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Record #3097
Name :
: Percy ABRAHAMS (1890 - 1918)
  aka : Percival ABRAHAM


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 22 Dec 1890   Notes : Source: Service record

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 8 Aug 1918   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Toxteth Park
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Hangard Wood
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 4 Mar 1897
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Numidian

Placement Family
: Martin
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Mrs. Birt's Sheltering Home

Agency
: Louisa Birt
NotesPercival Abrahams was born on 22 December 1890, the son of Thomas Frederick Abrahams (Flatman) and Sarah Ann, nee Ellison. He is listed in the census for 1891 (Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2923; Folio: 75; Page: 16; GSU Roll: 6098033.) He never married. The family name, in this census, is given as Abrams.

His Father, Thomas Frederick, was a flatman (sailor on flats, which were barge-type vessels), born 1854, died 1894. Percy was admitted to Mrs. Birt's Sheltering Home in 1896, and sailed on the Numidian with his sisters, Elizabeth (Bessie) and Amy, arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 4 March 1897.

On January 31, 1900, Percy Abrahams wrote, from Stornoway, Quebec, Canada, to his mother (Sarah Ann Abrahams, nee Ellison), who resided at "1 Court, 1 House Harobe Street, Beaumont Street" (Liverpool).

In 1901, his mother Sarah was listed as a widow, residing in Toxteth Park with 3 of her children. Her death was registered in 1914 in Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

On March 6, 1916, at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Percival Abrahams, 25, joined the Canadian Armed Forces (Service Number: 748749; Force: Army; Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment); 16th Battalion). He declared that he was born in Liverpool, England; that he was a trainman; that he was single; that his birthdate was December 22, 1890; and that he had no next of kin. (This document is a copy; the original document, on file in Ottawa, has been amended to show his mother, Mrs. S. Abraham, as his next of kin.) He is described as 5 foot 8-1/2 inches in height; fresh complexion; blue eyes; dark brown hair. He is shown as a Methodist by faith.

On August 8, 1918, Private Percival Abrahams died at the Battle of Hangard Wood. At the end of March 1918, Hangard was at the junction of the French and Commonwealth forces defending Amiens. From 4 to 25 April, the village and Hangard Wood were the scene of incessant fighting, in which the line was held and the 18th Division were particularly heavily engaged. On 8 August, the village was cleared by the 1st and 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. Percival is buried at HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme,France (Grave Reference: I. A. II). 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-02-14 13:54:57 / From original database

