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Record #27608

Name :: : Henry HAROLD HUMPHREY (1904 - )
Father: : Henry Humphrey
Mother: : Blanche Annie Spiers

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1 May 1904
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

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

6 Barnes Passage, Gloucester

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 6 Jun 1914 Notes : ship left Liverpool 29 May 1914
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Empress of Britain
Placement Family: : Joseph Catherwood, Uxbridge

Homes / Agencys

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

Notes1894 October 22 Henry Humphrey married Blanche Annie Spiers
1903 Lily May bpt 02 Feb 1908 Gloucester Workhouse
1904 2nd qtr 01 May 1904 Henry Harold Humphrey
1906 4th qtr Esther Violet bpt 19 Apr 1908 Gloucester Workhouse
1908 1st qtr Rose bpt 27 January 1908 Gloucester Workhouse
1908 January Gloucester Echo and Gloucester Chronicle Newspapers report:
“Henry Humphrey 6 Barnes Passage was summoned for willfully neglecting his children in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering and injury to their health…. Inspector Thomas Marshall NSPCC stated on December 17th he visited the defendant’s dwelling and saw the wife and three children, the eldest five years and the baby fourteen months. They were emaciated and the infant weighing only 11 lbs whereas the normal weight of a child that age was 22 lbs. ….” “Mr Washburn of Gloucester described the condition of the two older children as thin and starved whilst the infant was in a miserable state and considered seriously ill. Their clothing was sufficient and clean. He saw the defendant’s wife who was suffering from mental delusions. She was on the border of insanity and he ordered that the children should be conveyed to the workhouse…..”
1908 February 12 Blanch Annie Humphrey entered the Gloucester Lunatic Asylum… she remained there until her death 07 December 1946.
1911 census all of the children are either in the Scattered Homes or the Gloucestershire Union Workhouse.
26 May 1914 medical performed in the Gloucester Union Workhouse (Salvation Army notes)
29 May 1914 Salvation Army list of children going to SA, 105 Indian Road, Toronto on "Empress of Britain"
06 June 1914 ship arrived in Quebec
According to Salvation Army and Boards of Guardians records:

Harold Humphrey
1916 January Joseph Catherwood Uxbridge, Ontario … Harold stays with Joseph Catherwood through all inspections up to 21 June 1921
1923 January Harold is employed by the T. Eaton Company, Toronto
Notes: The boy’s service was satisfactory to completion

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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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