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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: researchrobin on Thursday 02 July 09 12:44 BST (UK)
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Wilfred Hince , born 1885 in Ramsey, Isle of Man, UK, sailed to Canada in 1913 on the 'Tunisian' from Liverpool to Halifax. I think he then stayed in Canada and was last heard of during the First World War at Box Number 184, Banff, Alberta. Any ideas on how I find more information on him? His Father was William, Mother was Jane and had sisters Elizabeth and Annie, and a brother Robert.
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Hi and welcome to RootsChat.
There is a Wilfred Hince, died 1945, age 60. Event place was Kelowna, BC.
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-27CA0EF/search
The search also mentions Alice/Alyce (wife of this Wilfred).
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http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-100.01-e.php
Hince, Wilfred
(Click on the image under Attestation Paper and you can view the actual record)
In the upper right of the front page is "54 B?"
This Wilfred's mother was Mrs. Jane Hince, Heaton Chapel, nr Manchester. Wilfred was born on January 7, 1885.
It looks like the papers were signed in Vernon, BC.
http://www.interment.net/data/canada/bc/okan_similk/kelowna/kelow_hj.htm
Hince, Wilfred, born in 1885 and died in 1945. He was in the 54th Battn CEF. This person could be the same person as noted directly above.
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Canadian Passenger List
Alice Couzens, age 40, born c1890 in England. Departed Liverpool, England; arrived Montreal, Quebec, 20 September 1930 on board the Duchess of Atholl.
Alice was single, born Wandsworth?, England. I believe she had never been to Canada before.
Alice was a milliner.
What trade or occupation do you intend to follow in Canada: Housewife
Destination: Friend (written over that is fiance), Mr. Wilfred Hence, East Kelowna, B.C.
Nearest relative in country from which you came: Mrs. Alice Couzens, 367 Wellington Rd., Heaton Chapel, Stockport?
Passport issued in London.
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Wilfred Hince to Alice Madeline Couzens
Marriage Sept. 24 1930 Kelown
reg # 1930-09-379130 B13760 (GSU # 2074556)
also the death of wife Alice as Alyce in 1968 (& of a Charles Hince of similar age...but he appears to be born Que according to census)
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-54A7446/gbsearch/Births,Marriages,Deaths
Also a Billie and an Alice buried here, no dates, may have been children or stillborn? ( Billie may have been named after William)
http://www.interment.net/data/canada/bc/okan_similk/kelowna/kelow_hj.htm
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Many thanks everybody - the family was from Heaton Chapel so could well be him. I'll follow up the links.
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:D There is no doubt that this is he, as he has his d.o.b. as Jan 7th Ramsey on CEF signups......
http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc006/393332a.gif
and the only Wilfred on the IGI as an extracted file is born Jan 7 1885, Ramsey / Isle Of Man, Eng
to parents William Hince & Jane Bowdon Hince
( also a Margaret Annie Hince born Christmas day 1886, Douglas, Isle Of Man, Eng
to parents William Hince & Jane Bowden Hince
welcome to rootschat, by the way!
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Have just looked at all the links you've found for me - a mystery has been solved at last! I also looked at the website for Kelowna and can see why he wanted to settle there. Fabulous scenery compared to industrial Manchester of the early 1900's - no comparison.
Robin