Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ventham, Richard J.P.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1899 - 1971
History
Richard J.P. (John Patrick) Ventham was born in Hampshire, England, on 17 March 1899. He served in the Royal Navy until 1919. In 1936, he and his wife Lilian immigrated to the Hydrostone area of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ventham served as the secretary for the Nova Scotia Rifle Association and the Halifax representative council member of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association. He died 5 August 1971 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.