Farmer.
Born at Leiden, The Netherlands on 21 August 1883, son of Ferdinand F. W. and Johanna Heintz, he attended school in Amsterdam, graduating at the age of 15 then spending three years in a commercial college. He then worked in a bank before emigrating to Manitoba and working as a farmhand for five years. He then purchased some land near Clanwilliam, Manitoba, later selling it to purchase 320 acres in Township 15, Range 17 near Minnedosa. On 27 October 1908, he married Jessie Bateman. He attended the Anglican Church.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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