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Record #2803

Name :: : David WALTERS (1878 - 1895)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 30 Dec 1878
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 12 May 1895 Notes : Source: Newspaper article (drowned)

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, New Brunswick, Queensbury

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Jun 1890
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Circassian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesThomas William WALTERS b. 1877, and his sister, Mary Elizabeth WALTERS b. 1881, came from Middlemore and were on the same ship. Their brother, David WALTERS, b. 1878, sailed on the Circassian 12 May 1890. All three WALTERS children were sent to New Brunswick.

David Walters was admitted to Middlemore Homes on November 9, 1889, aged 11 yrs.

A notation on his records dated December 5, 1889, showed that he lived at 8 Court, 6 House, Bishopgate Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. "Father dead, family starving, boy in rags; lodgings paid by sister" (sister of mother, Elizabeth Walters).

The mother of these children, Elizabeth JENKINS WALTERS, was widowed in 1884. Her husband died of tuberculosis and the children believed she was ill also. I looked for her death for years but finally found her marriage to Robert SIMONDS/SIMMONS in 1887 just prior to taking the three children to the home. Her first SIMMONS child was born two days after the Lake Ontario sailed with her two WALTERS children. Her two younger WALTERS daughters remained with her in Birmingham. She had seven SIMMONS children for a total of 12 and lived until 1943 dying at age 85. None of this was known to the children.

David was drowned in the Saint John River on May 12, 1895 (age 16).

Newsclipping undated states:

"David Walters, an English orphan boy, 15 years of age, was drowned in the St. John river at Lower Queensbury yesterday morning. He was playing upon some logs and losing his balance fell into the water and was drowned before help could reach him. The body was recovered a short time afterwards. Deceased was sent out from England by one of the orphan institutions about five years ago and had been living with Alanson McNally at Queensbury ever since. He was a bright and obliging boy and was highly esteemed by his employer."

David was buried in the McNally family graves at Mactaquac Baptist Church, which was flooded when the Mactaquac dam was built in 1967. Some of the graves were moved to the Mactaquac Baptist Cemetery but some remain under water. There is a lovely tombstone in the Mactaquac Cemetery in David's memory.

ContributorsCreated : 2007-07-30 16:25:34 / From original database

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Last Updated : 2011-05-21 16:45:41 /

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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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