Born in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario.
In the 1901 census, married, 49 years, for children, living in Victoria, occupation was Carpenter.
Alfred was engaged in the steamboat business on the Fraser River in the 1880s. The couple arrived here by 1895;
Alfred was proprietor of the Empire Hotel at 38 Johnson St from 1895-1900. Alfred returned to steamboats for a brief time. From 1901, Alfred and partner Seth Lewis Chamberlain (b. NH 1855-1928) owned and managed the Grotto Saloon at 1 Trounce Alley.
In the 1901 census , had occupation listed as miner.
Loyalist Ancestor: Johannes Andreis Scherp.

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