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Record #6408
Name :
: Charles SCALES (1901 - 1980)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1901

Marriage (1)
:   Spouse/Notes : Fanny Marjerie HARGREAVE
Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1980   Notes : Source: geneofun.on.ca
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Edmonton, Enfield
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, Grey, Bentinck

Durham Cemetery, Grey, Road 4, Bentinck Township (Concession 2, Lot 56)
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 29 Jul 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Virginian

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

Agency
: Louisa Birt
NotesBirth certificate of Charles SCALES, registered 4th qtr 1901, 3a 565: GRO 07 Sept 1901 4 Boundary Cottages, Ponders End, Enfield, Edmonton, Middlesex – mother Annie, agricultural labourer; no father listed (MacPherson record 06 February 1901).

In 1891 Annie SCALES, 20, single, and baby daughter Lilian May SCALES, were in Edmonton Workhouse. The 1901 Census – 4 Boundary Cottages, Ponders End, Enfield lists: George MUNNS age 45 (farm labourer), Annie MUNNS age 38, George age 18, James age 13, Lily age 11, Ada age 7, Lizzie age 4 and Ellen age 1. [George had been previously married.]

1910 July 15: Medical performed 4 Torres Street Hackney on children going to the Annie MacPherson House of Industry, 29 Bethnall Green East, including Elizabeth, Ellen and Charles Scales.
1910 July 22: Ship “Virginian” left Liverpool – list of immigrant children from the Annie MacPherson House of Industry, 29 Bethnall Green East going to 51 Avon Street, Stratford, Ontario includes Elizabeth, Ellen and Charles Scales.
1910 July 29: Ship “Virginian” arrives Quebec, Canada.

Oddly, Annie still lists all her children in the 1911 Census:
1911 UK Census (April 1911) – St. James Terrace, Enfield
N.B. Annie is originally listed as single; it is crossed out and changed to widow. She states she had 10 children, 9 living. Deceased is shown as Freddy, born Goat Lane, Ponders End, listed and then crossed out (1893-1893).
Name Relationship/Marital status/Sex/Occupation/Age Birth place
Annie Scales Head Widow Female 40 Edmonton Work House
Lily Scales Daughter Single Female Farm Hand 22 Edmonton Work House
Ada Scales Daughter Single Female Factory Hand Lamp Maker 16 Ponders End
Lizzie Scales Daughter - Female School 14 Boundary Cottage Ponders End
Nelly Scales Daughter - Female School 12 Boundary Cottage Ponders End
Charlie Scales Son - Male School 10 Boundary Cottage Ponders End
Harry Scales* Son - Male - 7 Boundary Cottage Ponders End
Arthur Scales Son - Male - 4 Pickett Lock Edmonton
Florrie Scales Daughter - Female - 2 Bricky Lane Enfield Highway
May Scales Daughter - Female - 0 Vine Cottage Enfield Highway

*Harry Scales (alias Munns) aged 8, b. Edmonton, is also listed as an inmate at Chase Farm School in Edmonton.

1911 Canada Census (June 1911)
Charles Scales, 10, domestic for John Wm EROLES and wife Mary in Dromore Village, Egremont, Grey, Ontario. Emigration year shown as 1909.

1925 November 24 Border Crossing – Canada to USA
Harry and Charles Scales travelling together to Buffalo to visit their sister Lizzie Burns. Charles gives his age as 22, living in Holstein, Ontario – birth place: Enfield, England – arrived at Canada on the “Virginian” in 1913 – he is accompanied by his brother Harry. Harry gives his age as 20, living in Durham, Ontario - birth place: Middlesex, England – arrived at Quebec, Canada on the “Empress of Britain” in July 1914 – he is accompanied by his brother Charles.

1935 June 4
Charles Scales, age 28 b. England, marries Fanny Hargraves in Grey County, Ontario - certificate says Charles is son of George Scales and Elizabeth Munns.

His wife Fanny Marjerie Hargreave (1915-1998, daughter of James Frederick & Mary Esther) is memorialised with him at Durham Cemetery, Bentinck, Grey, Ontario. A likely son is at the same site (Leonard Charles 1940-2014). 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-04-04 13:11:29 / From original database

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