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Record #3436

Name :: : John William BONWICK (1894 - )
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Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1894
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Essex, Barking

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 11 Apr 1905
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Kensington
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for John William Bonwick; Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Romford; County: Essex; Volume: 4a; Page: 457.

In 1901, John Wm. Bonwick, 6 years of age, was residing at 40 St. Marys Road, Barking, Essex, England. Other family members included: Alexander Bonwick, 2; Annie E[lizabeth Soper] Bonwick, 26; Annie May Bonwick, 10 months; John A. Bonwick, 23 (age is incorrect--John Alexander Bonwick was born in 1868 and was actually 33), District Council (road) labourer; William J. Bonwick, 4; and a boarder, William R. Pryor, 34, general labourer. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 1655; Folio: 80; Page: 36.)

A death registration was found for John Alexander Bonwick; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868; Year of Registration: 1902; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 34; District: Romford; County: Essex; Volume: 4a; Page: 251. (EDITORS NOTE: An interesting side note was that Annie Elizabeth Bonwick married her boarder, William R. Pryor in 1903 in Romford, Essex, England.)

In 1905, the Kensington docked at Halifax, then Portland, where 269 boys, including John Bonwick, 10, and his brother, William James Bonwick, 8, disembarked. The original list was lost and a list prepared in 1934 appears on the reel.

In 1911, John Bonwick, 17, is shown as a servant / domestic for Joseph Armstrong and family in Tecumseth, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth was shown as November 1893 and his immigration year as 1905.

In March, 1917, John Bonwick, 21, attempted to enter the United States through Port Huron, Michigan, but was debarred from doing so. He declared that he was a farm labourer; that he resided in Perry Sound, Ontario, Canada; that his nearest relation in Canada was his brother, William, who resided in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; that his final destination was Mt. Clemens, Michigan; that he was born in Barking, England. The landing information states "L.P.C." (Stands for "Likely Public Charge." The LPC exclusion was introduced to US immigration law in 1891 and was the most common cause of detention and grounds for exclusion/deportation. Immigrants were most likely considered a likely public charge if they had little money AND no family, friends, or prospects, OR if they were disabled in some way that would prevent them from earning their own living); and that he has chronic arthritis / rheumatism.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-03-20 20:47:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 14:59:00 /

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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
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3025	ABBOTT, David Henry	1891	ENG, ESS, Grays	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3026	ABBOTT, Mary	1888	ENG, ESS, Maldon	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
3063	ABEL, Albert Edward G.	1901	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3065	ABEL, Florence	1902	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3064	ABEL, Queenie Victoria	1900	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3101	ABRAMS, Ada	1894	ENG, ESS, West Ham	May 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown
3125	ACKERMAN, James David Ernest	1910	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
3136	ACKERMAN, William David	1912	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
3158	ACWORTH, George Albert	1896	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
4491	ADAMS, Henry F.	1880	ENG, ESS, Brighton	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
14909	ALSOP, Reginald A	1891	ENG, ESS, Epping	Nov 1896 : Laurentian	CAN	Unknown
6876	ALTHORPE, George	1885	ENG, ESS, Colchester	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
25136	ANDERSON, Muriel Helen	1921	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Oct 1930 : Barrabool	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
9777	ANDERSON, William	1870	ENG, ESS, Walthamstow	Jun 1883 : Polynesian	CAN	Barnardos
16737	ARNOLD, Oliver Samuel	1894	ENG, ESS, Lexden	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17014	ARNOLD, Thomas Walter	1893	ENG, ESS, Colchester	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
27617	ATKINS, George Frederick	1905	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27618	ATKINS, Jane Ellen	1900	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27619	ATKINS, William Richard	1903	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
25142	BAGOT, Geoffrey	1924	ENG, ESS	Dec 1934 : Baradine	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
26946	BALAAM, Ronald John	1928	ENG, ESS, Tendring	Nov 1938 : Themistocles	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5469	BANNISTER, Arthur James	1890	ENG, ESS, Stratford	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
27188	BARR, Eliza	1920	ENG, ESS, Lexden	May 1933 : Otranto	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3431	BLATCH, Albert	1898	ENG, ESS, Leytonstone	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	SarahLillian
3438	BONWICK, Alexander	1898	ENG, ESS, Barking	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3436	BONWICK, John William	1894	ENG, ESS, Barking	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
3437	BONWICK, William James	1896	ENG, ESS, Barking	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
4234	BRAND, Bessie Violet	1880	ENG, ESS, Stifford	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
4233	BRAND, Daisy Emma	1879	ENG, ESS, Stifford	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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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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