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Record #27604

Name :: : Frederick William BIGGS (1900 - )
Father: : Walter George Biggs
Mother: : Ann Elizabeth Gardner

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1900 Notes : GRO register birth 4th qtr
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Gloucestershire, Gloucester

East End Road, Gloucester

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 10 Aug 1912 Notes : ship left Liverpool 03 August 1912
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Laurentic
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Gloucester Union Workhouse
Agency: : Salvation Army

Notes1900 Frederick William
1901 with mother and siblings 45 East End Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
1901 census Gloucester, 45, East End Road Biggs, Annie age 32 (1869) married , Edgar (aka Walter George Edgar) age 11 (1890), Ellen age 9 (1892), Francis age 8 (1893), Nora age 5 (1896), Ivy age 3 (1898) and Frederick age 1 (1900) *husband Walter George Biggs not with family
1901 bpt 11 December 1901
1907 March 05 – mother Annie Elizabeth Biggs nee Gardner dies
1908 bpt 07 Mar 1908
1911 census Scattered Homes Gloucester Union Workhouse
1912 sent to Canada Salvation Army
03 August 1912 on the ship Laurentic Salvation Army list of children going to SA, 105 Indian Road, Toronto
10 Aug 1912 ship arrive Quebec
According to Salvation Army and Boards of Guardians records:
Do not have his placements but from inspections page:
1913 April 25 – first inspection took place Sept 22, and they followed on Sept 30, January 8 and March 28 … a note then says “ Lost track of – in USA?

Family Summary:
Walter George Biggs born in Newport, Wales and Annie Elizabeth Gardner born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire married in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England on 31 July 1887

Known Children : Annie (b 1889 d 02 Jan 1892 (clothing caught on fire), Walter George Edgar b 1890, Ellen Louisa b 1892, Francis Charles b 1893 d 14 January 1915 WWI, Violet Eveline b 1895 – d 1895), Annie Elizabeth Sophia b 1895 d 1895, Nora Adeline b 1896, Ivy Dorcas b 1898, Frederick William b 1900 BHC sent to Canada 1912, Edward Victor b 1903, Willie b 1904 – d 1904, Winnie / Winnifred 01 July 1901 d 20 Jan 1991 BHC sent to Canada 1914, Hector Stanley b 12 January 1906 –name found in Middlemore application book 16 June 1916, Marjorie b February 1907 BHC sent to Canada 1914

1901 census Gloucester, 45, East End Road Biggs, Annie age 32 (1869) married , Edgar (aka Walter George Edgar) age 11 (1890), Ellen age 9 (1892), Francis age 8 (1893), Nora age 5 (1896), Ivy age 3 (1898) and Frederick age 1 (1900) *husband Walter George Biggs not with family – there is a Walter Biggs in Wales (boarder - working in a coal mine)

History of Neglect – Desertion and neglect charges start back in 1890 and carry through for 2 decades. There are dozens of prison records and newspaper articles about the family. I have found 12 entries in the Gloucestershire Prison records for the Father… many of the records indicate desertion and neglect of the family.

04 August 1906 Gloucestershire Chronicle ”Parental Neglect” article: noted Franks Charles Biggs caught stealing potatoes… father Walter is also implicated… note that one older boy (this is Walter) was in reformatory and a girl was caught pick pocketing (14 March 1904) (this is Ellen Louisa) and charged …Inspector Dennis gave testimony that “no doubt the children had been very much neglected. He had many complaints about them perhaps more than any other family in Gloucester.” School attendance officer: “visited the defendant’s house on a number of occasions and it was in a dirty state. On the last two or three occasions when he called at the house and found the children locked in and no one apparently taking care of them.”

1907 first quarter death Ann Eliz Biggs Gloucester Citizen 16 March 1907 Biggs - March 5 Biggs at the Infirmary Gloucester, Ann Elizabeth Biggs of 17 Oxebode Lane aged 38 years

01 Feb 1908 Gloucester Chronicle Newspaper Walter Biggs and Emma Jackson. 12. Vino-terrace, Kingsholm, “were charged with willfully neglecting six children. Mr A. C. Chapney prosecuted on behalf of the R.S.P.C.C. said Biggs’s wife died seven or eight months ago, …”

By the 1911 census of the fourteen children born (that I could find) to Walter George Biggs and Annie Elizabeth Biggs nee Gardner, four are deceased and seven are either in one of the Scattered Homes run by Gloucester Union Workhouse or in the Gloucester Union Workhouse. Three that I know of, Frederick William, Winnie and Marjorie are sent to Canada by the Salvation Army. Hector Stanley is in the Middlemore application book in 1916.

ContributorsCreated : 2017-10-13 18:03:45 / janismccahill

Last Updated : 2017-10-13 20:05:05 / janismccahill

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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
3137	ACLAND, Louisa	1858	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Nov 1870 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
7076	ACLAND, Walter Frederick	1859	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
20204	ALWAY, Reginald Wilfrid	1896	ENG, GLS, Barton Regis	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
17797	BALSOM, Ivy Lavinia	1894	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Jul 1905 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
13302	BARTLETT, Victor	1896	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Jul 1905 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
3583	BEAKE, Ann Eliza	1888	ENG, GLS, Barton Regis	Jul 1900 : Lake Megantic	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
3582	BEAKE, Lucy Rebecca	1890	ENG, GLS, Barton Regis	Jul 1900 : Lake Megantic	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
26989	BEAZER, Beatrice Elizabeth	1910	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Mar 1921 : Omar	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5818	BEDFORD, Stuart	1899	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Feb 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
13325	BEER, Horace G	1900	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
27604	BIGGS, Frederick William	1900	ENG, GLS, Gloucester	Aug 1912 : Laurentic	CAN	Salvation Army
27606	BIGGS, Marjory	1907	ENG, GLS, Gloucester	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27605	BIGGS, Winnifred	1904	ENG, GLS, Gloucester	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
9256	BIRT, Gwendoline Frances	1896	ENG, GLS, Gloucester	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
13495	BOOLE, Charles Edward	1879	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Jun 1891 : Parisian	CAN	Middlemore
13494	BOOLE, Frank	1882	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Jun 1891 : Parisian	CAN	Middlemore
5051	BOURNE, William	1916	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
2870	BOYCE, Albert	1898	ENG, GLS, Bristol	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
8644	BREAKWELL, Arthur	1908	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Jul 1925 : Athenia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
22574	BREWER, Charles B	1894	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
16274	BRITTON, Alfred	1893	ENG, GLS, Barton Regis	Jun 1904 : Lake erie	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
2734	BROWN, Daniel Flower	1870	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Apr 1885 : Sardinian	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
27610	BROWNING, Edward	1904	ENG, GLS, Gloucester	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27612	BROWNING, Frederick	1909	ENG, GLS, Gloucester	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27611	BROWNING, Harry	1906	ENG, GLS, Gloucester	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
15386	BULLOCK, Elijah	1880	ENG, GLS, Barton Regis	Apr 1894 : Labrador	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
14300	BURNETT, Frederick C	1888	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Jul 1900 : Lake Megantic	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
8425	BUTTON, Bernard	1890	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
14790	BUXTON, Arthur Reginald	1909	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
13451	CARLOSS, Alfred	1870	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Jul 1883 : Bristol	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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