George Wilson
(1801-)
Isabella Saxby
(1795-1876)
George Vans Agnew
(1831-1898)
Rosa Coppard Wilson
(1830-Cir 1898)
Tertius (Frank) Vans Agnew
(1868-1955)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Olivia Fell

Tertius (Frank) Vans Agnew

  • Born: 27 Apr 1868, India
  • Marriage (1): Olivia Fell in 1928 in Creedmoor, North Carolina USA
  • Died: 11 Jun 1955, Lausanne, Switzerland at age 87

   Another name for Tertius was Tosh.

  General Notes:

Postmaster, Kissimmee 10 Dec 1908 - 6 May 1913

  Research Notes:

Astronomical Observatories in the Maya Area
Oliver Ricketson
Geographical Review, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr., 1928), pp. 215-225
The Guatemalan section is based on a map of the chicle camps and trails of the PW
Shufeldt Company (work of Captain Frank Vans Agnew and Didier Masson) (see http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7428(192804)18%3A2%3C215%3AAOITMA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D)

Mapped parts of Central America: "Capt. Vans Agnew
1924 Uaxactun and Surrounding Area. edited by Capt. Vans Agnew.
Keywords: Middle America/Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras.
Call Number: 805a
Notes: from MARI director's office [no. 811].
Abstract: Southeastern part of the State of Campeche, Mexico, northern part of the Department of Peten, Guatemala, and western part of British Honduras. Archeological, communicational, physical. Color, manuscript." http://lal.tulane.edu/LALMapsDatabase.htm

"Lindbergh, a great believer in the future of air transport, was retained by the founders of Pan American Airways to scout Central America and the Caribbean for future air routes. After his transatlantic triumph, he set off to make a quick goodwill tour, departing just before Christmas 1927. The first leg of this, Lindbergh's second historic flight, took him from Washington, DC, to Mexico City. From there the Spirit of St. Louis winged its way to Guatemala City, then to Belize, arriving two days before New Year's. The estimated arrival time at each of Lindbergh's stops was sent ahead by wireless. It is a tribute to his skill as a pilot that he was almost exactly on schedule reaching each destination. Coming into Belize from the south and flying in overcast weather, he strayed out over the water. Letting down through the clouds, he swung west to make a landfall around Stann Creek (now Dangriga). Turning back to the north, he soon arrived over Belize to the excitement of waiting crowds below. The only available landing place in Belize was what Lindbergh, in his autobiography, called "a polo field". It is that area known as The Barracks on the North side of the city where the Golf and Polo Clubs were located...as well as the insane asylum. The open field, bordered by water on one side, was the site of polo, soccer and cricket matches. Until the present municipal airport was constructed in the late 1930s, it was also the landing field for aircraft coming into Belize.

The Spirit of St. Louis landed safely and was immediately surrounded by the people of Belize. One of those on the welcoming committee was my grandfather, Dr. James Cran. The welcoming celebrations included speeches at the Golf Club and the Polo Club, and a parade through the city to Government House. Photos of Lindbergh's visit to Belize provide an interesting insight into the prevailing dress code of the time. In that tropical climate everyone in the photos is formally clad in suits and wearing hats. Lindbergh himself appears to have stepped from the cockpit wearing a suit and holding his fedora. One photo shows Lindbergh working on the engine of his aircraft while wearing his hat, with the sleeves of his white shirt partially rolled up and his tie protectively tucked into his shirt. In this photo, Lindbergh is making a minor repair to the Spirit of St. Louis. Its engine apparently broke a valve spring which the versatile aviator replaced. Somehow my family obtained the broken part. It was an almost sacred relic kept in our dining room's china closet, a rusting piece of metal beside my mother's finest china and glassware: A piece of Lindbergh's airplane. After departing from Belize, Lindbergh piloted the Spirit of St. Louis through the capitol cities of the Central American republics and to the Panama Canal Zone. From there he swung around the northern coast of South America and headed north again via the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. He departed Havana in early February of 1928, returning to U.S. airspace near Fort Myers, continuing on non-stop across Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee and finally landing at his home base in St. Louis. There the Spirit of St. Louis was retired into history, eventually to hang from the ceiling of the Smithsonian." (http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/belize.asp)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Religion: aka Tosh.

• Education: Grad. Ontario Veterinary College, 1895. BC Dept of Mines Cert of Assaying 1900.


Tertius married Olivia Fell in 1928 in Creedmoor, North Carolina USA. (Olivia Fell was born on 2 Aug 1888 in Nantucket, Massachusetts USA and died on 30 Jan 1966 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia USA.)


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