John ``Jack'' Dirom

born: 19 Apr 1893, Markinch,Fifeshire,Scotland
spouse: Isobella
Children:
Marguerite Dirom

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------John Pasley DIROM ( - )
                      |
           |---------John DIROM (1817, Scotland - 1904)
           |          |
           |          |--------Margaret ROME (1794, Scotland - 1857, Scotland)
           |
  |------Peter DIROM (1867, Scotland - 1945)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Elizabeth LITTLE ( - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
John ``Jack'' DIROM (1893, Scotland - )
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Isabella CAIRNS ( - )
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------
                      |
                      |--------
The following was written by John's grandson, Douglas Taylor:

John emigrated to Canada in 1913, sailing from Glasgow, Scotland on the Donaldson Lines, Athenia. The ship sailed over the exact spot where the Titanic when down one year earlier. The Athenia slowed her engines and wreaths were dropped to honour those that perished. The Athenia landed in St. John, New Brunswick, and John travelled to the west coast of Canada by train, settling in Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia and later Victoria. John Dirom enlisted as a stretcher-bearer in this battalion and went overseas in July 1915. The Battalion was renamed to 3rd Pioneers (48th Battalion CEF)before proceeding to England.

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