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Record #16125
Name :
: Alfred JOHNS (1872 - 1912)
  aka : Alf Johns


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 14 Apr 1872

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 5 Jun 1912   Notes : Fracture of Skull / Brain Injury
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Peterborough
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 30 Jun 1890
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Circassian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Alfred Johns: Date: Apr-May-Jun 1872; District: Birmingham; County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 174

In 1890, Alfred Johns, 18, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 141 Barnardo children: 11 to Manitoba, 130 to Ontario, Canada.

Alfred is mentioned in the August 1895 edition of Ups and Downs:

ALF JOHNS

Alfred Johns, who is working at Clarke, also finds solace in the same direction. Here is what Alfred says:--

"Having a few spare moments I seized the opportunity of answering your letter which I received last Tuesday, about subscribing for Ups and Downs. I am very glad you have thought about this. I hope and think it will be a success. I would have subscribed even had it been twice as much . . . I must tell you a little about myself. . . . I am a Sunday school teacher. This is my second year, and I am glad to say that I have now two and sometimes three of Dr. Barnardo's boys in my class. I have hired to Mr. John G___ for eleven dollars a month. This is as much as any Canadian man is getting for wages have gone down round these parts."

May God bless teacher and scholars and may Alfred have much happiness in his labour of love.

On January 11, 1899, at Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Alfred Johns, 26, farmer, born in England, to Joseph Johns and Emma Cornwall; and Mary A. Marshall, 19, born in Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada, to Alexander Marshall and Elizabeth Staples.

At least 5 children were born in this marriage: George Edward Johns, born April 21, 1900, at Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada; Joseph Alexander Johns, born July 31, 1901, at Victoria, Ontario, Canada; Olive May Johns, born December 13, 1910, at Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; Grace Johns, born about 1904; and Wesley Johns, born about 1905.

On June 5, 1912, Alfred Henry Johns, 40, laborer, born in Birmingham, England, to Joseph Johns, died in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, after sustaining a fracture of his skull and an injury to his brain while trying to stop a runaway horse. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-03-20 06:00:42 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-06-19 21:34:47 /

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3058 ABBOTT, Herbert William1893ENG, WAR, Aston, Erdington Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3157 ACTON, Alice1909ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
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5834 ADKINS, Edith May1907ENG, WAR, Alcester Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
8129 AGER, Arthur Charles1915ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
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4640 ALLDRIDGE, Francis1889ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
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3860 ALLEN, Florence Elizabeth1891ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
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6926 ALLSUPP, John1875ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6927 ALLSUPP, Mary Ann1872ENG, WAR Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
8821 AMISON, Alfred1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Aug 1907 : Tunisian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
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8883 ASTLEY, Albert ERNEST1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
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