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Record #16524
Name :
: Samuel COURTS (1911 - 1990)


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1911

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1990
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Northamptonshire, Peterborough
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, Melancthon
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 3 Oct 1920
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Scandinavian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesSamuel Courts was born in 1911, his birth was registered in the October Qtr of that year. Parents: Samuel Courts and Ethel Maude Arthur married 1909 in Oundle, Northamptonshire, England.

On October 3 1920, Samuel Courts, 8, arrived in Canada on SS Scandinavian, his birthplace was given as Lincolnshire. His object in coming to Canada was to do farming. His passage was paid by Dr Barnardos Homes. His destination was Mr J W Hobday, 50-52 Peter St, Toronto. His next of kin was his Grandmother-Mrs Morley, lodge keeper, Horsepool Lodge, ??mington, Peterborough

In 1921, Samuel Courts, 9, was found residing as a ward of Tom and Mary Lakeman in Aspdin, Stisted, Muskoka, Ontario, along with another Barnardo boy Matthew Sharp who also arrived in 1920.

a photo of his headstone can be found on {website}billiongraves.com/pages/record/person/4019169 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-07-28 06:30:31 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-02-15 06:15:17 /

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