Arthur joined-up at Valcartier Camp, outside Quebec City, in September 1916 and sailed for Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. After a spell in England, he reached the front in France in March, 1917. He survived the hostilities although was mustard gassed. His discharge in 1919 back in Canada states that although his heart and lungs were normal, the gas exacerbated a previously existing eye condition.
Arthur married Alice Lee in 1920, going on to have two boys, Arthur Lloyd and Robert Vernon. Whereas his sister remained within the Catholic church, Arthur and his new wife on marriage were Presbyterian. The base for this strand of Carvers is most definitely St John, New Brunswick - going on to points further east in maritime Canada. ‘Lloyd’ went on to become a Reverend and died as recently as 2014. He is buried alongside his wife at Canning, Nova Scotia. His brother, Robert, died in Sarnia, Ontario in 1998. I think at the end of his life, Arthur went to live with Robert after his wife, Alice, died between 1953 and 1957, based on the evidence of ER returns.
On WW1 attestation papers, those Canadians enlisting had to give details of their parents. This establishes beyond doubt that Arthur knew about his father, stating his name and that he was born in Leeds, as indeed he himself was. As for his mother, Arthur left this section to be answered completely blank. On one other document I have seen for Arthur, he also left this section blank. His sister, Rose, however, did enter details for her mother [marriage document], where she states her name as what looks like ‘Kate Bowkes’. I have seen the 1890 church marriage entry for William & Kate and it is most definitely ‘Burke’.
For most of Arthur's life, when given the opportunity to identify his middle name, he chooses not to do so. It is then, somewhat of a relief, to see it restored on his Sarnia gravestone.
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William Arthur CARVER b: 17 Sep 1867 in Cockayne Hatley, BDF, d: 02 Oct 1902 in Leicester, LEI
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Kate BURKE b: 1869 in Ireland, m: 09 Nov 1890 in Hunslet, WRY, d: 17 Jul 1907 in Menston, WRY
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Arthur William CARVER b: 01 Mar 1894 in Hunslet, WRY, d: 17 Feb 1979 in Sarnia, ONT
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Alice LEE b: 1892 in Saint John, NB, m: 01 Oct 1920 in Saint John, NB
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Arthur Lloyd CARVER b: 13 Dec 1920 in Saint John, NB, d: 17 Feb 2014 in St Thomas, ONT
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Helena Alice BORDEN b: 1925 in Canning, NS, m: 23 May 1947 in Saint John, NB
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Fred CARVER
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Elizabeth Ann CARVER
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Michael CARVER
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Bryan CARVER
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James CARVER
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Robert Vernon Joseph CARVER b: 1923, d: 1998 in Sarnia, ONT
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Mary Margaret Evangeline ARSENEAULT b: 1922 in Robertville, NB, m: 02 Mar 1946 in Saint John, NB, d: 04 Aug 2007 in Sarnia, ONT
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Patrick Richard CARVER b: 17 Mar 1955 in Sarnia, ONT, d: 08 Nov 2011 in London, ONT
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Mary Jo [CARVER] m: 13 Sep 1980 in Ontario, CAN
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Sean CARVER
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Martin CARVER
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Andrea [CARVER]
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Patti-Jo CARVER
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Michael
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Christine CARVER
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David Peter CARVER b: 21 Mar 1959 in Sarnia, ONT, d: 20 Dec 2002 in Sarnia, ONT
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Angela CARVER
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Leonard VAUGHAN
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Jamie VAUGHAN
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Robert CARVER
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Joan [CARVER] m: 03 Sep 1971 in Ontario, CAN
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Joseph CARVER
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Jennette [CARVER]
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Paul CARVER
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Grace [CARVER]
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Ronald CARVER