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Record #16790
Name :
: Blair TOPE (1897 - 1918)
  aka : Private Tope


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 6 Sep 1897

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 15 Dec 1918   Notes : Influenza and Pneumonia - Death Due to Service
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cornwall, St. Germans
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Frontanac, Kingston
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 20 Jul 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Kensington

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardos

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Blair Tope. Son of Sarah Pollard and Edwin Tope.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Blair Tope
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1897
Registration District: St Germans
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume: 5c
Page: 30

1901 English Census records for Lily Pollard (29 years of age born in Kingsand, Cornwall, England) was in Kinsand, Cornwall, England. In residence were her Newphews, William (15), Sidney (13), Duncan (5) and Blair (3), as well as a boarder, Alfred Tope who was 25. Lily works as a garden labourer.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: TOPE
Given Name: Blair
Age: 9
Sex: M
Ship: Kensington
Year of Arrival: 1907
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1907-07-11
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1907-07-20
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: See also C-4716 and T-527
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-491
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Attestation papers were signed 2 Feb 1916 in Ripley, Ontario. Blair states he was born 6 Sep 1897 in Ipswich, England. He is a Farm Labourer in Ripley, Ontario. His Next of Kin was sister Lily Tope, first listed in London, England, that listed as Lily James of 8 Frankfort Street, Plymouth, England. 5'2 1/2" in height with grey eyes and dark brown hair, he had 4 vaccination marks on his right arm. Religion was listed as Methodist.

He died 15 Dec 1918 in Colbourg Military Hospital in Kingston, Ontario. Official Cause of Death on his Ontario Death Record was of Influenza Pneumonia. He had previously suffered gunshot wounds to the next and left arm, and was suffering from exhaustion and psychosis (Colbourg housed soldiers with cases of 'Shell-Shock', which we now know as PTSD).
Circumstance of Casualty record states he died of exhaustion Psychosis and Pneumonia. It states his Next of Kin as Mr. C James of 15 (14 is scratched out) Windsor Place, Plymouth, England.

Lilly Spencer Blair Pollard is listed in the England & Wales National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations in 1951. Of Armada Road, Cawsand, Corwall. A spinster, she died 24 May 1951 in Lamellion Hospital in Liskeard. She left her estate to Lily James, wife of Charles James.

Find A Grave Memorial# 119438675 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-21 20:51:52 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-28 13:27:48 /

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14039 TONGATE, Gordon1891ENG, SFK, Blything Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
18330 TONKIN, Charles1888ENG,     Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
7754 TONKIN, Elizabeth1859ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
12071 TONKIN, George F1911ENG,    , Plymouth Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Barnardos  
23101 TONKINS, Reginald1898ENG,     Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
23068 TONKINS, William1899ENG,     Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
12650 TOOBY, Maud1906ENG,    , Lichfield Jun 1920 : Scotian CAN Barnardos  
9723 TOOGOOD, Emily 1892ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
10332 TOOMER, George1910ENG,    , Aston May 1923 : Scythia CAN Middlemore  
3663 TOON, James1889ENG, LEI, Melton Mowbray Jun 1901 : Sicilian CAN Middlemore  
3662 TOON, Thomas1890ENG, STS, Chell Jun 1901 : Sicilian CAN Middlemore  
3664 TOON, William1893ENG, STS, Potteries Jun 1901 : Sicilian CAN Middlemore  
23563 TOOTH, John Newman1917ENG, WAR, Coventry Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
19216 TOOTH, Mary1885ENG,     Aug 1901 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
21129 TOOZE, Reginald1920ENG, SOM, Wellington May 1931 : Largs Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
16790 TOPE, Blair1897ENG, CON, St. Germans Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23289 TOPE, Duncan Blair1895ENG, CON, St. Germans May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16791 TOPHAM, Bernard1893ENG,     May 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
14059 TOPHAM, Thomas1888ENG,     Apr 1900 : Dominion CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
15148 TOPLEY, William T1890ENG,     Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
19304 TOPPING, Henry1903ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
20907 TOPPLE, Ernest1923ENG,     Apr 1938 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
18836 TOREVILLE, H J H1888ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
6399 TORODE, Josiah Norman1910GBG,     Jun 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
2975 TORRANCE, Nellie Beatrice1895ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town May 1911 : Victorian CAN Waifs & Strays  
19117 TORRENS, Sarah G1900ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
23250 TORRINGTON, Gwendoline May1895WAL,     Mar 1907 : Dominion USA Barnardos  
5903 TORRINGTON, William Frederick1893WAL,    , Cardiff May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26855 TOTTEN, Alfred Frank1920ENG, WAR, Kings Norton Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26267 TOTTEN, John Bright1925ENG, WAR, Birmingham South Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
16986 TOTTON, Annie 1901ENG,     Jul 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
26104 TOTTON, Thomas John1885ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
7472 TOUKS, Charles1869ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
7440 TOVEY, Albert1879ENG,     Mar 1892 : Carthaginian CAN Barnardos  
9223 TOVEY, Arthur1888ENG, LND, Vauxhall Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
9222 TOVEY, Sarah B 1891ENG,    , Edmonton Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
23244 TOWELL, George James1884ENG, LDN, London Oct 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
9553 TOWELL, Samuel1892ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
27492 TOWERSBY, Harry1864 Aug 1872 : Sarmatian CAN Macpherson Homes  
13323 TOWERZAY, Isabel Amy1905ENG, SRY, Kingston Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
6974 TOWLSON, Elizabeth1860ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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