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1892 - 1959 (66 years)
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Name |
Maria Marguerita Guthrie Cooke [1, 2] |
Born |
22 Sep 1892 |
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Birth |
22 Sep 1892 |
Uttar Pradesh, India [2] |
Birth |
Abt 1896 [3] |
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Name |
Margaret M Cooke [4] |
Name |
Maria Margaret Cooke [5] |
Name |
Mary Margaret Cooke [3] |
Residence |
23 Aug 1916 |
Grove Street, Crinkle, Birr, Offaly, Ireland [3] |
Residence |
28 Nov 1920 |
Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India [5] |
Residence |
1 Oct 1922 |
Skerries, Dublin, Ireland [4] |
Died |
27 May 1959 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1, 2] |
Buried |
Abt 30 May 1959 |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1, 2] |
Notes |
- daughter of John Cooke & Marianne, nee Guthrie
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Person ID |
I101919 |
ONS |
Last Modified |
28 Feb 2023 |
Family |
Henry Austin Howes, b. 27 Mar 1892, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India , d. 30 Jul 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years) |
Married |
23 Aug 1916 |
St Brendan, Birr, Offaly, Ireland [3] |
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Henry Austin Howes
Maria Marguerita Guthrie Cooke MC |
Witness |
23 Aug 1916 [3] |
Annie M Hill |
Witness |
23 Aug 1916 [3] |
Frederick George Guthrie |
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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Children |
+ | 1. William Maurice Howes, b. 16 May 1919, Crinkle, Birr, Offaly, Ireland , d. 5 Oct 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 88 years) |
+ | 2. Henry Desmond Howes, b. 28 Nov 1920, Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India , d. 8 Jan 1996, Stayner, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) |
+ | 3. Maureen Patricia Howes, b. 1 Oct 1922, Skerries, Dublin, Ireland , d. 10 Oct 2016, St Catherines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada (Age 94 years) |
+ | 4. Terence David Howes, b. 27 Nov 1928, Toronto, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Nov 2014, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) |
+ | 5. Brian Thomas Howes, b. 27 Dec 1936, Toronto, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Nov 1991, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 54 years) |
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Last Modified |
7 Feb 2018 |
Family ID |
F30013 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 22 Sep 1892 - Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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| Married - 23 Aug 1916 - St Brendan, Birr, Offaly, Ireland |
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| Residence - 28 Nov 1920 - Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Residence - 1 Oct 1922 - Skerries, Dublin, Ireland |
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| Died - 27 May 1959 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Pin Legend |
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Sources |
- [S1899] Bill Howes.
- [S568] Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com, 237461755.
- [S50] Marriage cert.
- [S510] Birth record - daughter.
- [S511] Birth record - son.
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