Guy Frank Pownall (1867 - 1939)

Born 13 May 1867 in Pimlico, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 19 Nov 1939 at age 72 in Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Guy was born in 1867.^[1] He was the son of George Pownall and Louisa Steinmetz.

His mother died in 1870.

UK Census Event Date 1871: Recorded in the household of his grand parents George and Harriett Pownall in St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England. Aged 3. Also with him was his widowed father George.

His father remarried in 1827.

UK Census Event Date 1881: Recorded as a Boarder in St Germans' Place, Kidbrooke, London, Kent, England. Aged 13 and a scholar. Also with him was his younger brother Graham.

He married Adeline Eva Banister in 1899. They had at least five children (two of whom died young).

Frank and his family emigrated from England to Canada.

Canada Census Event Date 1911: Living with his wife Adeline, two daughters Nora and Adeline and one home help in Nanaimo Sub-Districts 1-28, British Columbia, Canada. Aged 43.

His daughter Adeline died in 1919 at the age of 13.

He died in 1939 at the age of 72.^[2]

Burial

Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. PLOT: Block: P Plot: 91 E R^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 20 March 2020. From "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006." Database. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : 2012. Citing General Register Office, Southport, England. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X3B-2XB
2. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 13 April 2017. Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLV5-8FW
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121317390

• http://tolliss.com/webtrees/individual.php?pid=I1050&ged=Tolliss

• "British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 9 March 2020. From Victoria Daily Times news clippings. Database and images. City of Victoria Archives. https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/archives.html : 1900. Citing City of Victoria Archives, British Columbia, Canada. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL38-923J

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1871." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 16 April 2020. From "1871 England, Scotland and Wales census." Database and images. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO RG 10. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBX6-RV2

• "England and Wales Census, 1881." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 16 April 2020. From "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census." Database and images. findmypast. https://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO RG 11. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q277-6WQZ

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 20 February 2018. Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-Y6J6