John Francis Bondhead Dinsmore (abt. 1860 - 1935)

Born about 16 Feb 1860 in St. Mary's, Perth, Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Cecelia (Noble) Dinsmore — married 4 Oct 1877 in Sarawak, Grey, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Mary Jane (Noble) Dinsmore — married 12 Sep 1879 in Grey, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1935 at about age 75 in Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

John Francis Bondhead Dinsmore was born 16 Feb 1860 in St. Mary's, Perth, Canada West. ^[1] He was named after Sir Francis Bond Head

John was living in Amabel, Bruce, Ontario on 4 Oct 1877 when he married Cecelia Noble in Sarawak, Bruce County. ^[2] Cecelia died without issue and John was living in Keppel, Grey, Ontario on 12 Sep 1879 when he married Cecelia's sister Mary in Keppel. ^[3]

Between 1881 and 1901 John and Mary lived in Wiarton, Ontario, Canada. Wiarton spread into Huron county from Bruce, so they were in Huron in 1881 and Bruce in 1891 and 1901. ^{[4] [5]} John was a foreman on the railway by 1901.^[6]

Frank had moved to 405 N. Vickers, Fort William, Ontario and become a retail grocer by 1911. ^[7]

They moved to Port Arthur and later to BC. He had a variety store in Vancouver until 1928 at which time he and his wife moved back to Port Arthur where he operated another variety store. ^[8]

Frank died 18 Aug 1935 of a cerebral thrombosis in St. Joseph's Hospital, Port Arthur, (now Thunder Bay), Ontario and was buried 20 Aug 1935 in Fort William, (now Thunder Bay). ^[9]

Research Notes

His date of birth of 16 Feb 1860 looks written over, so it could be 1861 or even 1859. Other birth dates in various records:

1856 - Ontario Marriage Register, Ontario Death Register

1857 - Dinsmore family chart, David Dinsmore 1828-1908., He was listed in the 1871 census as being 14 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ 1901 census of Canada
2. ↑ Ontario Marriage Register, Dinsmore - Cecilia Noble registration no. 003002 (1877); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 13 May 2008) citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS932, reel 23
3. ↑ Ontario Marriage Register, Dinsmore - Mary Jane Noble registration no. 003162 (1879); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 13 May 2008) citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS932, reel 30
4. ↑ 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Huron, Wiarton, John F Dinsmore household, p. 15, household 65; Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm C-13276
5. ↑ 1891 Census of Canada Ontario, Bruce, Wiarton, J F B Dinsmore household, district 52, p. 17, household 72; Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm T-6328
6. ↑ 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce, Wiarton, Frank Densmore household, schedule 1 population, district 49, subdistrict l-3, p. 10, line ; Statistics Canada RG31, digital image, ArchiviaNet (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1901 : accessed 16 July 2009) citing microfilm T-6461
7. ↑ 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario, Thunder Bay and Rainy River, Fort William, Frank Dinsmore household, district 26, p. 34, household 336; Statistics Canada RG31, digital image, Automated Genealogy (http://automatedgenealogy.com).
8. ↑ Barbara Hirst, email, 25 April 2003 to Judith Chidlow
9. ↑ Ontario Death Register, John Frank Dinsmore registration no. 08278 (1935); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 25 November 2010) citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS935, reel 524