Ephraim Everett ALLEN

1891 - 1953  (61 years)

• Name	Ephraim Everett ALLEN
  Birth	6 Dec 1891	Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	18 Feb 1918	Toronto
  	Enlisted
  	Bachelor; Telegraph Operator
  Military	5 May 1919	Canada
  	Discharged - Demobilization
  _PPEXCLUDE	D
  _UID	F990E1A6C6A04FFA9B6F91B7400501BB126A
  Death	25 Aug 1953	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Arnill Cemetery, Iron Bridge, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I193	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	William ALLEN,   b. 28 Mar 1838, Parish of Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 21 Feb 1911, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Jane /ROTHWELL RATHWELL,   b. 17 Feb 1850, Montague Twp, Lanark County, ON Canada d. 25 Oct 1923, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1868	Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice FLETCHER,   b. Oct 1894, Moose Factory, ON d. 24 Jun 1977, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1920	Missanabi, Algoma District, Ontario
  Children	1. William James ALLEN,   b. 5 Feb 1921, Missanabi, Algoma District d. 16 Feb 1921, Missanabi, Algoma District (Age 0 years)   2. Glenn ALLEN,   b. 1923   d. 13 Nov 2001, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2019

  
  

• Photos		Ephraim Everett Allen
  		Ephraim Allen Family Son Glenn, unknown, wife Alice (Fletcher) & Ephraim

  
  

• Notes

  WW1 Military Service - #3033689 Rank: Private; 1st Depot Battalion C.O.R.D., then Canadian Machine Gun Corp. He arrived in France 18 Oct 1918. Discharged 5 May 1919 -demobilization. Per Mary (McLean) Allen - As a teenager, Ephraim helped his brother Herb plow new land with a team of oxen on Herb's farm (later Nelson's) in Gladstone Township. When he was 17, he worked on the new highway, spreading gravel with 'old man Williams' (Waller Nicholson's maternal great-grandfather). Mr Williams was a veteran. Ephraim told of them working hard to get the gravel spread, because Mr Williams liked to have time to do "bayonet practice" with the shovel handles. Ephraim said he went home with sore ribs where he'd been poked. He started working for the C.P.R. where he became a "wireless operator". He joined the army and went overseas during WWI with the Signal Corps. While in Germany, he got the "flu" during the European epidemic. He and 2 others were billeted in an old German lady's home. When there was room in the hospital, they came to move them and Ephraim said he'd take his chances staying with the German lady who was nursing them. The other 2 went to the hospital and they both died. When Ephraim returned from overseas, he went back to the C.P.R. and later became Station Agent of the main line of C.P.R. at Missanabi, Franz and Lochalik [sp?]. He met and married Alice Fletcher, a Cree Indian. Their first child died as a baby and they later had a son, Glenn. Ephraim became Station Agent at Levack and Desbarats. He retired after 33 years with C.P.R. and received a commendation from the President for working 33 years and never missing a day's work.