 Herbert W. Greenfield was born November 25 , 1869 , in Winchester , Hampshire , England , the son of John Greenfield ( c . 1830 – 1909 ) and Mary Leake ( c . 1835 – 1904 ) . He attended Wesleyan School in Dalston , but dropped out as a result of his father 's bankruptcy . He worked aboard a cattle boat in 1892 before emigrating to Canada in 1896 . 
