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Record #4648

Name :: : Alfred Henry DAINTON (1877 - 1975)
aka : Alfred Dainton
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 16 Dec 1877
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 28 Mar 1975

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Somerset, Bath

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Burnaby

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Jul 1894
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sardinian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesAlfred Dainton's father, Alfred Henry Dainton ("Harry"), was originally from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire. He moved to Bath, Somerset where he met a local Bath girl, Hannah Rachel Hardick. Hannah was still living with her parents, who were at 66 Avon Street, in 1871 and working as a nurse girl. She married Alfred Henry "Harry" Dainton from Limpley Stoke, (a few miles south of Bath), on the 17th May 1877 in Bath in the presence of John and Amelia Cowley. Presumably Harry and Hannah met as Harry was in the family trade, another mason.

They had moved by the time the 1891 census was taken, but only a few yards to a cottage in the rear of 21 Milk Street which was a street which ran parallel to Avon Street. Hannah did not have an occupation at that time, according to the census.

It was not a happy marriage. Hannah had been seeing another man and she used to flirt a great deal with many men. Hannah was also found in bed with another woman. She was a well known drunk to the police and pawned the childrens clothes to get gin or beer. Her own father testified at her murder trial that "She was no good." Harry was a violent man and beat Hannah one night after finding her in bed with another woman.

Harry drowned his wife in the River Avon near Green Park about a quarter of a mile from her home on the 8th September 1891 when aged just 35, after a violent row and heavy drinking. Hannah was buried in the dissenters section of Locksbrook cemetery. An inquest was held on the 11th September and the cause of death was given as 'Drowning in the River Avon on Tuesday 8th September 1891. Wilful Murder against Henry Dainton'.

Harry had only been released from gaol five days before after being sentenced for beating Hannah and only five months previous to that had been before the magistrates for a similar offence, apparently the third or fourth time that this had occurred. Harry was tried for murder at Wells Assizes on Tuesday the 24th November 1891. The jury took 12 minutes to reach the verdict without even leaving the court and he was found guilty after a trial lasting a whole day. Not surprising as both the coroner at the inquest and the judge at the assize virtually told the juries what the verdict should be.

Three weeks later Harry was hanged by James Billington on Tuesday 15th December 1891. Most of the evidence was circumstantial so it is possible that the death was an accident as no one, except probably Harry, actually saw Hannah die.

The other family members were also poor and living in single rooms. Harry's family were living in Bradford-on-Avon and seem to have turned their back on him. It is interesting to note that his father-in-law spoke up for him at his trial.

Alfred "Harry" Henry Dainton signed his name to several pre-trial documents, which were used at his trial. Harry could both read and write as he was a skilled stone mason and not a general labourer.

They had six children. Alfred Henry Dainton was born on the 16th December 1877, almost exactly seven months after his parents married. He was working for Mr Pratley, a fishmonger in Southgate Street, in 1891 and saw his father shortly after his mother died and gave evidence at the trial. Because of this he was bullied by other boys and Mr Pratley adopted him and later on he was sent to Canada and was living at Wallaceburg in July 1894.

Charles William Dainton, "Charlie", was born 2 years later on the 1st November 1879 and the third son, George Thomas followed in 1881, probably after the census in March.

Then followed the first girl - Elizabeth who was born in the second quarter of 1884 and was living at the Blind, Deaf and Dumb School, 8 & 9 Walcot Street, Bath in 1891. The census entry says that she was blind from childhood, (at that time she was age 7). The matron of the school was Juliet Peebles Harrison, age 45, from Suffolk and there were 2 governesses - Fanny M New, 30, from Langley, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire; and Mary Ann Hawkes, 33, from Stamford Hill, Middlesex. There was also a cook, parlour maid, house maid and an organist / teacher in residence. In all there were 28 inmates of both sexes aged from 7 to 20. Elizabeth died in the winter of 1894, probably still living at the school.

The last two children were Edward in 1885 and Ellen who was only 3 when made an orphan. Ellen ended up in Mullers Orphanage, Ashley Down, Horsfield, Bristol, possibly being sent there just after her parents died.

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3799	APPLEBY, Nelson Frank G.	1898	ENG, SOM, Ditcheat	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5501	BABB, Frederick	1896	ENG, SOM, Axbridge	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
13052	BAKER, Ernest	1897	ENG, SOM, Weston Super Mare	Apr 1913 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
21265	BATTLE, Reginald	1918	ENG, SOM, Clutton, Harptree	Jun 1929 : Berrima	AUS	Barnardos
16183	BISHOP, Arthur Tom	1874	ENG, SOM, Compton Bishop	Jun 1886 : Lake Superior	CAN	Barnardos
16224	BRINE, Blanch	1899	ENG, SOM, Street	Oct 1911 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
16225	BRINE, Maud	1896	ENG, SOM, Wells	Oct 1911 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
3332	BURR, Charles Alfred	1897	ENG, SOM, Bath	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
8223	BURTON, Edward	1915	ENG, SOM	Sep 1928 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
13447	BUSH, Frank	1870	ENG, SOM, Bedminster	Apr 1886 : Dominion	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
5595	CANNOCK, Lilian Rhoda	1880	ENG, SOM, Bedminster	Apr 1884 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
12234	CARTER, Roy	1925	ENG, SOM, Bath	Nov 1932 : Balranald	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
9994	CHAPPLE, Hilda	1897	ENG, SOM, Langport	May 1913 : Virginian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
21665	CHINNOCK, Dorothy	1910	ENG, SOM	Jul 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
21666	CHINNOCK, Walter George	1913	ENG, SOM, Shepton Mallett	Jun 1924 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
4359	CLAPHAM, Albert Ernest	1898	ENG, SOM, Bath	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
7343	CLARE, Graham	1890	ENG, SOM, Clutton	Apr 1900 : Cambroman	CAN	Barnardos
25309	COSTICK, Patrick James	1927	ENG, SOM, Williton, Luxborough	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
8516	CRANDON, Gilbert	1890	ENG, SOM, Chard	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9980	CRIDDLE, Richard	1886	ENG, SOM, Bedminster	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
12036	CROSSMAN, Leslie R E	1912	ENG, SOM, Wells	Jan 1927 : Ballarat	AUS	Barnardos
4648	DAINTON, Alfred Henry	1877	ENG, SOM, Bath	Jul 1894 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
4646	DAINTON, Charles William	1879	ENG, SOM, Bath	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
4647	DAINTON, Edward	1885	ENG, SOM, Bath	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
13178	DUNFORD, George Benjamin	1875	ENG, SOM, Bath	Mar 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
9949	EDGELL, Walter	1896	ENG, SOM, Frome	Jun 1912 : Victorian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
10162	FENNER, Reginald Victor	1908	ENG, SOM, Langport	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
7210	FRENCH, Amelia J	1873	ENG, SOM, Frome	Oct 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
4532	GILBERT, Agnes Mary	1895	ENG, SOM, Bawdrip	Jun 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
24810	GREENWAY, Grace	1885	ENG, SOM, Bedminster	Sep 1894 : Numidian	CAN		CarolynJacob
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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