Background
West A L K East M, Joseph B. was born on November 23, 1842 in Preston, Lancashire. Son of Charles Walkem, R.E. Surveyor, and Mary A. Boomer.
West A L K East M, Joseph B. was born on November 23, 1842 in Preston, Lancashire. Son of Charles Walkem, R.E. Surveyor, and Mary A. Boomer.
Studied at High School and M‘Gill College, Montreal (Aylwin Scholarship).
Admitted, 1880; King’s Counsel 1896. Member of Church of England Synod and Counsel for Diocese of Ontario. Director of K. and P. R. R. Local Master High Court of Justice.
Club: Frontenac, Kingston.
Spouse 1880, Augusta,daughter of H. A. Betts, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh