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Record #3710
Name :
: Peter McIntyre SMITH (1897 - 1917)
  aka : Private Smith


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1 Jul 1897

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 30 Jul 1917   Notes : Death Due to Service
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Lanark, Glasgow
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Aldershot
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1911
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Hesperian

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

Agency
: Quarriers
NotesIn 1901, Peter McIntyre Smith, 3 years of age, was residing at 196, Rottenrow, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Other family members included: Maggie Smith, 32; Mary Ann MacIntyre Smith, 1; MacKenzie James Smith, 5; Peter MacIntyre Smith, 39, Newpaper Commercial Clerk; and visitor, Maggie Swan, 12. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Glasgow St David; ED: 18; Line: 15; Year: 1901.)

In 1910, Peter Smith, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 100 children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada. (His brother, James MacKenzie Smith, arrived in 1905, on the Corinthian, with Quarriers.)

In 1911, Peter Smith, 14, is shown as a domestic for Donald Angus Grant and family in Charlotteburg, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as 1897 and his immigration year as 1910.

On January 16, 1917, Peter McIntyre Smith enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces (Service Number: 1090187; Force: Army; Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment); Division: 164th Bn.) He declared that he resided in Lancaster, Ontario, Canada; that he was born in Glasgow, Scotland; that his next of kin was his sister, Mary Smith, of 52, Montgomery St., Eaglesham, Glasgow; that his date of birth was July 1 1897; that his trade was farming; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 4-1/4 inches in height; medium dark complexion; brown eyes; brown hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith. He had distinguishing marks of the tip of his right little finger was smashed.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers states that Peter was previously reported dangerously ill and that he was at the Military Isolation Hospital in Aldershot, Hampshire, England.
Private Peter McIntyre Smith died on July 30, 1917. He is buried in ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Grave Reference: AA. C14).

Find A Grave Memorial# 11994950 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-25 10:52:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-11-05 09:17:35 /

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3147 ADIE, Gregor McGregor1880SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1894 : Buenos Ayrean CAN Quarriers  
5358 AITKEN, Lawrence Gray1909SCT, LKS, Glasgow Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
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10339 ALEXANDER, Beatrice Carlisle1889SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
3917 ALEXANDER, Janet Murray1896SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1906 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
27541 ANDERSON, Alexander1873SCT, LKS, Glasgow 1881 : Manitoban CAN Marchmont Homes   
10486 ANDERSON, Ernest Adolphus1904SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Quarriers  
13168 ANDERSON, George Bennie1901SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
27542 ANDERSON, James1875SCT, LKS, Glasgow 1881 : Manitoban CAN Marchmont Homes   
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2959 ANGUS, Alexander1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
13295 ANGUS, Margaret1893SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
17093 ARMOUR, Andrew 1891SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
17094 ARMOUR, Margaret Fleming1887SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
3641 BAXTER, Agnes1891SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
3642 BAXTER, Elizabeth1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
3640 BAXTER, Esther1893SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
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13155 BLACK, Aitken1895SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
22224 BLACK, Annie1900SCT, LKS, Glasgow May 1888 : Corean CAN Quarriers  
13157 BLACK, Isabella1898SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers tlupinski  
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