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SGT Thomas Henry Pakenham

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SGT Thomas Henry Pakenham Veteran

Birth
County Mayo, Ireland
Death
13 Sep 1929 (aged 47)
Erickson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial
Creston, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada GPS-Latitude: 49.0923435, Longitude: -116.5132407
Plot
Block 16, Plot 37. No marker in 2015, but the RCMP Graves Project has since added one.
Memorial ID
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Information from a great-grandchild received 16 Mar 2013: Thomas was the son of John Pakenham and Hannah Loftus Booth. Thomas and Charlotte Mary Trevor (nee Hodges) legally married on July 16, 1925 in Wynndel, BC, Canada. They were together for many years before they were married. Thomas & Charlotte were parents to six (6) children.

See also BC Archives death certificate 1929-09-429931 and BC Archives marriage certificate 1925-09-296869.

From the Creston Review of September 20, 1929 page 4, via the UBC historical newspapers website:
Death of T. H. Pakenham
The funeral of the late T. H. Pakenham took place quietly from his residence at Erickson on Saturday afternoon. Deceased, who passed away after a painful illness, came to this country twenty years ago from County Mayo, Ireland. He was with the R.N.W.M.P. for several years, and at the outbreak of the South African war he joined up with the Strathcona Horse, and on his return to Canada took up farming at Springridge. He moved from the prairie in 1913 to Wynndel, and in 1925 he returned to Saskatchewan, where he joined the police force. Failing health, however, necessitated his return to British Columbia in 1928, when he located at Erickson. Rev. A. Garlick, rector of Christ Church, Creston, was in charge of the burial service and the pallbearers were A. S. Joy, R. Andestad, Mr. Todd, Mr. Hewitt, A. E. Towson, and Mr. Coming. He is survived by a widow and five children, as well as a sister, Mrs. M. Towson of Wynndel, and four brothers and a sister in the Old Country.
Information from a great-grandchild received 16 Mar 2013: Thomas was the son of John Pakenham and Hannah Loftus Booth. Thomas and Charlotte Mary Trevor (nee Hodges) legally married on July 16, 1925 in Wynndel, BC, Canada. They were together for many years before they were married. Thomas & Charlotte were parents to six (6) children.

See also BC Archives death certificate 1929-09-429931 and BC Archives marriage certificate 1925-09-296869.

From the Creston Review of September 20, 1929 page 4, via the UBC historical newspapers website:
Death of T. H. Pakenham
The funeral of the late T. H. Pakenham took place quietly from his residence at Erickson on Saturday afternoon. Deceased, who passed away after a painful illness, came to this country twenty years ago from County Mayo, Ireland. He was with the R.N.W.M.P. for several years, and at the outbreak of the South African war he joined up with the Strathcona Horse, and on his return to Canada took up farming at Springridge. He moved from the prairie in 1913 to Wynndel, and in 1925 he returned to Saskatchewan, where he joined the police force. Failing health, however, necessitated his return to British Columbia in 1928, when he located at Erickson. Rev. A. Garlick, rector of Christ Church, Creston, was in charge of the burial service and the pallbearers were A. S. Joy, R. Andestad, Mr. Todd, Mr. Hewitt, A. E. Towson, and Mr. Coming. He is survived by a widow and five children, as well as a sister, Mrs. M. Towson of Wynndel, and four brothers and a sister in the Old Country.

Gravesite Details

Buried 14 Sep 1929.



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  • Created by: Ima BC Graver
  • Added: Jul 29, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94433345/thomas_henry-pakenham: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Thomas Henry Pakenham (24 Jul 1882–13 Sep 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94433345, citing Pioneer Cemetery, Creston, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Ima BC Graver (contributor 47511859).