Capt William Joseph EGAN

1881 - 1917  (36 years)

• Name	William Joseph EGAN
  Prefix	Capt
  Born	28 Mar 1881	Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911
  	Railway Contractor
  Died	4 May 1917	Ypres, , Belgium
  Buried	Ypres, , Belgium
  Person ID	I2791337	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Daniel EGAN,   b. Nov 1855, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jul 1932, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann DEVINE,   b. 25 Aug 1858, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Aug 1904, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Married	15 Jun 1880	Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F8903013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Egan, William Joseph - Personnel Record from WWI Library & Archives of Canada
  		Egan, William Joseph - Book of Remembrance http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/page?page=233&book=1&sort=pageAsc Veterans Affairs Canada
  		Egan, Cpt. William Joseph killed in action (military) newspaper article The Ottawa Journal May 12, 1917
  		Egan, Cpt. William Joseph - certificate of commemoration Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/138115/egan,-/
  		Egan, Cpt. William Joseph death (military) Newspaper clipping from The Perth Courier, May 25, 1917
  		CHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1

  
  

  Headstones

  Egan, Cpt. William Joseph - Gravestone The Canadian Virtual War Memorial http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/138115?William%20Joseph%20Egan

  
  

  Histories

  Egan, Capt. William J. casualty WWI Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  Cobden of the Past FB Page, Nov 7, 2018 Captain William Joseph Egan was a railway contractor who enlisted Jan 4, 1917 at age 35 and died May 4, 1917 in Ypres, age 36. WWI Personal Records have been made available online by the Library and Archives Canada. Cpt Egan?s record is at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/?/personnel-recor?/Pages/item.aspx? He was the oldest son of Daniel Egan and Mary Ann Devine, born in Bromley Twp. He served with the 7th Railway Troups.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24157] Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1911, Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool ,, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S24894] "Ontario Birth Registrations online at Ancestry.com", FamilyTree.Com, (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), #029086 Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3). [S24895] "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", FamilyTree.Com, (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 009965 Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3). [S296182] "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", FamilyTree.Com, (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 009965 Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3).