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Family: Henry Austin Howes / Maria Marguerita Guthrie Cooke (F30013)

m. 23 Aug 1916


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  • Henry Austin HowesFather | Male
    Henry Austin Howes

    Born  27 Mar 1892  Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jul 1958  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Abt 4 Aug 1958  Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  23 Aug 1916  [1]  St Brendan, Birr, Offaly, Ireland  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William Robert Howes | F17556 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lucy Marion Aldridge | F17556 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Maria Marguerita Guthrie Cooke

    Born  22 Sep 1892  Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 May 1959  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Abt 30 May 1959  Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Child 1 | Male
    + William Maurice Howes

    Born  16 May 1919  Crinkle, Birr, Offaly, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Oct 2007  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Abt 12 Oct 2007  Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Joyce Olive Peace Cryer | F35164 
    Married  1951  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    + Henry Desmond Howes

    Born  28 Nov 1920  Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Jan 1996  Stayner, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Abt 15 Jan 1996  Union Cemetery, Stayner, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mildred Middleton Jones | F30014 
    Married  1 Dec 1941  Grace Church on the Hill, Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    + Maureen Patricia Howes

    Born  1 Oct 1922  Skerries, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  10 Oct 2016  St Catherines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Abt 17 Oct 2016  Pleasantview Memorial Gardens, Fonthill, Niagara, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lawrence John Martello | F34934 
    Married     

    Child 4 | Male
    + Terence David Howes

    Born  27 Nov 1928  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Nov 2014  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Abt 27 Nov 2014  Mount Saint Louis RC Cemetery, Mount Saint Louis, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Marion Kathleen Mahon | F35176 
    Married     

    Child 5 | Male
    + Brian Thomas Howes

    Born  27 Dec 1936  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Nov 1991  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Abt 10 Nov 1991  Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Living | F35183 
    Married     


  • Notes 
    • Note that someone has ruled a line and crossed out Howes on the marriage certificate

      Biographical note from Bill Howes
      Henry Austin Howes was born on March 27, 1892, in Agra, India, the second son of William Robert Howes, who was then the Regimental Sergeant-Major, a Warrant Officer in the Leinster Regiment, 1st Battalion. He married Maria Marguerita Gutherie Cooke in Wellington, India on August 23, 1919.

      He enlisted as a private soldier in the Leinster Regiment, 1st Battalion, and was decorated with the Military Medal with the rank of Sergeant during WWI. Apparently he shot an officer in the foot when the officer froze and refused to lead his men out of the trenches when ordered to do so. Sgt. Howes then led the men out of the trenches on an attack and was awarded the medal for this. It is probable that the officer was considered wounded in battle. According to the Army List of 1918, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on October 11, 1917, and to Lieutenant on April 11, 1919. He was a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion when the Officers of the 1st Battalion were photographed with HRH the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) at Fort St. George in Madras on January 16, 1922. He was a Lieutenant according to the Army List of July, 1922, but is said to have retired as a Captain when the Regiment was disbanded in March of 1922.

      He emigrated to Canada, leaving on July 19, 1924 leaving the Tail of the Bank* to board the White Star Liner the Doric, and clearing immigration in Quebec City on July 26, 1924 with his son, Henry Desmond Howes. His wife, Maria Marguerita Howes (nee Gutherie Cooke) arrived in Montreal a month later on August 24, 1924 with her son William Maurice Howes and her daughter Mauren Patricia Howes. On arrival, the family initially stayed with his sister, Elsie Spence, in Strathmore, Quebec.

      He worked for the Bell Telephone Company from his arrival in Canada until his retirement when he was a manager in charge of planning future cable needs for Toronto. He retired shortly before his death in Toronto on July 30, 1958. He is buried in Toronto’s Mount Hope Cemetery (Section 4, Plot 317).

      *The Tail of the Bank is the name given to the anchorage in the upper Firth of Clyde immediately North of Greenock and Gourock. This area of the Firth gets its name from the sandbar immediately to its East which marks the entrance to the Estuary of the River Clyde. The Tail of the Bank was a significant point of embarkation for many travelers, especially emigrants, to Canada and the United States of America. Steamships of the Cunard Line en route from Liverpool to New York City regularly called at Tail of the Bank to pick up additional passengers.

  • Sources 
    1. [S50] Marriage cert.