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Record #3233

Name :: : George James WHITBREAD (1890 - 1981)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 26 Sep 1890
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 29 Mar 1981

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Windsor

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, Oshawa

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Mar 1901
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesIn 1891, George Whitbread, 7 months of age, was residing at 3 Lime Grove, Clewer, Berkshire, England. Other family members included: Anthony Whitbread, 12; Ernest Whitbread, 5; mother Frances Whitbread, 39, charwoman; Harry Whitbread, 7; Isaac Whitbread, 10; Samuel Whitbread, 3; father Thomas Whitbread, 46, engineers labourer (debility is noted--weak or feeble; an infirmity); Thomas Whitbread, 18, footman.

Thomas Whitbread died January 31, 1895, at 57 years of age. He was then residing at 7 Hencroft Street Slough, England. He had been a private in the Grenadier Guards and acted as a soldier valet to Prince Edward of Sax-Weimar.

Soon afterwards, Frances Whitbread developed breast cancer and died. No help was available for her children and they were placed with Barnardo Homes.

George Whitbread, 10, arrived in Portland, Maine, with a group of 260 Dr. Barnardo children from London, England, to Toronto, Ontario (193), Peterborough, Ontario (6) and to Russell, Manitoba (60). Two of George's brothers Ernest (born 1886, sailed to Canada in 1897), and Samuel (born 1888, sailed on the same ship, Tunisian, with George), came to Canada with Barnardo Homes. They both settled in Uxbridge, Ontario. His other siblings, Thomas William, born 1876; Anthony Walter Edwin, born 1878; Isaac, born 1881; Henry 1883; and his sister, Rose.

George Whitbread, 21, hired man for James Merrick and family in Reach, Ontario, Canada. His birth date is shown as April 1890 and his immigration year as 1901.

On July 1, 1912, George James Whitbread, 21, married another home child, Mabel D. Booker, 18. George stated that he resided in Valentyne, Ontario, Canada; that he was a laborer; and that his parents names were Thomas Whitbread and Francis Grove. Mabel stated that she was 18; that she was a laborer; and that her parents names were Joseph Booker and Helen Littlefield.

George and Mabel Whitbread had two children, Harold Whitbread, and Rose May Whitbread (1917-1997)

George Whitbread died March 29, 1981, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-03-02 13:40:18 / From original database

Last Updated : 2016-03-14 17:10:06 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3109	ACASTER, Ebenezer William	1867	ENG, BRK, Newbury, Stockcross	Aug 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
13740	ALLUM, Elizabeth	1889	ENG, BRK, Easthampstead	Apr 1906 : Friesland	CAN	Barnardos
6641	ANDERTON, Albert	1912	ENG, BRK, Reading	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
6642	ANDERTON, Charles	1912	ENG, BRK, Reading	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
7372	ANSELL, Thomas	1881	ENG, BRK, Newbury	Nov 1891 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
23615	APPLEFORD, Harry	1921	ENG, BRK, Reading	May 1933 : Otranto	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17082	ATKINS, Francis Henry	1878	ENG, BRK, Reading	Apr 1891 : Parisian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3282	AUSTIN, George Henry	1889	ENG, BRK, Maidenhead	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
3620	AVERILL, Ernest John	1894	ENG, BRK, Reading	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
10194	BEGGS, George Henry	1895	ENG, BRK, Cookham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
21694	CARTER, John Nelson	1888	ENG, BRK, Watchfield	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
13840	CARTER, Thomas	1882	ENG, BRK, Watchfield	May 1895 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
21693	CARTER, William Henry	1886	ENG, BRK, Watchfield	May 1895 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
4685	CLARIDGE, Edward William	1908	ENG, BRK, Binfield	Apr 1923 : Antonia	CAN	Salvation Army
12349	COXHEAD, Fanny	1877	ENG, BRK, Hungerford	Aug 1889 : Caspian	CAN	Barnardos
26273	DEARLOVE, Kenneth	1921	ENG, BRK, Reading	Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
21147	ELLIOTT, Albert Cecil	1909	ENG, BRK, Abingdon	May 1921 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
21146	ELLIOTT, Evelyn Violet	1910	ENG, BRK, Reading	May 1921 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
21145	ELLIOTT, Hilda Gladys	1908	ENG, BRK, Reading	May 1921 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
11968	FAIRFAX, Kate Annie	1897	ENG, BRK, Denchworth	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
12020	FELDWICK, Henry	1862	ENG, BRK, Windsor	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
27050	FOX, George	1917	ENG, BRK, Wokingham	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes	Pinjarra1929
20892	GOLDSWORTHY, Joseph Ernest	1913	ENG, BRK, Reading	Jan 1924 : Baradine	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
16985	HAWKINS, William T C	1895	ENG, BRK	- Unknown -	CAN	Unknown
10348	HOWARD, Harold R	1897	ENG, BRK, Eaton Hastings	Mar 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
3927	ISAACS, Frederick Reginald	1910	ENG, BRK, Newbury	May 1922 : Orsova	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
13903	LANGLEY, William	1873	ENG, BRK, Cookham	Aug 1887 : Toronto	CAN	Church Emigration Society
26259	MAY, Frederick John	1928	ENG, BRK, Hungerford, Reading	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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