Frederick Owen Hodgins DSO (1887 - 1924)

Born 6 Oct 1887 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Kathleen (Blakeney) Hodgins — married 19 Oct 1921 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

Died 13 Nov 1924 at age 37 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Frederick, born in 1887, was the son of William Hodgins and Eleanor Ritchie.^[1]

He was a career soldier. During World War I, he left for France as a captain with the Divisional Engineers (1st Field Coy). He returned to Canada in 1921 as a lieutenant colonel.^[2]

He was appointed Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Canadian Engineers.

He married Rebecca Kathleen Blakeney, daughter of Henry Blakeney and Rebecca Kathleen Lewis, in 1921, they were the parents of one daughter.

He died in 1924 and was buried at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMQL-G61 : 13 February 2020), Frederick Owen Hodgins, 1887.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Personnel Records of the First World War, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4410 - 24, CEF, 462789
3. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFBV-Z5Y : 2 March 2021), Frederick Owen Hodgins, 13 Nov 1924; citing Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, 10128, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,022,136.

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