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Record #27661

Name :: : William EDWARDS (1905 - 1973)
Father: : see marriage notes below
Mother: : see marriage notes below

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 11 Jun 1905 Notes : from Salvation Army records
Marriage (1): : 29 Jun 1935 Spouse/Notes : to Gertrude Edna Lavis
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 11 Mar 1973 Notes : on tombstone Winona (Fifty) Cemetery, Wainfleet Township

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, London, Enfield

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, Wentworth, Hamilton / Stoney Creek

buried at Winona (Fifty) Cemetery, Saltfleet Township, Wentworth

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Jul 1914 Notes : ship left Liverpool 26 June 1914
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Empress of Britain
Placement Family: : J. Morrison, Beaverton, Ontario

Homes / Agencys

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

Notes1911 UK Census Clarendon Cottages, Forescue Villas, Gentleman’s Walk, Enfield – Harry age 7 and William Edwards age 5 who came on the Empress of Britain with Ernest Clarke are listed in this home
*Note: Fortescue Villas, 13 and 15 Gentleman's Row
Built in the 1840s on the site of an ancient large timber-framed house (probably c.15) called Fortescue Hall (demolished 1813), from which they derive their name, these two large houses at the turn of the last century housed a school before becoming a children's home.

BHC information
Harry and William Edwards
1914 June 26 Medical performed for Salvation Army on Harry and William Edwards at the Edmonton Union Workhouse, Middlesex – It mentions that some of the children are from Fortescue Villa.
1914 June 26 – ship “Empress of Britain” leaves Liverpool with group of Salvation Army children – Harry Edwards age 11 and William Edwards age 9
1914 July 03 – arrived Quebec on the “Empress of Britain” going to 105 Indian Road, Toronto with the Salvation Army

According to Salvation Army and Boards of Guardians records:
William Edwards
William Edwards – SA records say born 11 June 1905 – 1911 census say age 5 born Edmonton
William Edwards Inspections – started October 1915
1916 February J. Morrison Beaverton, Ontario
1917 March R. Burus Beaverton, Ontario
1918 July R. Burus Beaverton, Ontario
1919 February J. Mabee Tottenham, Simcoe
1919 April J. Mabee Tottenham, Ontario
1920 May J. Tuckey Laurel, Dufferin
1923 January Frank Widner Aylmer, Elgin
1923 August Brown Bros. Beaverton, Ontario
1924 October Works for Tire & Rubber Company 1328 Cannon St., Hamilton, Wentworth
Inspections complete

William’s Marriage Information
1935 June 29 Marriage of William Edwards b Enfield, England age 30, a rubber worker s/o William Edwards and Mary Moles to Gertrude Edna Lavis b Hamilton, Ontario age 28 d/o Arthur Lavis and Gertrude Johnson. Marriage took place in Hamilton, Ontario.

Winona (Fifty) Cemetery, Saltfleet Township, Wentworth - Genweb Cemetery Project
William Edwards 1905 – 1973
Gertrude Edwards 1907-1978

The cemetery records indicate the following: Section D Lot N1/2 90
William Edwards was buried March 14 1973 and Gertrude was buried February 6, 1978

The tombstone reading from OGS says “EDWARDS in loving memory / William / June 11, 1895 / March 11 1973 / Gertrude / April 12, 1907 / February 3 1978”
I believe the transcription of William’s date of birth is wrong. He was born on June 11th but in 1905. All of Gertrude’s information is correct as her birth registration says she was born on 12 April 1907.

Obituary - Hamilton Spectator: 13 March 1973 EDWARDS, William at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital on Sunday, March 11, 1973, William Edwards of 1290 Highway 8, Winona in his 68th year. Beloved husband of Gertrude Edwards, dear father of William of Hamilton, Mrs David Maitland (Lois) of St Catharine's. dear grandfather of Leslie, Kathleen, David and Kimberly. Member of Fifty United Church, Harvester Male Choir and retired employee of Firestone Tire Company. Resting at the Donald V Brown Funeral Home, 36 Lake Ave Dr, Stoney Creek, For service on Wednesday, March 14 at 1:30 pm. Internment Fifty Cemetery

ContributorsCreated : 2018-01-23 02:28:59 / janismccahill

Last Updated : 2018-01-24 22:37:56 / janismccahill

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3035	ABBOTT, Geoffrey Robinson	1898	ENG, MDX, Paddington	Mar 1912 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Sailing Alone
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
27033	ABBOTT, Harry Franz	1917	ENG, MDX, Hendon	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3082	ABEL, Walter John	1869	ENG, MDX, London	Aug 1884 : Sarmatian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
3133	ACLAND, Arthur Edward	1874	ENG, MDX, Holloway	Apr 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
5391	AKERMAN, Martha Rosina	1891	ENG, MDX, St. Giles	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
9843	ALBON, Frank Baldwin	1889	ENG, MDX, Staines	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4649	ALBON, Mildred Margaret	1891	ENG, MDX, Teddington	Jun 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
16328	ALLMAN, Sophia Mary Ann	1875	ENG, MDX, St. George in the East	Jun 1885 : Lake WWnnipeg	CAN	Middlemore
3517	ALLUM, Jessie Maud	1899	ENG, MDX, Hillingdon Heath	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10946	ALLWRIGHT, Bertha Isabella	1869	ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town	Jun 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
10947	ALLWRIGHT, Phoebe	1871	ENG, MDX, Poplar	Jun 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
7528	ALVAREZ, Florence Rebecca	1862	ENG, MDX, Hackney	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
3801	ANSELL, Alan Joseph	1894	ENG, MDX, Whitechapel, London	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3800	APPLEBY, Nelson F.	1910	ENG, MDX, Lewisham, London	Jun 1924 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
2934	ARMINGER, Eleanor Florence	1886	ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town	Mar 1895 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
22113	ATKINS, Valentine	1915	ENG, MDX, Edmonton	May 1931 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
3080	AUBURN, John George	1855	ENG, MDX, London	May 1872 : Varuna	CAN	Shoe Black Brigade
3680	AYRE, Arthur	1896	ENG, MDX, Stoke Newington, London	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3681	AYRE, Elsie	1892	ENG, MDX, Islington, London	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3682	AYRE, Maud	1893	ENG, MDX, Stoke Newington, London	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3687	BAILEY, Emily May	1897	ENG, MDX, Edgeware	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3969	BAKER, Alfred Augustus	1886	ENG, MDX, Whitechapel, London	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
16181	BAKER, Edward George	1909	ENG, MDX, Staines	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
17321	BALE, James Arthur	1896	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1905 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
14741	BALL, Frederick Phillip	1878	ENG, MDX, London	May 1892 : Numidian	CAN	Childrens Aid Society
22014	BAMFORD, George Joseph	1897	ENG, MDX	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
10259	BANKS, Constance	1899	ENG, MDX, Hendon	Aug 1913 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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