Henry William GEORGE

1862 - 1943  (81 years)

• Name	Henry William GEORGE  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	31 May 1862	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England   [1]
  Christening	18 Jun 1862	Shropshire, West Midlands, England   [1]
  _UID	16273BF5F9864E7DBAF093A2D8944B8CD96D
  Military Service	From 1874 to 1887	England   [1]
  	British Army
  	Joined the British Army on 9 November 1874 at the age of 12.5, and served for 10 years as an army tailor & in the Royal Artillery.  He was discharged 22 December 1887.  He fought in the First Boer War [Transvaal War] (16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881).
  Immigration	1875	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Death	Jul 1943  [1]
  Person ID	I6259	MOTYER Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry GEORGE,   b. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Frances,   b. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth “Bessie” M. CLARK,   b. 1866, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 6 Jan 1931 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	8 Aug 1887	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Alexander Henry GEORGE,   b. 30 Mar 1889, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 20 Aug 1958, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F2137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 May 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 May 1862 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England Military Service - British Army - From 1874 to 1887 - England Immigration - 1875 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Marriage - 8 Aug 1887 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] GEORGE, James William, Internet: Website: James William GEORGE, (https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/tree/155733733), accessed 12 May 2022) (Reliability: 3).