Census

1916

1916 census page for Edmonton, Alberta, recording Walter Ponceby, wife Margaret, and son Donald in the same household.

17 April 1916

Library and Archives Canada WWI attestation paper for Walter George Ponceby, service number 231409, 202nd Battalion CEF. Attested 17 April 1916 in Edmonton, Alberta. Born in London, England, date approximately 9 May 1872; occupation Electrician; married; wife Margaret Ponceby at same Edmonton address. Physical description: 5'6", fair complexion, hazel eyes, light brown hair, Presbyterian. Declared fit for overseas service.

11 November 1917

Official Canadian government record commemorating Private Walter George Ponceby, service number 231409, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), who died 11 November 1917 aged 45. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial on Panels 24–28–30, and on Page 310 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. His wife Margaret Jeane Ponceby was living at 19 Arlington Apartments, Edmonton, Alberta at the time of his death.

17 April 1916

Library and Archives Canada WWI personnel file for Walter George Ponceby, regimental number 231409, born 9 May 1872 in London, England, enlisted 17 April 1916 at Edmonton with the 202nd Battalion, later serving with the 10th Battalion and recorded as killed in action on 11 November 1917.

Date not stated

AirHistory RFC/RAF rank-and-file index entry listing Ponceby, D.E., Donald Edwin, with service number 171884 and pointing researchers to the AIR 79 service-record series at The National Archives.

1924

Alberta vital statistics bridegrooms index entry recording Donald E. Ponceby (or Poncely) as a groom in Edmonton in 1924, index number 242. The matching brides index entry for Catherine M. Horne uses the same place, year, and index number.

28 August 1902

Boston return of birth form no. 10399 recording the birth of Donald Edwin Ponceby on 28 August 1902 at 142 Blue Hill Ave in Boston, with parents Walter G Ponceby and Margaret McKinnon.