec, Quebec, Canada5

  •  

  • on the Royal Canadian Northern Steamships Limited ship Royal Edward with his father Alfred, and sister Dottie

  • Military Service:

  • 10 Sep 1915 (age 18)

  • Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force as no:1236633

  •  

  • a cabinet maker born on 28th February 1897 who was 5' 8" tall, with a chest of 30½" and expansion 2½", a fair complexion, brownish grey eyes and light brown hair

  • Census absence:

  • 1 Jun 1921 (age 24)

  •  

  • Death:

  • 1963 (age 65-66)6

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 1963

  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Dundas Street, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada6

Wife: Leona Alice Last

  • Name:

  • Leona Alice Last7 8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Edgar John Boulter (1868-1937)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Elizabeth Gold (1869-1948)

  • Birth:

  • 17 Nov 1899

  • Middlesex, Ontario, Canada7 8 9 10 11

  •  

  • daughter of Edward John Last and Elizabeth Gould

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 1)

  • London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada9

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Edgar and Elizabeth, and brother Harold. Born on 17th November 1899 in Ontario

  • Census:

  • 1 Jun 1911 (age 11)

  • 820 Elias Street, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada10

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Edgar and Elizabeth, brother Harold, and sisters Mary and Doris. Born in November 1899 in Ontario

  • Census absence:

  • 1 Jun 1921 (age 21)

  •  

  • Death:

  • 29 Mar 1926 (age 26)

  • 820 Elias Street, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada7 11

  •  

  • Cause: of myocardial failure whilst suffering from influenza

    daughter of Edgar J Last and Elizabeth A Gold, buried in the Woodland Cemetery

  • Burial:

  • Apr 1926

  • Woodland Cemetery, 493 Springbank Drive, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada11

Note on Husband: Alfred Ernest Capener

After Leona had died, Alfred married Reta Mae McPhail in London Middlesex Ontario on the 1st June 192712

Sources

1.

Ancestry Canada Ontario, Marriages, 1826-1940, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Middlesex 1919 no:16713. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gloucester 1897 quarter:2 volume:6a page:274. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.

3.

Ancestry Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, (on-line at www.ancestry,co.uk). no:123663. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:2430 folio:124 page:37 schedule:238. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.

5.

FindMyPast Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Bristol 1910 Royal Edward. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.

6.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). Canada Ontario Middlesex London Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens memorial id:221997806. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.

7.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). holding-coleman-bates by davidsimona10. Cit. Date: 7 July 2024.

8.

Ancestry Canada Ontario, Births, 1832-1917, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Middlesex 1879-1900 page:264. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.

9.

Ancestry Canada 1901 Census, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ontario Middlesex East London sub-division:6 page:15. Cit. Date: 7 July 2024.

10.

Ancestry Canada 1911 Census, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ontario London City sub-district:40 page:12. Cit. Date: 7 July 2024.

11.

Ancestry Canada Ontario, Deaths and Deaths Overseas 1869-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Middlesex 1926 page:150 no:427 22175. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.

12.

Ancestry Canada Ontario, Marriages, 1826-1940, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Middlesex 1927 no:15493. Cit. Date: 9 July 2024.