• Born: 30 August 1884, Selmah, Nova Scotia, Canada ^{1 2}
• Marriage (1): Margaret Henderson Hall McGILL on 22 December 1913 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ^{1 2}
• Died: 31 January 1948, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at age 63 ²

William married Margaret Henderson Hall McGILL, daughter of Patrick McGILL and Mary Stevenson HALL, on 22 December 1913 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^{1 2} (Margaret Henderson Hall McGILL was born on 6 October 1891 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{1 4 5} and died on 6 July 1967 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ².)