Wilfred Hince

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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.

[Lisa in California]

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).

[Lisa in California]

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.

[Lisa in California]

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.

[J.J.]

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.

[J.J.]

  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!

[researchrobin]

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