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     He was born on 5 December 1897 at the Dalesboro district, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan birth registration 1897-10191.^2,5 Alternatively, he may have been born on 5 December 1898 at Carlyle, RM of Moose Mountain No. 63, Saskatchewan, Canada.⁴
     Pte. William Alexandra Anderson died on 29 August 1918 at France at age 20.^3,4,6
     William Alexander Anderson was buried at Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, Pas de Calais, France, Grave reference II.F.8. This was a cemetery for casualty clearing centers. It is located about 24 km from Arras.^3,6
     
     William Alexander Anderson began military service on 28 October 1916 at the age of 18 years, 10 months and 23 days at Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada, Regimental number(s): 1069183 - listed his occupation as Teacher, and residing at Hubbard, SK. He signed as Wm Anderson. Forms within his military file give both Alexandra and Alexander as his middle name.⁴ Pte. William Alexandra Anderson ended his military service on 29 August 1918 at France dying of a shrapnel wound that fractured his thigh during an attack on Vis-en-Artois. Some forms in his service file record it as a G.S.W. (gun shot wound.)

"He was immediately attended to and evacuated to Field Ambulance, via Battalion Aid Post, and from there was removed to No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station where he succumbed to his wounds."

He was a member of the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles..

End of Military Service section.⁶

     His name was also recorded as Pte. William Alexandra Anderson on some of the forms in his WWI service file.⁴
     William Anderson appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Assiniboia East, The Territories in the household of his mother, Agnes Anderson.⁵
     In the obituary of Agnes Cunningham who died 1 March 1939, her son, William was listed as predeceased.⁷

Link to the Canadian Great War Project:; "Soldier Page" for William Alexander Anderson⁸

     She was born on 8 July 1900 at the Dalesboro district, District of Assiniboia (modern Saskatchewan), Canada, Saskatchewan birth registration 1900-43.^2,3
     Her name was also recorded as Agnes Jean Anderson.¹
     Jean Anderson appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Assiniboia East, The Territories in the household of her mother, Agnes Anderson.³
     In the obituary of Agnes Cunningham who died 1 March 1939, her daughter Jean, Mrs. J Waddell of Weyburn, was listed as a survivor.⁴

     He was born on 16 January 1873 at Ontario, Canada, enumerated as a farmer and a Methodist.^2,3 Jesse married Agnes Hume in 1904 or 1905 at Saskatchewan, Canada.^4,5,3,6
     Jesse Walten Cunningham died in 1929.⁷
     His name was also recorded as Jesse Walter Cunningham.^4,1
     Jessie and Agnes Cunningham appeared on the 1921 Canadian Census of RM of Moose Creek No. 33, Saskatchewan, enumerated 1 June 1921. Jessie was described as described as a farmer. Their children Edward, Kathleen, Marjorie and Roberta were listed as living with them.³
     In the obituary of Agnes Cunningham who died 1 March 1939, her second husband, J. W. Cunningham was listed as predeceased.⁶

     He was born on 14 August 1905 at Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan birth registration 1905-981.^4,6 Alternatively, he may have been born on 14 August 1904 at the Dalesboro district, Saskatchewan, Canada.⁷
     Edward Walter Cunningham died on 8 April 1977 at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, at age 71.⁷
     Edward Cunningham appeared in the 1921 Canadian Census of RM of Moose Creek No. 33, Saskatchewan in the household of his parents, Jessie and Agnes Cunningham.⁶
     In the obituary of Agnes Cunningham who died 1 March 1939, her son, Edward Cunningham of Milverton, ON, was listed as a survivor.⁸

     She was born on 26 June 1907 at Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan birth registration 1907-1519.^1,3
     She was commonly knownas Kathleen Cunningham.^2,3,4
     Kathleen Cunningham appeared in the 1921 Canadian Census of RM of Moose Creek No. 33, Saskatchewan in the household of her parents, Jessie and Agnes Cunningham.³
     In the obituary of Agnes Cunningham who died 1 March 1939, her daughter, Kathleen Cunningham at home in the Dalesboro district, was listed as a survivor.⁵ She crossed the border on a temporary visit on 2 October 1942 at Eastport, Boundary County, Idaho, USA, en route to Vancouver B.C. to visit her brother, Edward Cunningham. She named her sister, Mrs. Clifford Clark of Carlisle (sic) as her closest relative in Canada. She gave her height as 5' and had $4.00.⁶

     She was born circa 1911 at Saskatchewan, Canada.²
     Marjorie Cunningham appeared in the 1921 Canadian Census of RM of Moose Creek No. 33, Saskatchewan in the household of her parents, Jessie and Agnes Cunningham.²
     In the obituary of Agnes Cunningham who died 1 March 1939, her daughter Marjorie, Mrs. F. Fuller of Cranbrook, BC, was listed as a survivor.³

     She was born on 22 August 1912 at Saskatchewan, Canada.^3,2
     Roberta Cunningham appeared in the 1921 Canadian Census of RM of Moose Creek No. 33, Saskatchewan in the household of her parents, Jessie and Agnes Cunningham.²
     In the obituary of Agnes Cunningham who died 1 March 1939, her daughter Roberta, Mrs. Clifford Clark of Keller, SK, was listed as a survivor.⁴

     He was born on 13 June 1905 at land location 34 06 02 W2, southeast of Carlyle, Northwest Territories (Saskatchewan), Canada^G.^2,1

     Phoebe married Donald Campbell Kingsbury on 3 February 1904 at the Dalesboro district, District of Assiniboia (modern Saskatchewan), Canada.^1,3,2

     She was born on 5 December 1904 at Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada.²