John Vincent "Jack" Dow was born January 6th 1892 in Frontenac County Ontario. His parents were George Dow, a Scottish immigrant and Mary Horrigan. The family resided in Port Hope Ontario, where George Dow was a Gardener. They had had another child besides Jack, a girl, named Beatrice, but it appears she died in early childhood.
I know nothing of Jack's childhood, except that he dropped out of school in grade two, presumably to start working to help his family out. The 1911 Canadian Census shows that Jack was still in Port Hope. By 1915, however, Jack had moved to Toronto were he took up the profession of a movie camera operator and general electrician.
On June 13 1915, Jack married nineteen year old Alma Kerr, daughter of Frank Kerr and Icy Leake. The couple lived at 219 Greenwood Ave, down in Toronto's East End.
In 1916, Jack Dow enlisted in 180th CEF "Sportsman" Battalion.
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