Quartus (Ernest George) Vans Agnew

  General Notes:

1895 - at school, Blue Earth, Mankato, Minnesota
Veterinary surgeon of the Civil Veterinary Service attached to the British Army. He saw active service in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War in 1901 and 1902 in the Cape Colony and the Orange Free State.
London Times 25/09/02 (Thursday)
p5b The Carisbrook Castle left Capetown for England Sept. 17" with him on board (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/heatherasplin/bwsl02.html)
1930 Veterans of Osceola County, FL (Spanish War) at http://www.rootsweb.com/~flosceol/census/vetcen_1930.html
Immig. 1888,
Appears in 1920 and 1930 censuses as Earnest Vansgnew and Vansaynew
Had US army pension as vet. surg.

  Research Notes:

Patent number: 733303, Improved Swimming Glove
Filing date: Feb 19, 1903
Issue date: Jul 7, 1903
Inventor: ERNEST G. VANS AGNEW see http://www.google.com/patents?hl=en&lr=&vid=USPAT733303&id=n0xqAAAAEBAJ&oi=fnd&dq=%22vans+agnew%22

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Newspaper editor, Kissimmee.

• Education: Graduated from Ontario Veterinary College in 1895.

Quartus married Florence Ely on 11 Nov 1913. (Florence Ely was born in 1876 in Lebanon, Connecticut USA, died on 8 Jul 1935 and was buried in Kissimmee, near Ayrshire, Scotland UK Probably, Plot 1-194-1-A.)