Henry John Cossentine



S. of Henry John Cossentine & Nora Rundle

Henry John Cossentine
Born 17.11.1888 at Lanreath, Cornwall, England
Bap. 20th Jan. 1889 at St.Veep, Cornwall
Occ. Farmer/Elk Hurder
Marr. Gwendoline Mary Hibbert-Vaughan 23.6.1919 at Naramata, British Columbia, Canada
Died 12th Nov. 1977 at Pentiction, British Columbia


Children

Henry John (Jack)
Elford Rundle
Jocelyn Brice


NOTE

Henry left the UK sometime in April 1912 on the ship 'Laurentic' via Liverpool & arrived at Portland, Maine 22 Apr 1912, according to this passenger list. His sister, Margery also travelled with him.

The pair of them are also recorded at the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia on 28 Apr 1912 on the ship 'Canada'. See here.

Also see a picture of Henry here.

"This is Henry John Cossentine, my grandfather, he left Cornwall in 1912 to end up in Penticton BC. The story of this picture as far as I know is that in the 1930s during the depression they would take wild elk from the Kooteneys and by train take the to Vancouver and Vancouver Island to butcher to feed the poor at the soup kitchens. On a hot day in the summer a train load of elk came through the Kettle Valley to Naramata where the train crew stopped for a beer, while stopped the elk kicked the sides out of the rail cars and escaped. Grandpa and his friends herded up what they could and ended up chasing the rest all over the Okanagan where the herds still flourish. Henry J Cossentine was an excellent horseman and proved on many occasions that he could ride almost anything." (Mark N. Cossentine + above picture)

British Columbia Death Index. Name: HENRY JOHN COSSENTINE Gender: Male Age: 88 Death Date: 12 November 1977 Place of Death: PENTICTON Registration #: 1977-09-016474 BCA #: B13580 GSU #: 2051017

British Columbia Marriage Index. Name: HENRY JOHN COSSENTINE bride: GWENDOLYN MARY H VAUGHAN Marriage Date: 23 June 1919 place: NARAMATA bca number: B11390 registration number: 1919-09-203904 gsu number: 1984111

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