Thomas Alfred Wulff1,2,3,4

b. 9 September 1888, d. 28 May 1952
This picture of Thomas Alfred Wulff was likely taken in the late 1920s.
Thomas Alfred Wulff, son of Magnus Alfred Wulff and Jane White, was born on 9 September 1888 at Pembroke, Ontario.5 He was baptized in 1891 at St. Bartholemew's, Ottawa, Ontario.

Alfred and his family returned to Beachburg some time between 1891 and 1901. According to his obituary, Alfred was educated in Beachburg.

Alfred's father died some time in the mid-1890's and his mother eventually remarried in 1897. They moved to Sudbury in 1904.2

Alfred started work with the Canadian Copper Company in September 1904, and would continue his employment with them, and with their later incarnation, International Nickel Company (INCO), for almost 48 years.

Alfred was an avid sportsman in his youth, playing lacrosse and baseball in the INCO leagues.

He married Annie Retta Butler, daughter of Michael Butler and Sarah Thomlinson, on 30 June 1908 at Sudbury, Ontario.6

In 1918 Annie contracted tuberculosis and was sent to the Sanitarium in Gravenhurst. Unfortunately, her health did not improve and she died in October 1919. Alfred must have found life very difficult raising five daughters, all under 11 years old. On 1 April 1920 Alfred married Annie's sister, Esther Jane, at Sudbury, Ontario.7

Alfred was a long time member of St. John's Anglican Church, Copper Cliff and of Nickel Lodge 455, IOOF.

Alfred died on 28 May 1952 at North Bay, Ontario, at age 63.4 He was buried on 31 May 1952 at Eyre Cemetery, Sudbury, Ontario.2,3
Charts
Pedigree of Eva Mae Wulff

Children of Thomas Alfred Wulff and Annie Retta Butler

Children of Thomas Alfred Wulff and Esther Jane Butler

  • John A. Wulff b. 1 Jan 1921, d. 10 Mar 2013
  • Lawrence Wulff b. 1922
  • Arthur Wulff+ b. 1924, d. 21 Jan 2013
  • Amy Carol Wulff b. 1930

Exhibits

Thomas Alfred Wulff and his daughter Eva Mae Wulff in about 1930 in Copper Cliff, Ontario.
Obituary and funeral for Thomas Alfred Wulff.

Citations

  1. Annie Retta Butler, funeral notice, 28 October 1919, privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario.
  2. Thomas Alfred Wulff obituary, Sudbury Star, (Sudbury, Ontario), 29 May 1952, , privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario.
  3. Alfred Wulff funeral, Sudbury Star, (Sudbury, Ontario), 01 June 1952, , privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario.
  4. Thomas Alfred Wulff, death certificate, reg. no. 1952-05-018974, Office of the Registrar General, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
  5. Thomas Alfred Wulff birth registration no. 31681 (1888); Ontario Registration of Births, 1869-; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 5 October 2010); citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS 929, roll 90,.
  6. Thomas Alfred Wulff-Annie Butler marriage registration no. 14149 (1908); Ontario Registration of Marriages, 1869-; microfilm MS 932, roll 136, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  7. Thomas Alfred Wulff-Esther Butler marriage registration no. 28209 (1920); Ontario Registration of Marriages, 1869-; microfilm MS 932, roll 556, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.