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Record #8688

Name :: : James NEIL (1876 - 1944)
aka : James Diaper Neil
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1 Jan 1876
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 22 Nov 1944 Notes : Cerebral Haemorrhage, due to arterio-sclerosis

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, West Derby, Liverpool

25 Winifred Street

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Niagara, Lockport

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Apr 1897
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Labrador
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesQuoted from Barnardo's Admission Papers:

"James is brother to William, Silvester, and Charles Neil, admitted to these Homes on 6th June, 1893. the following is an extract from the history then written: - 'A tragically pathetic story is involved in the circumstances under which these three boys have been admitted to the home. They come from Liverpool, where our local inspector had given temporary shelter in the Receiving Houses.

'Their father, William Fair Neil, was formerly a clerk, employed at Messrs Leyland's shipping office, Liverpool at a salary of ?120 per annum. He resigned the situation to take another at a salary of ?200 per annum but after 3 months he had notice to leave. This trouble so preyed on his mind that he shortly afterwards lost his reason, and was removed to Rainhill Lunatic Asylum where he died in September 1896.

'The widow, thus suddenly reduced from comfort to severest poverty, worked for the support of herself and her five children as a charwoman, and is spoken of by ladies who employed her as having been an industrious and deserving woman. She lodged with her children at 5 House, 7 Court, Minshull Street, Liverpool, and at that address she was found dead in her bed on 6th May 1893. At the inquest it was certified that she had died in some kind of fit. She was buried by the parish. The maternal uncle, Charles Diaper, being the only known relative was communicated with, and attended the inquest, coming from Jersey for the purpose. He afterwards returned to Jersey, taking with him the sister Mary, for whom he will provide, but this, he states is all he can do as he has a wife and three children, and is also supporting his mother. There are known to be one or two paternal relatives in Scotland, but nothing is known concerning them.

'A Mrs. Taylor, living at 62, Brainard Street, Lue Brook, whose husband had known the parents, removed the children upon the mother's death to the shelter of the SPPC, Liverpool, and procured admission for the brother James to the Working Boys' Home, 9, Grant George Square. the Society's Shelter being crowded, our inspector was asked by Major Leslie, the secretary, to receive the children temporarily.'

'James remained in the Working Boys' Home, Great George Square, Liverpool until June, 1895 when a berth was procured for him on board the Texan for the West Indies. He made one voyage and in October 1895 was engaged on the William Cliff, also bound to the West Indies. After two voyages he left the boat, and his discharges are marked "Very good" Since March last James has been unable to get another ship, and has been doing odd jobs about the Docks, sleeping at night anywhere he could. He applied at our Liverpool Receiving House, stating that he would be glad to get to Canada, where his brothers now are. He was received into our shelter pending decision.
James is a quiet, well-behaved lad.

'Brothers - William Fair Neil (15) Silvester Hubert Neil (13) and Charles Henry Neil (11) all in these Homes.
Sister - Marie (18) servant, Gorey, Jersey
Aunt - Charlotte Diaper, (40) Australia"

James arrived in Halifax on 3 April 1897 and was sent on to Russell, arriving there 8th April 1897. He was sent to a farm in Newdale where he worked til mid 1899. One person reported "I saw Neil coming from the bush with a team of horses, he is getting on very well." The farmer in a letter to Barnardo's "reporting favorably of Neil, only that he is slow and uses too much tobacco - still suffers from skin disease".

The last that was heard of James for some years was this report: "...can give no information about Neil. 1st July 1899 ... and Neil were reported upon by Alfred ... who attended the sports at Minnedosa on July 1st. ...says ... and Neil were in a beastly state of intoxication and were engaged in fighting on the grounds, both grovelling in the mud and covered with blood making themselves generally objectionable, so much so that the police were obliged to interfere and remove them from the grounds."

There is no record to be found of James again until 1906 when he got married in Buffalo to Alice Allen, an orphan. He was working as an Emery Grinder, and always did some sort of machining for an occupation the rest of his working days. He and Alice had 4 children, 3 boys and 1 daughter, but Alice died in 1918 leaving James to care for the children. He found it too much to cope with and farmed the children out to boarding houses, or in the case of his daughter, Marie, to the Episcopal Church Home in Rochester, New York.

James remarried in 1934, but only lived with his new wife for a short time; he lived at the IOOF home in Lockport, NY as a patient (cancer) from July 1936, until his death in November 1944.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-06-23 14:09:08 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-06-23 14:21:28 /

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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
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3014	ABBOTT, Adelaide	1872	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Jul 1876 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3017	ABBOTT, Alexander	1879	ENG, LAN, Blackburn	May 1889 : Polynesian	CAN	Salford Catholic Protection and Rescue Society
3018	ABBOTT, John William	1877	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1889 : Polynesian	CAN	Salford Catholic Protection and Rescue Society
3092	ABRAHAMS, Amy	1892	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Mar 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3097	ABRAHAMS, Percy	1890	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Mar 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3121	ACKERLEY, John	1888	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1900 : Vancouver	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3122	ACKERLEY, Thomas William	1886	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1900 : Vancouver	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3163	ADAIR, Millicent	1880	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jul 1897 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
13137	ADAMSON, Arthur	1893	ENG, LAN, Bury	May 1905 : Victorian	CAN	Maria Rye
8819	ADAMSON, John	1891	ENG, LAN, Oldham	May 1905 : Victorian	CAN	Maria Rye
9868	ADAMSON, John	1897	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jun 1906 : Victorian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3970	ADDISON, Florence	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1908 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
9143	ADDY, Albert William H.	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Feb 1907 : Victorian	CAN	Louisa Birt
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
8820	AINDOW, Albert Edward	1894	ENG, LAN, Formby	Jun 1911 : Virginian	CAN	Sailing Alone
5658	AINSWORTH, Ellen	1895	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5662	AINSWORTH, Mary	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
2852	AIRD, Arthur	1895	ENG, LAN	Apr 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17052	ALDRED, Eric Woodman	1894	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Apr 1910 : Victorian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7961	ALEXANDER, George	1913	ENG, LAN, Fleetwood	Apr 1930 : Letitia	CAN	Church Army
26974	ALEXANDER, Reginald Gordon	1917	ENG, LAN, West Derby	Jan 1928 : Barrabool	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5048	ALLAN, Robert	1914	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
2735	ALLEN, Harry Edward	1898	ENG, LAN	Jul 1908 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
20154	ALLEY, Clara Celia	1894	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
20159	ALLEY, Emma	1891	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
6312	ALLEY, Henry Herbert	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
4706	ALMOND, Elizabeth	1879	ENG, LAN, Newton, Manchester	May 1891 : Oregon	CAN	Boys and Girls Refuge (Manchester)
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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