Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Joseph Smith Sheldon was born on 20 March 1897, in Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Morse Sheldon, was 30 and his mother, Charlotte Josephine Smith, was 29. He married Mary Jane Donnelley on 18 February 1929, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kent, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1931, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as customs officer in Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 31 January 1965, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 67, and was buried in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 