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Record #5404

Name :: : Peter Albert John ANSELL (1928 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 30 Mar 1928 Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Oxfordshire, Banbury

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 14 Nov 1938
Country: : Australia
Ship: : Themistocles
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Fairbridge Homes

NotesA birth registration was found for Peter A J Ansell: Mother's Maiden Surname: Chilton; Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1928; Registration district: Banbury; Registration county: Northamptonshire; Volume Number: 3a; Page Number: 1856. Parents: William C. Ansell and Ellen (or Elsie) E. R. Chilton, married 1915, Banbury, Warwickshire, England.

At 10 years of age in 1938, 6 years after the death of his mother, Peter Ansell was on a ship with his 12-year-old brother Maurice, heading for the opposite side of the world to Fremantle, Australia, in a group of 26 Fairbridge children as a part of the promise of a better land to disadvantaged British youngsters.

The journey was arranged by his father who felt life was more promising for his two young sons away from the demands of his big family.

Peter did make his life work in the new country but at the sacrifice of knowing where his family was or whether they were still alive. He worked at Jarrahwood from 1976 until its closure prior to 1983 when he moved to become forest products yard supervisor for Bunnings at the Nannup Mill near Manjimup.

Peter spent 8 years at Fairbridge farm school until 1946 when he moved to Margaret River.

He tried to find his family in 1950 when he married, but came up against a dead end. He and his wife, Margaret, had a son they named Tim.

There were snippets of information over the years but nothing which could lead Peter to his family.

Peter's sister in Britain had heard that Peter had been living in Margaret River so she got the international operator to check the Ansell name in the phone book for the southwest of the state. At 4 a.m., the first number she rang was Peters.

Peter and his brother, Maurice, suddenly found that they had a greatly expanded family. Two sisters living in the English countryside of Dorset, two brothers in Banbury and another brother in Cheshire.

In 1984, after 40 years, Peter and his wife Maureen, as well as Maurice, made the trip back to Britain.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-02 11:36:16 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2015-07-24 14:56:24 / alanmack

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 28 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
20306	ALCOCK, Daniel	1877	ENG, OXF, Sibford Gower	Mar 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
27035	ALDER, John Harkis	1914	ENG, OXF	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5413	ANSELL, Maurice George	1926	ENG, OXF, Banbury	Nov 1938 : Themistocles	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5404	ANSELL, Peter Albert John	1928	ENG, OXF, Banbury	Nov 1938 : Themistocles	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4503	BANFIELD, Frederick William	1921	ENG, OXF, Kiddington, Streatley	Jul 1937 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
3925	BICKERSTAFF, Agnes Louise	1858	ENG, OXF, Thame	Aug 1872 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
26427	BLOOMFIELD, Herbert	1904	ENG, OXF, Woodstock	Jul 1913 : Belgic	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
12085	BROOM, Henry John	1917	ENG, OXF, Woodstock	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
12140	BUSH, Ruby Mary	1917	ENG, OXF, Barnet	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4492	CLINKARD, Harold Herbert George	1894	ENG, OXF, Littlemore	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Labourers & Domestics	Woodsblack
26866	COLEMAN, Dorothy Jean	1925	ENG, OXF, Banbury	Nov 1932 : Balranald	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4005	COX, Alice	1907	ENG, OXF, Headington	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
4006	COX, Frederick Arthur	1908	ENG, OXF, Headington	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
24800	GREEN, Ernest	1888	ENG, OXF, Banbury, Sibford Gower	Sep 1898 : Dominion	CAN	Dr Barnados	richardgreen1908
9943	HOARE, Cyril	1895	ENG, OXF	May 1908 : Virginian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
2801	PAINTER, Alfred John	1881	ENG, OXF, Dunsden	Jul 1894 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
2804	PAINTER, Thomas	1883	ENG, OXF, Dunsden	Jul 1894 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
10869	PHRIPP, Albert Edward	1892	ENG, OXF, Woodstock	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
10871	PHRIPP, Frank	1890	ENG, OXF, Woodstock	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
23436	QUINNEY, George Henry	1884	ENG, OXF, Banbury	1903 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown
2983	SALTER, Annie	1894	ENG, OXF, Banbury	May 1911 : Victorian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
2982	SALTER, Emma Maria	1897	ENG, OXF, Oxford	May 1911 : Victorian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
26838	SHEPHERD, Stanley	1923	ENG, OXF, Headington	May 1934 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
23324	STYLES, James William	1898	ENG, OXF, Eynsham	Jun 1913 : Corsican	CAN	Waifs & Strays
10532	THORNETT, Frederick	1911	ENG, OXF	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
2664	WILKINSON, Albert Thomas	1891	ENG, OXF, Abingdon	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26444	WILLIS, Ernest Charles Donald	1904	ENG, OXF, Oxford	Jul 1913 : Belgic	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
23170	WINSON, Sidney James	1894	ENG, OXF, Henley on Thames	Jun 1907 : Victorian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 28 Entries

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