Person Sheet


Name Russell Hashold PONTIFEX
Birth 27 May 1890
Death 19 Mar 1953, North Vancouver, Canada
Occupation Oriental Goods Importer
Father Frank Ernest PONTIFEX (1862-)
Mother Alice Gertrude WELLS (1867-)
Spouses:
1 Emma Levia CLASH
Birth 29 Sep 1893, Owen sound, Ontario, Canada
Father Henry CLASH (1872-1923)
Marriage 29 Aug 1913, Winnipeg
2 Hilda
Children: Autumn May (1914-1995)
Notes for Russell Hashold PONTIFEX
Migrated to Canada in 1910. In the Seattle Passenger and Crew Immigration records is an entry for R. H. Pontifex and his wife Emma arriving in Victoria British Columbia in Jun of 1918. Russell was 33 and born about 1885, in England. He was in advertising. No mention of ship name is given.

Source Microfilm Roll Number - M1383-33.
Notes for Emma Levia (Spouse 1)
Later, in December 1919 Emma is arriving, according to the Seattle Passenger and Crew Lists on a trip to see her father Henry Clash who lives at 4236 Rupert St. in Vancouver, B.C.

Source: Microfilm Roll Number - M1383-44.
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