Background
WAKEFIELD, Ernest Alonzo was born on January 4, 1868 in Gardiner, Maine, United States. Son of Charles Everett and Louise D. (Wentworth) Wakefield.
WAKEFIELD, Ernest Alonzo was born on January 4, 1868 in Gardiner, Maine, United States. Son of Charles Everett and Louise D. (Wentworth) Wakefield.
Education high school and business college.
In mercantile and life insurance business to 1898. Appointed after examination, commercial agent Orillia, Ontario, January 27, 1898. Consul at Orillia, 1900-1908, at Rangoon, India, 1908-1910, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, January 11, 1910-1918.
Assigned to relieve consul at Fernie, B.C., February 1, 1918. Consul at Prince Rupert, B.C., August 31, 1919-1927, Ensenada, Mexico, 1927-1929, Nuevitas, Cuba, since September 1929.
Member National Economic League. Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner), Knights of Pythias, Elk.
Married Josephine Ware, of Fairfield, Maine, October 26, 1888. Children: Marc Everett, Marie Louise, Lawrence McCarthy, Benedict Bartlett.