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Record #16661
Name :
: Alfred GULL (1901 - 1975)


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 2 Dec 1901

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 14 Jan 1975
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Fort Erie
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 7 Mar 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Dawdy
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Alfred Gull: Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1902; District: West Derby; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 505. Parents: Charles Henry Gull and Alice Matthews, married 1891, Aston, Warwickshire, England.

Alice Mathews Gull died on June 18, 1907, at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, of pneumonia.

As a child, Alfred suffered from rickets.

In 1909, Alfred Gull, 7, arrived at Portland, Maine, USA, in a group of 310 Barnardo children en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Alfred was placed with Chauncey and Naomi Dawdy, Pelham, Ontario, Canada. Chauncey died in 1925 (arterio sclerosis) and at the time is listed as a grain farmer. His father's name on the death register is James Dawdy. Chauncey is buried in the Dawdy Cemetery.

Alfred Gull married Margaret Sorley Bain (born March 14, 1913 to John Bain and Agnes Bole) in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, about 1937.

At least three children were born of this marriage, including: John Alfred Gull, born July 4, 1937, in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, died September 24, 2000, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and Alice Margaret Gull, born July 2, 1944, in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, died May 22,2008, in Winchester, Ontario, Canada.

Alfred Gull died on January 14, 1975, at Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

Margaret Sorley Bain Gull died on December 31, 1911, at Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

They are buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-09 06:43:34 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-09-09 17:37:55 /

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