Person Sheet Name: Mr Harry Francis Hector HUXTABLE ---------------------------------------- Birth: 9 6 1881 St Mary`s , Maldon. U. S. D. Death: 29 7 1960 Burial: 2 8 1960 Greenwood Cemetary Canada Father: Mr George HUXTABLE (?1828-1905) Mother: Miss Ester Emma FRANCIS (1844-1922) Spouses: Unmarried: Notes for Mr Harry Francis Hector HUXTABLE He never married. 1891 was at 28 The Hythe, Maldon. 1901 was at 47 Fordham Heath. Labourer in brickyard? He went to Canada with sister Edith, sister Mabel & nephew Claude. 1907-8 he was a porter for the Soo Ferry Dock. From an Algoma Partnership Book: #632 Reg- March 2, 1915 Prov.- Ontario District- Algoma -Dissolution End- 27 February 1915 Company- Michipicoten Fish Company Own - Harry Francis Hector HUXTABEL Location - Sault Ste. Marie & Michipicoten Harbour Busines - Fishermen Signature - H.F.H. Huxtable Witness - Ethel Hugill Wit. date - Feb. 27,1915 #633 Reg- March 2, 1915 Prov.- Ontario Dist. - Algoma - Formation Beg - 27 Feb. 1915 Com-The Michipicoten Fish Company Loc - (blank) Bus- Fisherman, Trade and Business Sig. - H.F.H. Huxtable Wit- Ethel Hugill Wit- Feb. 27, 1915 1916-1918 he lost an arm in France during WW1. He had a hook for a hand. Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force 166th Bttn. HUXTABLE , HARRY FRANCIS HECTOR Regimental Number 670008 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4671 - 30 Listed his religion as Methodist. Height 5` 8.5" Blue eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Address: Room 211, Walker House, Toronto, Canada. Signed up 20th March 1916. 1919 he appears in the directories as living with Edith at the boarding house in Canada. His job description was Travelling Auditor A.C.R. 1920 he was a clerk for the Algoma Central Railway. 1926 he was living at 130 Biggings Ave, and Claude Smith was living with him. 1930 he was a travelling auditor for the Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway. He lived at 99 Grace St (where Edith lived), Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.Was apparently a big man with thinning brown hair. He was well liked. He was an avid fisherman and dabbled in the stock market. He was reasonably lucky with timber and mining stocks. Executor to Harry`s will was a Mr Walter Lynn Taylor who worked as a chemist and metallurgist for the Algoma Steel Corporation, and was known by the name Lynn Taylor (not Walter). Obituary: Friday July 29, 1960, brother of Miss Edith Huxtable of this city, Major A.E. Huxtable, Cecil Huxtable and Miss Mabel Huxtable, all of Colchester, England. ---------------------------------------- Last Modified: 30 9 2002 Created: 3 10 2002