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m. 23 Aug 1916
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Born |
27 Mar 1892 |
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Died |
30 Jul 1958 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Buried |
Abt 4 Aug 1958 |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Married |
23 Aug 1916 [1] |
St Brendan, Birr, Offaly, Ireland [1] |
Father |
William Robert Howes | F17556 Group Sheet |
Mother |
Lucy Marion Aldridge | F17556 Group Sheet |
Born |
22 Sep 1892 |
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Died |
27 May 1959 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Buried |
Abt 30 May 1959 |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Father |
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Mother |
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Born |
16 May 1919 |
Crinkle, Birr, Offaly, Ireland |
Died |
5 Oct 2007 |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Buried |
Abt 12 Oct 2007 |
Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Spouse |
Joyce Olive Peace Cryer | F35164 |
Married |
1951 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Born |
28 Nov 1920 |
Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India |
Died |
8 Jan 1996 |
Stayner, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada |
Buried |
Abt 15 Jan 1996 |
Union Cemetery, Stayner, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada |
Spouse |
Mildred Middleton Jones | F30014 |
Married |
1 Dec 1941 |
Grace Church on the Hill, Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Born |
1 Oct 1922 |
Skerries, Dublin, Ireland |
Died |
10 Oct 2016 |
St Catherines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada |
Buried |
Abt 17 Oct 2016 |
Pleasantview Memorial Gardens, Fonthill, Niagara, Ontario, Canada |
Spouse |
Lawrence John Martello | F34934 |
Married |
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Born |
27 Nov 1928 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died |
20 Nov 2014 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Buried |
Abt 27 Nov 2014 |
Mount Saint Louis RC Cemetery, Mount Saint Louis, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada |
Spouse |
Marion Kathleen Mahon | F35176 |
Married |
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Born |
27 Dec 1936 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died |
6 Nov 1991 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Buried |
Abt 10 Nov 1991 |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Spouse |
Living | F35183 |
Married |
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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.
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