Civil servant.
Born at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England on 22 August 1881, son of Timothy and Annette Bevington of Hedingham Castle, Essex, England, he was educated at Harrow School, Middlesex, England. He came to western Canada and worked on a ranch at High River, Alberta for two years. He then spent three years in Saskatchewan doing preliminary surveys for the Grand Trunk Railway. He then came to Winnipeg and worked for the City of Winnipeg for twelve years as Assistant License Commissioner. He left the position to become Superintendent of Amusements. He was later Chairman of the Manitoba Film Censor Board (?-1934).
On 29 August 1909, he married Helen Adeline Boucher (1881-1963) at Winnipeg. They lived in Devon Court (c1925). He was a member of the Wanderers Cricket Club (winner of the Ross Robertson Cup, emblematic of the Canadian championship) and Assiniboia Golf Club. In 1940, he moved to British Columbia where he was a chicken farmer.
He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 30 April 1966.
Marriage registration [Timothy Arthur Det Bevington, Helen Adeline Boucher], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registrations [Helen Adeline Bevington, Timothy Dent Bevington], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 May 2024
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