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Record #4382
Name :
: William Ewart KITSON (1885 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1885 (approx.)

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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 14 Mar 1896
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Vancouver

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Homes / Agencys
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Agency
: National Childrens Home
NotesA birth registration was found for William Ewart Kitson: Year of Registration: 1884; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Greenwich; County: Greater London, Kent, London; Volume: 1d; Page: 994.

In 1891, Wm. Ewart Kitson, 6 years of age, was shown as a scholar at The Childrens Home, Gravesend, Kent, England. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 647; Folio 134; Page 7; GSU roll: 6095757.)

In 1896, William E. Kitson, 11, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 54 boys accompanied by Dr. Stephenson and en route to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

In 1901, William Kitson, 16, farm laborer, was shown as a lodger with John Deyer and Mary Deyer of Charlotteville, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 12, 1884, and his immigration year as 1896.

According to his great-granddaughter, Denise, in 2000:

"My great-grandfather died in 1960, the year before my birth. He raised my mother and she speaks of him often. But, the stories she relates have many conflicts. When I decided to start doing the family geneology, I asked her to relate everything she could remember that he ever said and I wrote it down and started doing my research.

The first thing that came out was that he sometimes said he was born in England, sometimes Ireland. He also said that he was orphaned around age 5 and sent to Canada on a ship by age 8. He had several brothers and sisters but never mentioned names.

The story continues with that he was placed with an "uncle" in Canada at a lumber camp or something like that. But that he hated it and ran away--no mention of how long after he arrived. He made his way to the U.S. and met my great-grandmother who was sent to Canada from England in 1906 and further immigrated to Charleston, S.C.

He used two names: Kingston before WWII and Kitson after WWII started. I have proof of this based on SSDI records and birth certificates of great aunts and great uncles. No member of their surviving children know why the name changed, but at one point he was incarcerated, although no one knows why. Also, I have conflicting birth dates for him. One is from the memorial card given out at his funeral, and one is the date that my grandmother, his daughter, told me before she passed away. We have no official records for him other than a death certificate, which has the same date as that on the memorial card.

So, his name was either William Kingston or William Kitson. He was either born September 19, 1886 (from my grandmother) or June 12, 1889 (from his death certificate). The only other information I have is that he was rabidly anti-catholic. This may mean that he was not in a catholic orphanage, or he was and hated them for it. I never met him, so I can't tell what this might mean. He did raise all of his children and my mother as COE." 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-12 20:43:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2008-10-12 20:47:24 /

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6751 KIRK, Charles1909ENG, NFK, Smallburgh Jun 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
20536 KIRK, Henry1870 Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
5261 KIRK, James 1914ENG,    , Glasgow Mar 1930 : Scythia CAN Salvation Army  
20902 KIRK, James1923ENG,     Apr 1938 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
24929 KIRK, James V.1898 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
24111 KIRK, William P1902ENG,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
17746 KIRKBOYD, Lydia A1877ENG,     Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
7803 KIRKHAM, Maria1862ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
14555 KIRKLAND, Isaac1879IRL, ARM Mar 1896 : Vancouver CAN National Childrens Home  
20937 KIRKLAND, Michael1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
15308 KIRKPATRICK, Teresa1874ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1884 : Polynesian CAN Catholic Protection Society  
5868 KIRKUP, Doris1893ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
23833 KIRKWOOD, Alexander1926CAN,    , Windsor Jul 1939 : Empress of Australia CAN Barnardos  
23832 KIRKWOOD, Alexander (Roy)1899ENG,     Apr 1912 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
25336 KIRKWOOD, Jane1884SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
11842 KIRKWOOD, Peter1875ENG,    , Denny Apr 1885 : Hanoverian CAN Quarriers  
23834 KIRKWOOD, Raymond Alfred1930CAN,    , Vancouver Jul 1939 : Empress of Australia CAN Barnardos  
13979 KIRTON, Albert1892ENG,     Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
20086 KIRTON, Thomas1869ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
13978 KIRTON, William1890ENG,     Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
13561 KISS, Arthur Hudnott1867ENG, SRY, Lambeth Apr 1888 : Polynesian CAN Barnardos  
13560 KISS, Samuel George1871ENG, SRY, Lambeth Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
26553 KITCHENER, John1897ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
6341 KITCHING, Ethel1893ENG,     Apr 1906 : Friesland CAN Barnardos  
24267 KITCHING, Louisa1896 Apr 1906 : Friesland CAN Barnardos  
8449 KITE, Audrey Walton1910ENG, LAN, Seaforth Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
9414 KITE, Dorothy Ivy1912ENG, MDX, Edmonton Sep 1924 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
16504 KITE, Elizabeth May1908ENG, LAN, Seaforth Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
13652 KITE, Grace Louise1905ENG, LAN, Litherland Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
4880 KITE, Maud Adelaide 1906ENG, LAN, Seaforth Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
16506 KITE, William F George1915ENG, MDX, Edmonton Jun 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
8805 KITLEY, Mabel1877ENG,     Aug 1890 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
8065 KITNEY, Ronald 1918ENG,     Mar 1932 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
4382 KITSON, William Ewart1885ENG,     Mar 1896 : Vancouver CAN National Childrens Home  
4366 KNAPMAN, Elizabeth Alice K.1895ENG, HAM, Alton Jun 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20552 KNAPP, Edward Alfred1892 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6630 KNAPP, Francis1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jul 1927 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
11415 KNAPP, William Ernest1878ENG, LDN, London Apr 1892 : Sarnia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
17828 KNATCHBULL, Thomas1901ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
4825 KNEALE, William Alfred1912ENG, LAN, Wavertree Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
20279 KNEALE, Willilam Alred1912ENG,     Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
23406 KNEE, Harriet1876 Jun 1892 : Sardinian CAN Rev. Robert Wallace  
8055 KNEEVES, Mary L.1863ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
7582 KNIBB, Florence1877ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1885 : Circassian CAN Louisa Birt  
23952 KNIBBS, George1905ENG,     May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
23953 KNIBBS, James1903ENG,     May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
22145 KNIFE, A. F.1887ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
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