Source: Twitter post by Jordan MacKinnon.
Family Search: When Herbert Bishop Fenton was born on 12 July 1887, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Bishop, was 38 and his mother, Charlotte Coles, was 36. He married Mabel Edna Seiffert on 6 February 1918, in Bruce Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Bruce Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 27, his occupation is listed as farmer in Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 September 1954, in Port Elgin, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 67, and was buried in Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
It appears he was adopted and took the surname Fenton.
006815/1918 Herbert Bishop FENTON , 30, farmer, Birmingham Eng, Port Elgin, s/o John BISHOP & don’t know died young – adopted by Richard FENTON, married Mabel SEIFFERT, 26, farmers dau, Bruce Twp, same, d/o John SEIFFERT & Rebecca CLULY, witn: Minnie SEIFFERT of North Bruce & W G FENTON of Port Elgin, 6 Feb 1918 at Port Elgin. Source
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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