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Record #4165

Name :: : Arthur James OCKENDEN (1871 - )
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Date of Birth: : 10 Aug 1871
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

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

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 Mar 1887
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Parisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Arthur James Ockenden: Year of Registration: 1870; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: London City; County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 55.

In 1871, Arthur Ockenden, 8 months of age, was shown residing at 33 Throgmorton Street, St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, England. Other family members included: general servant, Elizabeth Ashby, 20; Betsy Ockenden, 34; George Ockenden, 4; Kate Ockenden, 7; Lucy Ockenden, 8; and Walter Ockenden, 30, housekeeper in charge of offices. (Source: 1871 Census of England; Class: RG10; Piece: 435; Folio: 37; Page: 2; GSU roll: 823356.)

A death registration was found for Betsy Ockenden: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836; Year of Registration: 1875; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 39; District: London City; County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 48.

In 1881, Arthur Ockenden, 10 years of age, is shown residing at "Doct Barnardos Home", Teighmore, Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands, along with his brother, Ernest Ockenden, 9. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 5618; Folio: 7; Page: 7; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342350.)

In 1887, Arthur Ockenden, 16, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 209 Barnardo boys, en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On February 16, 1897, at Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Arthur James Ockenden, 26, baker, born in England to John and Mary Ockenden; and Edith Rosetta Neal, 23, born in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, to George Neal and Hannah Hughes.

In 1901, Arthur Ockendon, 29, baker, was shown residing at Grimsby (Village), Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, along with his wife, Edith Ockendon, 27; and children: Levema Ockendon, 3; and Stanley N. Ockendon, 1. His date of birth is shown as August 10, 1871, and his immigration year as 1891.

In 1911, Arthur Ockenden, 39, engineer in planing(?) mill, was residing at Elizabeth Street, Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, along with his wife, Edith Ockenden, 37; children: Leah Ockenden, 13; Stanley Ockenden, 11; Meldrum Ockenden, 9; Blanche Ockenden; 8; Harold Ockenden, 5; and Robert Ockenden, 2; and widowed mother-in-law, Annie Neal, 73. His date of birth is shown as August 1871 and his immigration year as 1888.

According to his granddaughter, Janice Harris:

Arthur was a dear old gentleman, who died when I was a child, and who is fondly remembered. He would sit on the chesterfield with his high lace-up boots, legs crossed, always sporting a black waistcoat with a pocket watch, joking and teasing. His mother died when he was four, and along with his brothers aged two and eight, he was placed in Barnardos, shortly after her death. Two older sisters, ten and twelve went into service. The father was in ill health, could not cope without his wife, and went back home to HIS widowed father, who also could not cope with the children. Arthur's father died not long after his wife. A kindly neighbour took the children in but could not afford to keep them very long. Evidently she was instrumental in placing the children with Barnardos, where she thought they would be well cared for.

Arthur stayed in contact with his siblings, his other relatives, and the neighbour, for the rest of their lives. I found the neighbour's funeral card among my grandmother's keepsakes. As a young man, in the 1890s Arthur went back to England to visit the family, including his elderly grandfather, and stopped in at two of the Barnardo homes for a chat and to make donations.

Although he obviously held Barnardos in high regard, his seven children seemed unaware of the connection. It wasn't a secret, though, as my mother, who married into the family, told me when I was very young that my grandfather had been a "barrow boy". If he was in Barnardos that could not have been the case, so she probably said "Barnardo Boy". It was not until his youngest daughter mentioned that he sent a yearly donation, and as a girl she was thrilled to be allowed to address the envelopes, that it dawned on me he must have emigrated through Barnardos. He was almost seventeen when he came to Canada, and was the only one of his family to do so. Arthur was sent to Grimsby, Ontario, where he was treated very well by his employers, assimilated into the community, and married into a large, closeknit English family.

Among my most precious possessions are photos of the family in England, including a large one of Arthur at about age two on his mother's knee, surrounded by his older brother and two sisters. Another photo is of his mother's family's cottage in an Essex village. The thatched cottage, hundreds of years old, is still occupied. How fortunate for us that Arthur knew his family, took an interest in them, and wrote (beautifully) on the backs of the photographs.

When I contacted Barnardos in the mid eighties, they sent twelve(!) wonderful photos of the three boys and a nephew, as well as some background information. Since then I've requested and received more, including photocopies of original documents, which were not available previously.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-09 07:54:20 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 15:24:44 /

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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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