William Edward Bishop (1830-1898)

Mary Steeves (1827-1909)

James Carruthers (Abt 1835-1893)

Elizabeth Thurrott (1842-1928)

William Harris Bishop (1863-1959)

Esta Elizabeth Jane Carruthers (1871-1956)

Lester Carruthers Bishop (1897-1917)

 

Family Links Lester Carruthers Bishop 1 Born: 18 Feb 1897, Irving Settlement, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada Died: 3 Jun 1917, France aged 20 2   Noted events in his life were: • Census: 1901 Canadian, 1901, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3 • Residence, 31 Mar 1901, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4 • Census: 1911 Canadian, 1911, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 • Military Service: Private in WW1, killed in battle of Vimy Ridge, 1916-1917. 6 Attestation date: 14 Feb 1916 Regimental number: 832321 Reference number: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 759 - 5 4th Canadian Division; 10th Brigade; 10th Battalion • Residence, 1916, 121 St. George Street, Moncton, New Brunswick.

1 Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 50.

2 Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, Tangled Roots, Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia A New England Planter Family, 4 volumes (Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, 1990), 4: 68.

3 Library and Archives of Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 23 Jan 2009), Census record for Lester Carruthers Bishop.

4 Library and Archives of Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 23 Jan 2009), Record of Lester Carruthers Bishop.

5 Library and Archives Canada, "1911 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 20 Jan 2009), Census record for Lester Carruthers Bishop; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=2018&highlight=8#highlight

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6 Canada, "Soldiers of the First World War CEF," Attestation Papers of Lester Carruthers Bishop; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Papers (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=htb5eqhs3v7vvhku36l5h4e042 : accessed 14 Jan 2009).