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Record #5885

Name :: : Edward RIORDAN (1890 - 1917)
aka : Riordon, Private Riordan,
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1 Aug 1890
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 10 Nov 1917 Notes : Killed in Action

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

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium, Passchendaele

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 31 May 1908
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: : Wilson

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Barnardo Homes
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Edward Riordan.

1891 English Census records place the family of Mary and William Riordan in Marston, Headington, Oxfordshire, England. In residence were Joseph (12), William (9), Daniel (6), Frederick (3) and Edward (1, born in Reading, Berkshire, England). William was listed as a China Riveter by trade, and Mary a Hawker.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: RIORDON
Given Name: Edward
Age: 17
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1908
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1908-05-21
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1908-05-31
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario
Comments: Mr. Lloyd in charge of 109 girls and 219 boys, girls to Peterborough
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-493
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place Edward Riordan as a Domestic in the household of Lance Wilson. He is born Jul 1888 and immigrated from England in 1908.

22 May 1913 in York County, Ontario Marriage record for Edward Riordan, son of Ada (Unknown) and Willaim Riordan, born in Redding, England and Jane Stone.

5 Dec 1913 in Newmarket, Ontario there is a birth record for Edward Henry Riordan. Parents are named Elizabeth Jane Stone and William Edward Riordan.

Attestation papers were signed 15 Jun 1915 in Niagara, Ontario. Edward Riordan was born 1 Aug 1890 in Reading, Berkshire, England. His Next of Kin was Mrs. Edward Riordan of Newmarket, Ontario. He was a Labourer by trade. He had previous Military experience with the Canadian Militia. 5' 7 1/2" in height with brown hair and brown eyes, he had two vaccination marks on his left arm. His religion was listed as Church of England.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty confirm he was Killed in Action in an attack north of Passchendaele. His Next of Kin was Mrs. Jane Riordan of 312 Duffrin Street, Toronto, Ontario, and the Mrs. Jane Harmon (remarried) of Box 458, Newmarket, Ontario but in 1929 grave register was returned undelivered. His body was unrecovered, his name is written on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

13 Sep 1922 there is a marriage record for Jane Riordan and Arthur Harman in Newmarket, Ontario.

Find A Grave Memorial# 12021814

ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-28 15:02:06 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-12 21:44:07 /

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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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