John D. is the brother to Norman Ellisworth Apt and the son of Sydney Smith Apt and Ruth Sophie Christopher.

John was a Sea Capt. and married Deliliah Alberta Westhaver on 27 Jan 1891. They were the parents of several children.

Daisy L. Apt-27 Sep 1893-30 Sep 1893

Ralph Edward Apt-3 Nov 1894-21 Feb 1960

Archie B. Apt-3 Jul 1898-29 Sep 1898

Elsie Winnifred Apt(Morrison)-6 Apr 1900-1974

Alberta Mae Apt-1901(Twin)

Albert Apt-1901 (Twin)

Child Apt-4 Mar 1903-4 Mar 1903

Lucille Apt-Abt 1905

The Digby Weekly Courier, Friday, October 15, 1915

"Death of Capt. John D. Apt"

A dispatch from St. John early Tuesday morning announcing the news of the death of Capt. John D. Apt of Port Wade, and master of the schr. Albert J. Lutz at this port, cast a gloom over Digby, Port Wade and general marine circles. Capt. Apt was taken to St. John the previous day on board the steamer Granville to be operated on for appendicitis. He died at 12.30 Tuesday morning, living but a few hours after the operation had been performed. The deceased was born at Waldeck Line near Clementsvale 48 years ago, but when a very young man moved across the Basin to Port Wade, then known as West Ferry, where he spent the remainder of his life when on shore, but that was but a few weeks a year, for Capt. Apt soon became master of some of Digby's best fishing vessels such as the schr. Jennie B. Thomas and other craft until . . 1908 [and] the construction of the . . 95 ton schr. Albert J. Lutz, which arrived at Digby in August of that year in charge of Capt. Apt and with the exception of a few months . . he remained in charge, and was also managing owner at the time of his death. In 1912 the A. J. Lutz, in charge of Capt. Apt, won the Brittain Cup in the fisherman's regatta sailed on Digby Basin, and the vessel was never afterwards defeated. . . . He leaves a widow and seven children (four daughters and three sons) the youngest a little girl of five years, one of the daughters being Mrs. Wilbur Titus of St. John, who arrived here yesterday from across the Bay. He is also survived by one brother, Capt. Norman Apt, and two sisters, Mrs. Wm. McGrath and Mrs. Norman McGrath, all of Port Wade. His son Ralph and Mr. Watson Anthony accompanied the remains from St. John to Digby Wednesday. Local Masonic brethern carried the remains from the St. John boat to the ferry boat Port Wade. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon with interment in the Port Wade Baptist cemetery. The Port Wade Ferry in charge of Capt. Edw. Keans made a special trip to accomodate all who could attend from Digby. [Edited]