Individual 1897: Reginald Jacob Hodgson

Individual Record 1897

Name} Hodgson, Reginald* Jacob* (Reg)

Family History} Hancock

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Race} White / English

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Exa 3 Jan 1885**

Place} Forest, Bosanquet, Lambton, Ontario

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Place} (Link)

Death: Date} Fam 21 Oct 1968

Place} Swift Current, Swift Current Census Div., Saskatchewan

Burial: Date} Cir 24 Oct 1968

Place} Mount Pleasant Burial Park, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Grave Marker}

Source 1}	988 = Birth record
Source 2}	1157=Photographs
Source 3}	1160=1891 CAN cen
Source 4}	990 = 1901 CAN cen
Source 5}	1162=1916 CAN cen
Source 6}	956 = Military rec
Source 7}	1548=Cemetery rec
Source 8}	980 = Family history
Source 9}	1158=Family history
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Parents: } Isaac Hodgson (Jr.) & Caroline Catt
Relationship No.} 658

1st Household No.}

Occupation 1} Machine work
Occupation 2}

Religion/Church} Methodist, later Presbyterian

Spouses: First} [Hodgson], Florence Alice
Total Number of} 1

Notes: *Name conflict! Reg's registered birthname Jacob Reginal — with no d in Reginal. However, I found no evidence than Jacob was ever used as his first name. His parents recorded him solely as Reginald in the 1891, 1901, and 1916 censuses — and he himself declared and signed his name as Reginald Jacob Hodgson on his official military Attestation Paper.

**Birth year conflict! Reg's registered birth year was 1885; however, he declared his birth year to be 1887 in his official military Attestation Paper.

Reg spent his early years on his parents' farm in Bosanquet, Ontario.

In early 1916 Reg was single and living in his mother Caroline's household in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, with his brother Art. On 14 Sep 1916 Reg enlisted in the Army, 77th battery of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in WWI. He was 5' 11½" tall and had a medium complexion, brown eyes, and dark brown hair. As with all recruits, Reg swore allegiance to His Majesty King George the Fifth.

Reg was wounded and discharged from the CEF on 21 Dec 1918.

On 25 Jun 1935, Reg rapped on his mother Caroline's bedroom door at her home in Swift Current. Receiving no response, he entered her room and found her dead in bed.

Reg passed on in 1968 and was buried at Mount Pleasant Burial Park's Block 28 - 12 - 22.

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Photo} Reg circa 1895 and age 10

Immigr'n Date} N/A

Port} N/A

Education: Grade} or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} Army for the State of} Canada

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Last Updated
by} Dan Hancock

Date Updated} 14 Aug 2015
Date Created} 23 Aug 2009

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