George William Francis Hodgins M.C. (1885)

Born 21 Mar 1885 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Edith May (Fielding) Hodgins — married 20 Apr 1921 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Biography

George, born about 1885, was the son of William Hodgins and Eleanor Jaffray Ritchie.

During World War I, he signed up with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in 1914. At that time he was an accountant. He served as a Captain with the 18th Battalion in England and France and was awarded the Military Cross.^[1]

He married Edith May Fielding in 1921. At the time of their marriage, he was a civil servant in Ottawa, Ontario.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Personnel Records of the First World War, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4410 - 27, 462792
2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27DX-XD1 : 8 March 2021), George William Francis Hodgins and Edith May Fielding, 20 Apr 1921; citing registration , Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,295,200.

See also:

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLY-QNP : 23 February 2021), George W Hodgins in household of William Hodgins, Ottawa (city/cité), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.