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Record #12505

Name :: : Stanley SARSON (1895 - 1916)
aka : S. Sarson, Private Sarson
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 10 Nov 1895
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 18 Nov 1916 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Eastbourne

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 12 Aug 1905
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: : Grainger

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Barnardo Homes
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Stanley Sarson.

A birth record of a Stanley Sarson was registered in Jan Qtr of 1896 in Eastbourne.
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Stanley Sarson
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1896
Registration District: Eastbourne
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 73

1901 English Census record for the household of Sarah Moore. Possible match, although image does say Tarson as surname - Sarah E Moore, 56, and children Ellen S, 23, Edwin J, 40, stepson, and boarders Alice Hartfield, 11, Stanley Tarson, 5, in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: SARSON
Given Name: S.
Age: 9
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1905
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1905-08-03
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1905-08-12
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario
Comments: 433 children, males to Toronto and Winnipeg and the females to Peterborough. There were nine adults on the end of the list who were travelling with the group. Frederick Franks, a boy aged 7, was listed as going to Peterborough.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-485
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

In 1911 Canadian Census records for William Grainger, 32, wife Alice J, 26, and children Grace, 6, Florence, 4, Blanche, 3, Iva M, 1, and mother Margaret Grainger, 53, widow, and Stanley Sarson, 15, hired boy, in Portage La Prairie, Gosfield, Essex, Ontario. Stanley was born in Feb of 1896 and immigrated from England in 1905.

Attestation papers were signed on 17 Jan 1916 in Kingston, Ontario. Stanley Sarson's birth date was stated as 10 Nov 1895 in Hastings, England. He gave his Next of Kin as his Aunt, Mrs Rose Sarson of Hastings, England. He was a farmer from Kingston Ontario at the time. 5'8" in height with blue eyes and light coloured hair. His religion was listed as Church of England.

On 18 Nov 1916, Stanley Sarson was reported as Killed in Action while fighting for the Canadian Army, he is remembered on the Vimy Memorial.
Commonwealth War Graves Registers confirms he was killed in the area of Somme, Picardie, France. A Vimy Memorial form was sent to Miss Gertrude Sarson, his Aunt, of 13 Alfrey Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England on 17 Sep 1936.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56683288

ContributorsCreated : 2010-07-24 07:00:54 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-11-30 09:01:16 /

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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 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3057	ABBOTT, Harold Lancelot	1895	ENG, SSX, Steyning	Jul 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
21088	ADAMS, Percy Robert	1884	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
8059	ADAMS, Sophia Elizabeth	1847	ENG, SSX, Hurstpierpoint	Jun 1869 : Austrian	CAN	Maria Rye
16636	ALABASTER, George William	1877	ENG, SSX, Chichester	May 1890 : Parisian	CAN	Rev. William J. Pady
2851	ALCE, William Henry	1894	ENG, SSX, Seaford	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
9623	ALDRICH, Francis Vincent	1900	ENG, SSX, Brighton	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
10218	ALEXANDER, Edward Bubbings	1901	ENG, SSX, Rye	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10417	ALEXANDER, Kevin Ernest	1909	ENG, SSX, Littlehampton	May 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Father Hudsons Homes
25137	ANDREWS, Herbert George	1912	ENG, SSX	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
19225	BACKSHALL, Charles Albert Edward	1903	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16427	BANKS, Harry	1915	ENG, SSX, New Haven	Jul 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
16392	BANKS, Hilda Pearl	1909	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
16391	BANKS, Ivy Melisa	1917	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
4077	BARBER, Walter	1887	ENG, SSX, Camberwell	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
8684	BARRINGER, Frank	1895	ENG, SSX, Lewes	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	Shanley
11076	BATHE, Harry	1889	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4317	BEATEY, James Henry	1873	ENG, SSX, Steyning	1888 : - Unknown -	CAN	Washwell House
16688	BLUNT, Albert	1882	ENG, SSX, Eastborne	Mar 1892 : Carthaginian	CAN	Barnardos
22125	BONE, Peter Knowles	1913	ENG, SSX, Eastbourne	May 1931 : Westernland	CAN	National Association of Boys\' Clubs
3481	BOUGH, Arthur	1896	ENG, SSX, Steyning	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
27021	BREACH, Godfrey James	1913	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Mar 1926 : Berrima	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
8737	BRENTON, Charles L.	1911	ENG, SSX, Hailsham	Apr 1928 : Andania	CAN	Waifs & Strays
5511	BROOKMAN, Michael John. D.	1930	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Aug 1939 : Orama	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
26272	BROWN, Horace	1920	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3330	BRUNGER, Ada Zora	1899	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1912 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
3329	BRUNGER, Charles Edward	1896	ENG, SSX, Hastings	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
4247	BUDDLE, Adelaide Jane	1887	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Sep 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
10661	BURRAGE, Arthur	1899	ENG, SSX, Horsham	Jul 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
4718	CARNOHAN, Percy Bell	1897	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
3497	CHARMAN, George Frewin	1896	ENG, SSX, Horsham	Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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