Digging Up Our Family Tree

  We have an army man in our family tree. He’s not a close relative; the son of our 5th great-grandfather’s son’s daughter. That makes him my 4 th   cousin twice removed – if my calculations are correct. Albert Edward Carpenter was born 2 September 1866 or 1867 in Saltfleet, Wentworth, Canada to Albert Edgar and Sarah Carpenter. Albert’s grandmother is Eliza Jane Pettit Carpenter VanWagner.  In 1891, Albert Edward is in infantry school, possibly in Toronto. He participated in the Boer War from 1899 to 1900 with the Royal Canadian Regiment. He was involved in operations in Orange Free State in April and May 1900, including actions at Zand River, in operations in Transvaal in May and June, including actions near Johannesburg and Pretoria and operations in Orange River Colony and Transvaal, east and west of Pretoria. By 1901 Albert has returned to Canada and is in Montreal, Quebec. From 1911 – 1912 he is the commanding officer of the Royal School of Infantry at the Stanley B...