Reg.#7988, William Christopher Apted

Hi Joe,

I have come across something startling and very puzzling to me in your list of deceased members buried in the Vancouver area.

One of the names in your database, I am sure, is my uncle William Christopher Apted. I never knew my uncle as a member of the RNWMP force, I always knew him as being a commercial fisherman. Compare the following...

I do have my uncle's death registration record which states he was a fisherman for ten years, he died at the age of 54 from lung cancer, he died in Vancouver October 10,1952, and he is buried in the Forrest Lawn Cemetery in Burnaby B.C.

Now, he could very well have been a policeman in the earlier years and no one ever talked about it. Perhaps he changed his profession when he married my aunt Sadie (Sarah). Were RCMP officers allowed to be married? I know in the early days some police forces didn't allow marriage. I was close to their son Stuart Apted (now deseased) who was a Warden at one of the prisons here until he was injured. He never mentioned his dad being in the police force, but then we seldom spoke of him.

I am sure the man you have my uncle in your databsse, the only discrepancy is the year of his death. You have him dying October 23,1962, but my uncle died October 23,1952. I was a young child at the time so I don't remember him, but his son was a special person.

I would appreciate it if you have anything to clarify this?

I'm in Vancouver tomorrow so will get some photos for you including L.W.Herchmer.

Regards
Linda
Friend of the Force