Billyard Genealogy: Alexander William Yetman

Alexander William Yetman (b. 1886)   

Occupation: Printer (1905); Clerk (1911, 1913); Photographer (1918); Musician (1929)

Parents: Levi Yetman (1847-1925) & Anne Flora Macdonald Stewart (b. 1856)

Sibling: Mabel Rosamond Augusta Yetman (b. 1880)

Spouse: Kathleen Lyford (b. 1884)

Children (3): Florence May Yetman (b. 1910), Pearl Alexandra Yetman (b. 1913), Zena Kathleen Yetman (b. 1919)

Life Events:
[Year][Date][Age][Event]
1886Sep 3   Born in London, England      [1]
1891 [4-5y] Lived at 17 Albermarle St, St. George Southwark registration district, Surrey, England      [7]
1901 [14-15y] Lived in (Chichester House), Brighton, Brighton, England      [8]
1905Oct 19   [19y, 1m, 16d] Emigrated from Middlesex, England      [2]
  "Oct 27   [19y, 1m, 24d] Immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada      [2]
 aboard the ship Bavarian, from Liverpool, England, to Montreal, Canada. Passenger list states that Alexander was heading for Toronto.
1910Jan 5   [23y, 4m, 2d] Married Kathleen Lyford (b. 1884) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada      [14, 15]
  "Nov 17   [24y, 2m, 14d]   - birth of daughter Florence May Yetman (b. 1910) in Ontario, Canada      [9, 16]
1911 [24-25y] Lived at 35 Austin A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada      [9]
1913Jul 6   [26y, 10m, 3d]   - birth of daughter Pearl Alexandra Yetman (b. 1913) at 37 Austin St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada      [15]
~1918 Dec   [~32y, 3m] Emigrated from Toronto, Ontario, Canada      [3]
  "Dec 11   [32y, 3m, 8d] Immigrated to Lancing, Sussex, England      [3]
 aboard the ship Tunisian, from St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, to Liverpool, England.
 ?    Immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada      [4, 6]
 alexander arrived by sea from England to New York, arriving on 18 Dec 1929, and then took an L.V.R. Train from New York to Toronto.
1919Nov 20   [33y, 2m, 17d]   - birth of daughter Zena Kathleen Yetman (b. 1919) in Douglas House, Lancing, Sussex, England      [10, 17, 18]
 ?    Emigrated from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England      [4, 5]
 ?    Lived at 11 Bowen Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England      [10]
 ?    Lived at 79 Oxford Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England      [5, 10]
 ?   Aug 25   Died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada      [11, 12]
  Buried in Section 8 Lot 7592, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada      [12, 13]

Census information:
Census Name Age Birth Birth Date Religion Origin Occ. Father's Birth Immi­grated
1891 Alexander W Yetman 4 London            
1901 Alec W. Yetman 14   ''       Pupil    
1911 Alexander Yetman 24 England Sept 1886 Methodist England Clerk   1905
1921 Alexander W. Yetman 34y 10m London            
1931 Alex William Yetman 44 England   Church of England English Band Musician England 1905

Notes

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Sources:
   [1] - World War I Attestation Paper (27557)
   [2] - Passenger list from the ship Bavarian (27 October 1905, p15).
   [3] - Passenger list from the ship Tunisian (11 Dec 1918, p23).
   [4] - Canadian Immigration Service, 19 December 1929.
   [5] - UK outward passenger list for the ship S.S. Olympic (11 Dec 1929, p1).
   [6] - Canadian Border Crossings, 19 December 1929.
   [7] - 1891 Census [St George (1), London, England, row 24]
   [8] - 1901 Census [Brighton (1), Brighton, England, row 9]
   [9] - 1911 Census [Toronto West (1), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, row 2]
   [10] - Passenger list from the ship Albertic (17 November 1929), p 188.
   [11] - Andrew Philip Billyard
   [12] - Cemetery Records
   [13] - Robert Milo Billyard & Evelyn Kathleen (née Dawe) Billyard
   [14] - Passenger list from the ship Lake Champlain, departure (28 June 1904, p4)
   [15] - Ontario Birth Registry for Pearl Yetman (1913:09098)
   [16] - Ontario Birth Registry for Florence May Yetman (1910:09942)
   [17] - English Birth Registry for Zena Kathleen Yetman (GRO 1919, v2b, p494 c108, Steyning)
   [18] - Obituary for Zena Kathleen (nee Yetman) Elson (https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/11596861/Zena-Elson)


Last updated 28 Feb 2024 by Andrew Billyard

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