Background
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Joseph Wolff was born in Badon, Austria in 1788. His father, an army officer, was killed at the "Battle of Lake Constance" around the year 1800.
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Alexander Wolff
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Career
He became an orphan but was fortunate to be adopted by a British Army Officer. As a result he served in the British Army under the Duke of Wellington. In 1801 he entered the British Army at 13 years old where he served in Egypt under Ralph Abercromby to dispossess the French of Egypt.
Following this great battle where General Abercromby died, he was transferred under Duke Wellington where he fought in the Napoleonic Wars that raged from 1804 to 1815.
Peninsular War 1808: Dispatched from Cork To Portugal under Duke Wellington then Sir Arthur Wellesley 1808: 17 and 21 August – fought the French Roliçia and Vimeiro in Portugal 1809: May – Crossed the Douro under Sir Arthur, defeated Marshal Soult and took Oporto from the French 1809: Advanced into Spain to expel the French from the Peninsula 1809: July – Falanera battle XXXX: Ferentes d"Onara to stop Marshal Massena 1811: May – Albrura 1812: January – Stormed and took Cindad Rodrigo (Wounded) 1812: April – Siege and capture of Radazoj (Wounded) 1812: July – Battle of Oparto and Salamanca (Wounded) 1813: June – Battle of Vittoria Pyrenees Campaign 1813: November – Battle Nivelles and the Nives 1814: February – Battle of Orthez, France (Wounded) 1814: April – Taking of Toulouse under Marshal Soult After his military service, Alexander Joseph Wolff was given a grant of land in Valcartier (Lower Canada) with his mentor When his ship docked at Halifax in 1824, he and his men made preparations for a long overland march to Quebec City in the dead of winter.
On the way, several of his men died of exposure and hardship. He established himself and his family in the small town of Valcartier.
He became commander of the 11th Battalion of the Quebec Militia.
In 1826 and 1827 he was in charge of repairs to the Portage road in Témiscouata (Lower Canada). But the area where the road laid was a swamp and it became very difficult to maintain. In autumn of 1830, after a few years of scouting for a new location, he built a new road between Métis and Lac Matapédia.
Alexander Joseph Wolff married Hannah Maria Ellert.
