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Record #10160
Name :
: Ernest Augustus ALEXANDER (1892 - 1972)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 28 Oct 1892

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 27 Nov 1972
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Northumberland, Gosforth
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, Garden Hill
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 Jul 1900
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Ernest Augustus Alexander: Year of Registration: 1892; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Castle Ward; County: Northumberland; Volume: 10b; Page: 312. Parents: William Anderson Alexander and Mary Chisholm, married December 5, 1882, in Parish Church, Gosforth, Northumberland, England.

William Anderson Alexander died on December 8, 1896.

Ernest's mother, Mary Dinning, approached Barnardo's for his admission on June 8th, 1899. Ernest's mother had re-married Ernest's step-father, Edward Dinning. At the time of the approach to Barnardo's, Edward Dinning was in prison, having been sentenced to 6 months hard labour for ill-treating Ernest's brother, Thomas.

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children were involved with the family. There were concerns that, when his step-father came out of prison, the presence of Ernest in the household would cause trouble. Ernest's brother, Thomas, had been placed by the Court in the custody of his paternal aunt, Annie Lingwood, a widow. Unfortunately, she was unable to support him and the Court transferred custody of Thomas to Barnardo's when he was admitted in March 1899.

Some family history was recorded when the children came into Barnardo's. Ernest's relatives on both sides were at one time in respectable positions. Ernest's father was a builder's assistant working for his father. Ernest's paternal grandfather had been a builder in good circumstances and well-known in Gateshead, but his business had failed. His son Joseph (Ernest's uncle) was trying to retrieve the family fortunes. All Ernest's paternal aunts were described as highly respectable and were Sunday School teachers and mission workers.

Ernest's maternal grandfather had been a clerk to the Newcastle Corporation and described as a very good man. He had two daughters, Mary and her sister Margaret Chissom (Chisholm). Enest's mother, Mary, had been a bookeeper in a large confectioners in New Bridge Street, Newcastle. She had had a daughter before she married Ernest's father and then had Joseph, Ernest's oldest brother.

Mary was said to have a drink problem. When she approached Barnardo's in June 1899, Mary had another baby girl. Her only income was a grant of 7 shillings a week from the parish. She was far from strong and it was said that she would not be able to work, even if she could get it. It was thought that she would have to go into the workhouse with her children. When Barnardo's offered to admit Ernest some three months after his brother's admission, his mother signed for him to come into care and to be able to go to Canada.

On June 23, 1899, Ernest was moved to Sheppard House, 182 Grove Road, East London, England.

In 1900, Ernest Alexander, 7, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 162 Barnardo boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Due to violent diarrheoa, left in care of hospital in Quebec.

On March 2, 1921, at Hope Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Ernest Augustus Alexander, 27, laborer, born in England to William and Mary Alexander; and Florence Evelin Cann, 20, born in Hope Township to George Cann and Mary Jones.

Ernest Augustus and Florence Evelyn Cann Alexander had at least 3 children: Franklin Ernest Alexander, born September 15, 1921, in Hope Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada; Helen Mary Alexander, born May 12, 1923, in Elizabethville, Ontario, Canada; Loreen Alexander, born June 10, 1931, in Elizabethville, Hope Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Florence Evelyn Cann Alexander died in July, 1980, at Oshawa General Hospital, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Ernest Augustus Alexander died on November 27, 1972, at Garden Hill, Ontario, Canada. Both are buried at Port Hope Union Cemetery, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-11-03 20:01:20 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-11-03 20:57:18 /

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