Source: SS Caronia Passenger Manifest. 1919.
Family Search: When Private Edward W. Thurman was born on 22 March 1897, in Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Thurman, was 51 and his mother, Eliza Washington, was 38. He married Ella Louise Hill on 5 May 1920, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1921 and lived in Essex, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 2001. In 1918, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as cook in Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 31 July 1957, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 60, and was buried in Windsor Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
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History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 