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Record #7691

Name :: : Daniel George CLAYTON (1903 - 1949)
aka : Daniel Claydon, Daniel Cl
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 7 Apr 1903
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 26 Jan 1949 Notes : unknown

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Derbyshire, Derby

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Wayne, Detroit

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 Aug 1913
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Corsican
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Catholic Emigration Society

NotesMy grandfather, Daniel Clayton (1903-1949) was born in Derby, a city in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the River Derwent and is located in the south of the shire county of Derbyshire. The oral tradition that has been passed down is that Daniel and his siblings were placed in an orphanage after their mother died and their father was unable to take care of them himself. It is clear that Daniel was, in fact, in an orphanage in England. It was in Coleshill, near Birmingham, and was called the St. Edward's Home for Boys, also known as the Father Hudson Home. Research is ongoing to try to find out the exact circumstances under which he came to be there.

What we do know as fact is this: Daniel and his brother, James Claydon (1898-?), were transported aboard the RMS Corsican in 1913 from Liverpool, England to Quebec, Canada as part of the child emigration scheme of the time. They sailed on 20 Aug 1913 and landed in Quebec on 28 Aug 1913. On the ship passenger list, their surname is spelled CLAYDIN, and they are listed among 34 boys labeled the 'Roman Catholic Party' who were sponsored for the voyage from England by the Catholic Emigration Society. From Quebec, they were taken by train to the St. George's Home in Ottawa, Ontario, which was the main receiving and distribution center for Roman Catholic children from about 1895 until the last British Home Children arrived in the early 1930s. The boys were then separated - James being sent to Ellaton, Norfork County, Ontario, and Daniel to the farm of Alex D. St. Louis in Tecumseh, Essex County, Ontario. He was 10 years old.

In Canada, James signed up to serve during WWI in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, and on his attestation paper, he listed his place of birth as Derby, England, and his full name as James Anthony Claydon. He named my grandfather as his next-of-kin. His residence at that time was Ellaton, Norfolk County, Ontario. Daniel seems also to have used the Claydon spelling until about the time he married my grandmother, then started using Clayton.

The family story goes that the farmer to whom Daniel was sent was abusive to Daniel, and that he was, for all intents and purposes, slave labor. Daniel ran away from this farm at age 15, snuck into the U.S. and was an illegal immigrant here.

This story lines up perfectly with what little my father's family knew about his father. Daniel could speak French, according to family members. He had some papers written in French in his wallet at the time of his death. Tecumseh is an area of Ontario with a large French-speaking population.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-05-03 17:46:57 / From original database

Last Updated : 2016-04-30 14:46:36 /

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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
5284	AMPHLETT, Edward George	1914	ENG, DBY, Rotherham	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
5393	AULT, Ada May	1882	ENG, DBY, Derby	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
5392	AULT, Alice	1884	ENG, DBY, Derby	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
3692	BALMFORTH, Beatrice Eveline	1894	ENG, DBY, Chesterfield	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10039	BARWISE, Albert E	1887	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Apr 1893 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
10038	BARWISE, George F	1885	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Apr 1893 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
7205	BASNETT, Albert	1876	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Jul 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3626	BASSETT, Frank Edward Albert	1896	ENG, DBY, Belper	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
2728	BECKTON, John Thomas	1901	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
11010	BILL, Arthur	1910	ENG, DBY, Derby	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
7688	BRELEY, Alice	1898	ENG, DBY, Bakewell	Jul 1914 : Victorian	CAN	Crusade of Rescue
12023	BRETHERTON, Ernest	1898	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Feb 1912 : Empress of Ireland	CAN	Louisa Birt
10041	BROWNRIGG, Cornelius	1876	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Apr 1893 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
10042	BROWNRIGG, Joseph	1879	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Apr 1893 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
14654	BROWNSWORD, Caroline	1900	ENG, DBY, Derby	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
8646	BUTLER, Martha Edna	1909	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Jul 1925 : Athenia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
15288	CARLINE, Mary E	1911	ENG, DBY, Chesterfield	Jul 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
8648	CARTER, Linda Bertha	1910	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Jul 1925 : Athenia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
6545	CHIOSCHI, Cyril	1898	ENG, DBY, West Derby	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
4009	CLAREY, David	1899	ENG, DBY, Rotherham	Mar 1914 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
7692	CLAYDON, James Anthony	1898	ENG, DBY, Derby	Aug 1913 : Corsican	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society	wetipquin , Janibou
7691	CLAYTON, Daniel George	1903	ENG, DBY, Derby	Aug 1913 : Corsican	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society	wetipquin , Janibou
10395	CLUGSTON, Margaret	1875	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Jun 1883 : Sardinian	CAN	Louisa Birt
11185	COVENTRY, Henry	1887	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Apr 1899 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
26288	COX, Horace	1927	ENG, DBY, Chesterfield	Aug 1934 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes	clairste
26289	COX, Irene	1927	ENG, DBY, Chesterfield	Aug 1934 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
9330	CROSSING, Doris	1902	ENG, DBY, West Derby	Jun 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
10253	DALBY, Matthew	1892	ENG, DBY, Derby	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
13060	DICKENSON, Arthur W	1909	ENG, DBY, Derby	Jun 1925 : Andania	CAN	Middlemore
13061	DICKENSON, Thomas	1913	ENG, DBY, Derby	Jun 1925 : Andania	CAN	Middlemore
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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