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Record #15196

Name :: : Thomas Patrick DOLAN (1903 - 1976)
aka : Tommy
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 3 Feb 1903
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : Jun 1976 Notes : Heart attack

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialWales, Pembrokeshire, Saundersfoot

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Jun 1912
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Corsican
Placement Family: : O'Brien

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Catholic Emigration Association

NotesTommy was a very much loved and only on of John Henry and Ellen Dolan. Sadly Tommys father passed away when Tommy was very young. His mother, Ellen, re-married. John Sumners, by all accounts, was not a good man and did not like the children much. Being of the Catholic faith the three siblings, Beatrice, Thomas and Ellen (Nellie), attended the school according to their faith. John wasn't agreeable to this and removed them and placed them into St Albans school. Ellen, my great grandmother, became increasingly worried for her children and chose to ask Fr Hudson for help. Fr Hudson had Ellen sign papers agreeing to Fr Hudson to do what he could to help Tommy. The girls were needed at home to help their mother. It is not certain whether there was a child born to Ellen and her second husband although my belief is that there was a baby girl named Agnes who was just six months old when she died. May she Rest in Eternal Peace.
Ellen believed that Tommy would be taken 'into care' for a short while but as she wanted him to have a better life she signed the necessary paperwork. The paperwork states that 'The home is clean and well kept'. A fact I am extremely proud to learn considering the family circumstances. Mother and son said their goodbyes just totally unaware of what the future held. It was a while before Ellen heard anything about her beloved son and letters show she was very anxious about not receiving any form of correspondence. Finally she learnt he had been taken to Coleshill boys home. All seemed well for a while and then for some months nothing. Nothing until she let her feelings known and wrote to Fr Hudson demanding to be told of her sons whereabouts. The letter she received was so to the point. Her son had been sent to Canada where he will receive a better chance in life....How Ellen would have reacted to that news will never be known but I do know that her health deteriorated quickly. Ellen was never given any direct address to her son and so had to send and receive any letters to and from Tommy via Fr Hudson. Ellen passed away in 1919 and never saw her son again. Tommy came back to UK in the 30's where he met and married Florence Parsons. They had three children. John, my much loved uncle who sadly lost his battle to cancer, my own mum Ann and their youngest Angela
I managed to obtain any remaining leters, records etc from Fr Hudsons Society and passed them to mum.
I am extremely proud of my Tommy and no-one will ever know how much I miss him still

ContributorsCreated : 2011-09-19 13:19:21 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-08-25 09:26:46 /

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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
3011	ABBOTT, Frederick	1896	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3012	ABBOTT, George	1893	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3058	ABBOTT, Herbert William	1893	ENG, WAR, Aston, Erdington	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3157	ACTON, Alice	1909	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jul 1923 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
3155	ACTON, Laura	1892	ENG, WAR, Aston	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
21189	ADAMS, William	1916	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jan 1927 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8128	ADIE, Dorothy May	1914	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jul 1928 : Newfoundland	CAN	Middlemore
10057	ADIE, Henry	1896	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
5834	ADKINS, Edith May	1907	ENG, WAR, Alcester	Jun 1910 : Mongolian	CAN	Middlemore
8129	AGER, Arthur Charles	1915	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jul 1928 : Newfoundland	CAN	Middlemore
4645	ALLDRIDGE, Arthur	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4640	ALLDRIDGE, Francis	1889	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4644	ALLDRIDGE, Harry	1892	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4639	ALLDRIDGE, John Leonard	1884	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4641	ALLDRIDGE, Ruth Rebecca	1890	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4643	ALLDRIDGE, Violet	1893	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4642	ALLDRIDGE, William Henry	1886	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
3860	ALLEN, Florence Elizabeth	1891	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1902 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
10954	ALLPORT, Daisy Dot	1879	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1890 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
6926	ALLSUPP, John	1875	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
6927	ALLSUPP, Mary Ann	1872	ENG, WAR	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
8821	AMISON, Alfred	1894	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Aug 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
25138	ANKCORN, Dennis George	1925	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
25139	ANKCORN, Emma Dorothy	1922	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4426	ARCHER, Ida Mary	1909	ENG, WAR, Solihull	Jun 1926 : Montclare	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
18623	ASHBY, David Anthony	1900	ENG, WAR, Coles Hill	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
8883	ASTLEY, Albert ERNEST	1894	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
11066	ASTLEY, Emma	1891	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1903 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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