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William Hitchman

William (sr) and Fanny Hitchman lived in the Cottage Wyndley Lane in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. They later moved to Redditch Worcestershire, England. They had a daughter and three sons – William (jr), Frank, born on May 30, 1891 and Albert, who was born on December 1, 1895. William (sr) and two sons were employed as spade and shovel handle makers in the edge tool manufacturing business.

Frank and William (jr) immigrated to Canada together in 1912. In 1913 their parents, William (sr) and Fanny, came to Paris to join two sons and brought with them Florence, then 17, and Albert.

William, a machinist, enlisted on July 14, 1915, with 38th Dufferin Rifles. There is little information available on William (jr).

In the 1921 Canadian census, Albert, then 26, was single is living with the family of his brother, William Henry Hitchman.