Frederick George King

Frederick was the eldest son of George King and Alice Crocker, born in Georgetown on April 10, 1884. He was third son of this family to enlist in the Great War (Fred, William and Percival). A fourth son Francis attempted to enlist but was disappointed to be rejected. Fred was raised with his brothers and sisters at 33 Queen St. His father had died sometime between the1901 and 1911 Censuses, leaving his mother a widow.

At the time of his enlistment on March 10, 1916 he was 32 years of age, a teamster in the papermaking business, was married to Clara Bear (Baer) King and the father of three children ages 10, 9, and 6.

While in the service, Fred’s character was described as good, as were his “habits” and his “temperance”. Fred time in the service was short as he was discharged from the 164^th Battalion as “medically unfit” on February 21,1917, his disability due to “defective vision”, caused by “hot steel in his right eye” which occurred in 1905 while working at the Paper Mills, Georgetown. His medical records reveal his vision to be 20/80, complaints of pain in his eyes and of intractable headaches. Mrs. King had not lost this son to the war.

The Census shows that by 1931 Fred owned a wooden house on Victoria St. in Georgetown, his occupation was listed foreman in a papermill, but he had been unemployed for the previous 52 weeks, he was the father of seven children, six of whom continued to live at home and the family had a Norwegian lodger.

Fred died March 24, 1951 at the age of 66 and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Georgetown.

Truly a Canadian Hero. His story lives on. Information obtained from Ancestry.ca

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