Frank Vint (1876-1916)
Frank Vint was born on 3 February 1876 in Beckenham, England, to Arthur Vint (a tinplate worker) and Elizabeth Ann Oliver.
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1871 census |
1881 census |
1891 census |
1901 census |
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Beckenham, England |
Beckenham, England |
Edmonton, England |
Edmonton, England |
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Arthur |
32, Tinplate worker |
42, Packing case maker |
52, Tin & packing case maker |
[Died 1900] |
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Elizabeth |
36 |
44 |
53 |
66, Confectionary baker |
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Arthur |
7, Scholar |
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- |
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Frederick |
4, Scholar |
14, Errand boy |
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John |
2 |
12, Scholar |
- |
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Ada |
- |
7, Scholar |
17 |
27 [With husband & daughter] |
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Frank |
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5, Scholar |
15, Milkboy |
[Unknown] |
Frank emigrated to Canada in 1903 and, on 15 October, married Ellen Smith in Manitoba. By 1906, the couple were living in Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan. They moved to Port Coquitlam, where Frank worked as a carpenter for the Coquitlam Construction Company, and had four children.
Frank enlisted in the army in September 1915. He was reported missing initially, but it was confirmed that he had been killed in action on 11 November 1916, aged 40.