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Last Updated : 2013-08-29 17:48:20 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3075 ABERCROMBIE, Andrew1878SCT,     Mar 1891 : Hibernian CAN Quarriers  
3076 ABERCROMBIE, William1855SCT, LKS, Glasgow Aug 1872 : St. Andrew CAN Unknown  
5599 ABERNETHY, Henry1897ENG, CUL, Whitehaven Aug 1914 : Tunisian CAN Sailing Alone  
3077 ABERNETHY, James1895ENG, CUL, Whitehaven Aug 1912 : Virginian CAN Sailing Alone  
18925 ABERY, Harold Thomas1908ENG, LND, Marylebone Mar 1927 : Melita CAN Salvation Army  
22766 ABIGAIL, Ellen1877ENG,     Aug 1894 : Vancouver CAN Colonists Aid Society  
8692 ABIGAIL, Frederick Martin1876ENG,     Apr 1885 : Circassian CAN Barnardos  
3078 ABIGAIL, Helen Mary1877ENG, LND, Pimlico Aug 1894 : Vancouver CAN Colonists Aid Society  
3081 ABLAKHAT, Abdul1884 Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
14809 ABLE, Walter1870ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
3083 ABLETT, Grace1885ENG,     May 1889 : Sardinian CAN Washwell House  
3084 ABLETT, Percy1905ENG,     Apr 1920 : Metagama CAN Louisa Birt  
24443 ABRAHAM, C1854 May 1870 : North American CAN Institution  
3086 ABRAHAM, Dinah1889ENG, YKS, Hull Jul 1897 : State of California CAN Waifs & Strays  
3087 ABRAHAM, John 1873 Apr 1884 : Circassian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3088 ABRAHAM, Maggie1875ENG,     Jul 1888 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3090 ABRAHAM, Reginald Robert1908ENG, STS, Newcastle-under-Lyme Sep 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
3091 ABRAHAM, Thomas William1906ENG, STS, Newcastle-under-Lyme Sep 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
3092 ABRAHAMS, Amy1892ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3093 ABRAHAMS, Bessie1888ENG,     Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3103 ABRAHAMS, Frederick1876ENG,     Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
3094 ABRAHAMS, James1872ENG,     Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3095 ABRAHAMS, Lily1896ENG,     Aug 1913 : Empress of Britain CAN Sailing Alone  
3089 ABRAHAMS, Milly Esther1889ENG, YKS, Hull Jul 1897 : State of California CAN Waifs & Strays  
3096 ABRAHAMS, Nathan1895ENG,     Aug 1912 : Victorian CAN Unknown  
3097 ABRAHAMS, Percy1890ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3098 ABRAHAMS, Sam1872ENG,     Apr 1890 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
12442 ABRAM, Alfred1889ENG,     May 1903 : Lake Manitoba CAN Barnardos  
3099 ABRAM, Catherine Louise1882ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8486 ABRAM, Maria Elizabeth1884ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8487 ABRAM, Zillah Ellen1886ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
3101 ABRAMS, Ada1894ENG, ESS, West Ham May 1912 : Tunisian CAN Unknown  
3102 ABRAMS, Frank1883ENG,     Jul 1894 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
3104 ABRAMS, Frederick1892ENG, LND, Battersea May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
22986 ABRAMS, Frederick1893ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
14478 ABRAMS, Leopold1885ENG,     Apr 1895 : Vancouver CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
3100 ABRAMS, Mary Ann1898SCT,    , Dumfries May 1913 : Victorian CAN Refuge Home, Cheetham Hill, Manchester  
3105 ABRAMS, Reginald Edwin1896ENG, LND, Battersea Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
6354 ABREY, William Roger1901ENG,    , Croydon Aug 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3106 ABSALOM, Richard1874ENG, SRY, Cobham Apr 1890 : Sardinian CAN Unknown  
3160 ABSOLOM, Albert Edward1897ENG, BRK, Reading Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3107 ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James1893ENG, BRK, Reading Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8153 ABTHORPE, Thomas1912ENG, NTT, Nottingham Apr 1930 : Albertic CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
3109 ACASTER, Ebenezer William1867ENG, BRK, Newbury, Stockcross Aug 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23860 ACCLETON, Samson Amos1915ENG, KEN, Strood Apr 1929 : Cedric CAN Church of England Waifs and Strays Association  
3110 ACE, David1869ENG,     Jun 1885 : Sarmatian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3113 ACHESEN, Sarah1895ENG,     Jun 1913 : Laurentic CAN Sailing Alone  
3111 ACHESON, Maggie1891ENG,     Jun 1911 : Lake Manitoba CAN Labourers & Domestics  
3112 ACHESON, Rachel1893IRL,    , Ringwash Jun 1911 : Lake Manitoba CAN Labourers & Domestics  
2766 ACHIEVERS, Mary1866ENG,     Sep 1882 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
8528 ACHSEN, Charlotte1868ENG,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3114 ACHSON, Elizabeth1864IRL,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3115 ACHSON, Sarah1865IRL,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3116 ACHURCH, Florence Daisy1901ENG, LND, Fulham Sep 1913 : Virginian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3121 ACKERLEY, John1888ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3122 ACKERLEY, Thomas William1886ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
17051 ACKERLY, Thomas1887ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3123 ACKERMAN, Arthur Edward1877ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3127 ACKERMAN, Charles1904ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
3124 ACKERMAN, George Abraham1875ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3125 ACKERMAN, James David Ernest1910ENG, ESS, West Ham Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
3128 ACKERMAN, Katherine1885ENG,     Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
3126 ACKERMAN, Leslie David1914ENG,     Jul 1923 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
3136 ACKERMAN, William David1912ENG, ESS, West Ham Jun 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
3129 ACKERS, Edmund1907ENG,    , Plymouth Oct 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
3130 ACKERS, Frederick1893ENG,     Mar 1911 : Tunisian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
3131 ACKERS, Victor Roy1904ENG, DEV, Plymouth Sep 1915 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
3146 ACKLAND, Henry George1907ENG,    , Honiton Oct 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
3134 ACKLAND, Herbert George1898ENG, LND, Camberwell Oct 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3138 ACKLAND, William1869ENG,     Jul 1884 : Parisian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3139 ACKLAND, William1873ENG,     May 1887 : Nestorian CAN The National Boys Refuge of London  
3117 ACKLEY, George Richard1884ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3118 ACKLEY, Jane1875ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3119 ACKLEY, Margaret1881ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3120 ACKLEY, William Richard1876ENG,     May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3140 ACKROYD, Frances May1899M__,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3141 ACKROYD, James1854ENG,     Jun 1871 : Prussian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3142 ACKROYD, John Edward1886ENG,     Apr 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3143 ACKROYD, Mabel Emma1904IRL,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3144 ACKROYD, William Henry1906IND,    , Quetta Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3145 ACKURY, Mary 1856ENG,     Jun 1874 : Prussian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
3133 ACLAND, Arthur Edward1874ENG, MDX, Holloway Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3137 ACLAND, Louisa1858ENG, GLS, Bristol Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
7076 ACLAND, Walter Frederick1859ENG, GLS, Bristol Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN MacPherson Homes  
5493 ACOL, John1920ENG, LND, Hampstead Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
3148 ACOURT, Edwin Charles1872ENG, DOR, Shaftesbury Apr 1888 : Polynesian CAN Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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