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Record #3882
Name :
: Herbert EGLINGTON (1900 - 1972)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 26 Mar 1900

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 18 Oct 1972
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Saint John
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 7 Jun 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Mongolian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesIn 1910, Herbert Eglington, 8, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 154 Middlemore children.

Herbert's story is told by his son Ken Eglington (Source: Pier 21 - Canada's Immigration Museum {website}pier21.ca/research/collections/the-story-collection/online-story-collection/british-home-children/):

Herbert Eglington was born in Birmingham, England, March 26, 1900. He was the youngest of 7 children born to Joseph and Sarah Jane (Hill) Eglington. His father, Joseph, died when he was approximately 2 years old. Times must have been hard and in 1910 his mother applied to have him placed in the Middlemore homes for children and sent overseas to live/work on a farm.

A description of Herbert on February 23, 1910 ...School Standard 3rd...Nice bright looking boy, rather ragged.

An entry in the Middlemore Register -1910 23 Feb. Eglington Herbert 10...Father dead, Mother ill health, poisoned leg, getting beyond control, bad neighborhood...to Canada May 24, 1910.

He arrived in Halifax, NS on board the SS Mongolian along with a number of other children, on June 7th, 1910 and went almost immediately to live/work on a farm owned by Albert and Ellen Kierstead of Goshen, Queens Co., NB. Albert and Ellen had applied to the Middlemore Homes for a boy on March 2, 1910 and Herbert was selected. He lived and worked on the farm until he enlisted in WWI, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 257th Battalion on Feb. 1, 1917 in Saint John, NB. His rank was Private, service number 1102558 and his theaters of service were Canada, Britain and France. It is noted that on his enlistment or enrollment application, he gave his birth date as March 15, 1898. He landed in France on 29 March 1917 and on 14 October 1917 his little white lie was found out and he was shipped back to England for disposal as a minor. He served the remainder of the war in England with the Canadian Army Medical Corp. While in England he was able to visit with his natural mother, Sarah Jane, however he embarked Liverpool on 15 December 1918 for Canada on board of SS Northland, never to return. He was given an Honourable Discharge as a private on April 21st, 1919 at Fredericton, NB and received the 'British War Medal' and the 'Victory Medal'. Following the war he settled in New Brunswick and worked for a time as a farmer and woods worker and finally as a 'cook'. Story has it that he used to hire groups of men to go into the woods to cut lumber and on one of these expeditions the cook he had hired did not show up, and in order to keep the group of men happy he was forced into a 'cooking' role. He became very good at his profession and was especially noted for his breads and pastry. It seemed he could cook for 30 men with great ease and this he did for the remainder of his working life, in lumber camps and construction camps, building roads and repairing railways in New Brunswick.

On September 6, 1937 he married Marejorie Rae Kierstead of Goshen, Queen's Co., NB, daughter of Charles and Millicent (Delesdernier) Kierstead, Charles being the younger brother of Albert Kierstead. During the next 9 years, Herbert and Marjorie had 3 children, 2 sons and 1 daughter. Although not having much education himself, he encouraged his family to strive for a good education, as that was the way for the future. He was a very quiet, patient and generous man and rarely spoke negatively of anyone.

He was a 'Home Child' who made good...

Herbert Eglington died October 18, 1972 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Marjorie Rae Kierstead Eglington died at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, Gagetown, New Brunswick, February 26, 2007. They are buried at Grace United Cemetery, Gagetown, New Brunswick. Herbert's stone reads: EGLINGTON, Herbert 1900 - 18 Oct. 1972, Sapper CRT CEF Aged 72. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-13 15:09:54 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-21 19:50:51 /

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