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Record #3308
Name :
: George Thomas HEWLETT (1881 - 1903)


Father
: Joseph HEWLETT
Mother
: Ellen Eliza GRIFFIN
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Q4 1881   Notes : Source: FreeBMD

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 16 Nov 1903   Notes : Source: Newspaper report
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham

Dec qtr, 6a 432
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Manitoba, Winnipeg, St Boniface
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 8 Sep 1894
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Laurentian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesIn 1894, George Hewlett, 12, arrived in Quebec, Canada, with a group of 86 children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On Wednesday, November 18, 1903 (p. 3), The Manitoba Morning Free Press Winnipeg Manitoba reported:

Victim of Train Wreck Identified
Hewlett was a young Englishman lately employed in C P R Shops. The body of a man killed in the collision on the C N R tracks in St Boniface on Monday afternoon was yesterday identified as that of George Thomas Hewlett, a young Englishman who was brought to this county 9 years ago under the auspices of Dr Barnardo's Home. His identity was established by Mr. A Dryden, a farmer at Union Point with whom the deceased had been employed about three years ago. Hewlett was first engaged with a farmer in Ontario after his arrival in Canada in 1894. Four years later he was transferred to the Winnipeg home and placed with a farmer at Shrubland, Manitoba, with whom he served out his apprenticeship. He subsequently went to work for Mr. Dryden at Union Point and came to the city and secured employment in the C P R shops a year or so ago. He worked there steadily in the carpentering department until being laid off in company with about 200 other men about 10 days ago. He called at Barnardo's home last week and informed Mr. Davis that he was out of employment but had work in the prospect. What it was he did not say, or where he was going. He had been boarding with Mrs. Ryan on Notre Dame st. The records of the Home give Hewlett's age as 21 years and also chronicle him as a boy of most exemplary character, strictly sober and honest. He had two sisters residing in London, Eng. The remains will be taken in charge by the Barnardo authorities for interment after the inquest today. 
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Last Updated : 2011-03-11 15:14:39 /

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