Herbert Frederick Wurm

Other Events:

• Census: 1916, Swift Current, Saskatchewan
• Military: 17 Jun 1918, London, Middlesex County, Ontario; Recruited for military service.
• Census: 1921, Lot 5 Conc 16, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario
• Residence: 19 May 1921, Dashwood, Huron County, Ontario
• Residence: Aft 1923, near Lethbridge, Alberta
• Residence: 1949, Sedgewick, Camrose, Alberta
• Residence: 1963, Moon Lake, Jasper-Edson, Alberta
• Residence: 1968, Entwistle, Rocky Mountain, Alberta
• Residence: 1972, Entwistle, Rocky Mountain, Alberta
• Residence: 1974, Drayton Valley, Rocky Mountain, Alberta

Notes:

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html

Soldiers of the First World War

Names: WURM , HERBERT FREDERICK
Regimental number: 3138923
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10615 - 33



From Robert P. Reid

"Herb was the first of the family to go west about 1914. He would be 17. At one time Herb told Emma that he wished his father had moved out there as he thought is was such a great place to live. Luella was upset when he left home but she got over it. Emma was only about nine at the time, and since Herb was always teasing her, maybe she did not care so much. He ended up in Saskatchewan where he settled in 1914.

Herb remained there until he got his army call. This would likely be 1918. When he came home his Mother wanted to hide him under the small log house. It had been dug out but Herb would hear none of that. Herb had difficulty with the many needles that they had to be given. John Decker saw him in London and when he told Louis he had tears in his eyes because it was such a pitiful sight. His face was black and blue from falling on it when he would pass out from the sight of the needle. The war was over before he was to be sent overseas. Herb sent Emma a card to have his horse in the stable when he came home. She had and he took off for the Bend.

Herb and Emma were both married in 1922. Herb and his wife, Rosalie Phaff went to Detroit for the winter. They came home to the Phaff farm. She died in August of 1923 when a little girl was born. They are both in the Zurich Lutheran Cemetery.

Herb stayed with his Dad, a widower by this time, but soon headed West again as Leonard and wife Tillie Vincent (of Dashwood) were already out there. Herb took up land near Lethbridge, Alberta where he build a shack (all that was necessary). He rented the land out as he worked as a carpenter. He was still there when Emma, Henry, Margaret and Alvin went out west in 1949. The women stayed in the shack and the men stayed elsewhere. Probably in town as they were great lovers of pool and snooker. (Emma's words). After a few days they headed on to meet Brother Leonard."

....."When the oil boom hit Drayton Valley, Herb sold his farm and moved up there to work as a carpenter. It was there that he met Betsy (his second wife)."

Herbert married Rosabella Susanna Amelia Pfaff on 21 Mar 1921 in Dashwood, Huron County, Ontario. Rosabella (daughter of John Pfaff and Louise Wahl) was born on 17 Apr 1899 in Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario; died on 11 Aug 1923 in Lot 19, Con. 11 Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario; was buried on 13 Aug 1923 in St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Betsy L.. Betsy was born in 1895; died in 1965; was buried in Brightwood Cemetery, Drayton Valley, Alberta. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died at birth along with mother.