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Record #10248

Name :: : Nicholas McMann THOMPSON (1911 - 1974)
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BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1911
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 1974

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Stockton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial, England, Cleveland

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 20 Jun 1924
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Minnedosa
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Nicholas Mcm Thompson: Year of Registration: 1911; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Stockton; County: Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding; Volume: 10a; Page: 51.

In 1924, Nicholas Thompson, 13, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 78 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario.

Lethbridge Herald
August 5, 1925

"ASSAULTS BARNARDO BOY

PORT HOPE, Ont., Aug 5--Everett Zeeland, a farmer, has been arrested on a charge of assaulting Nicholas Thompson, 14, a Barnardo boy, who was in his employ. The boy is said to have run away from the farm on July 30, but was brought back. He left again Sunday and it is stated that he was assaulted by Zeeland when again apprehended. A representative of the Barnardo Home is coming here to investigate the matter."

Winnipeg Free Press
August 6, 1925

"Alleged Assault on Barnardo Home Boy Leads to Charge

Port Hope, Ontario, Aug. 5 -- Provincial Constable Tom Cousans today laid a charge of assault occasional actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thomson, Barnardo boy, against Everett Zealand, who is being summoned to appear before Magistrate W. A. P. Campbell here on Monday morning. The Barnardo home authorities are taking an active interest in the case."

Toronto Star
August 11, 1925

"FARMER IS FINE $2 FOR STRAPPING BOY

Is Found Guilty of Assault Against a 15-Year-old Barnardo Boy

SAYS NO BLAME

Magistrate Says He Would Have Been Tempted to Strap the Boy

Special to Star Weekly by Staff Reporter

Port Hope, Aug. 11.--Everett Zealand, a Hope township farmer, was found technically guilty by Magistrate Campbell of committing a common assault on Nicholas Thompson, a fifteen-year-old Barnardo boy in his employ. He was fined two dollars and costs with the alternative of one month's imprisonment.

The magistrate agree with the contention of the defense that the evidence did not warrant conviction on the charge as laid, namely assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, and in which contention the crown concurred. The magistrate declared that it was only right that the case should be aired in court. He paid a tribute to the Barnardo Homes as an admirable institution which had the reputation of looking well after their charges.

'Some boys were easier to get along with than others, and some required severe treatment,' he said. 'This boy was not a bad sort on the whole. He has admitted being somewhat untruthful, but has given his evidence in a very frank manner, and on the whole I would fancy he was not such a hard boy to get along with.

'The boy,' continued the court, 'had laid himself open to punishment,' but according to the contract with Barnardo's Home he could not see that Zealand had the right to administer corporate punishment.

'If I were entering into an agreement with the homes for taking a boy, I would want a little more specific power. Some of these boys need punishment, and I think the best punishment for some of them is the strap. I don't blame Zealand one iota for what he did. I think had I been in his place I would have been tempted to do all he did an possibly a little bit more. But legally I don't think he he was justified in doing it.'

In imposing a conviction, the court said that no great harm was done to the boy. In his evidence Zealand denied licking the boy with a pulley belt, but said it was with one play of a leather trace. He said he had no more intention of strapping him for not finishing hoeing the turnips than he had of going to China, but he thought the threat would waken him up."

Winnipeg Free Press
August 11, 1925

"Ontario Farmer Fined for Beating Barnardo Boy

Port Hope, Ont., Aug. 10--Following conviction on a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thompson, a ward of the Barnardo Home, Toronto, Everett Zealand, farmer, of Hope Township, was today in police court fined $2 and costs or one month in jail.

In delivering sentence, Magistrate Campbell said Zeland's [sic] contract with the young Thompson did not imply the right to administer corporal punishment."

On June 18, 1927, Nickolas McM. Thompson, 16, farmhand, returned to England on the ship Minnedosa. His intended residence was to be Dr. Barnardos Homes, 18-26 Stepney Causeway, E.1., London, England.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-11-14 11:22:34 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-05 15:07:08 /

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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
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3046	ABBOTT, Lily	1873	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Sep 1883 : Parisian	CAN	Maria Rye
3086	ABRAHAM, Dinah	1889	ENG, YKS, Hull	Jul 1897 : State of California	CAN	Waifs & Strays
3089	ABRAHAMS, Milly Esther	1889	ENG, YKS, Hull	Jul 1897 : State of California	CAN	Waifs & Strays
5397	ADAMSON, Doris	1907	ENG, YKS, Hull	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
6852	AGGAS, Clara	1891	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
6851	AGGAS, Ethel	1889	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
6780	AGGAS, Herbert	1895	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
6854	AGGAS, John William	1893	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
10434	ALLENBY, Edward	1908	ENG, YKS, Kirkbymoorside	Aug 1924 : Doric	CAN	National Childrens Home
3463	ALLINSON, Herbert Arthur	1895	ENG, YKS, Harwood Dale	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3462	ALLINSON, Lancelot	1892	ENG, YKS, Harwood Dale	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	suffolkmawther
4456	ANDERSON, Ethel Rows	1884	ENG, YKS, Normanby	Aug 1890 : Parisian	CAN	Maria Rye
3807	ANDREWS, Vernard Reginald	1897	ENG, YKS, Kingston Upon Hull	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
13294	ANGUS, Agnes Crawford	1892	ENG, YKS, Ecclesall Bierlow	Jul 1905 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
13293	ANGUS, Jennie Anderson	1893	ENG, YKS, Ecclesall Bierlow	Jul 1905 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
5278	ARDINGTON, Thomas	1914	ENG, YKS, Driffield	Mar 1930 : Baltic	CAN	Waifs & Strays
8614	ARGENT, Joseph	1892	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Mar 1909 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home	Lyn 8
23425	ARUNDEL, Eleanor Chapman	1892	ENG, YKS, Swinton, near Rotherham	Jun 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Mrs. Mooney\'s
23426	ARUNDEL, Elsie Mary	1895	ENG, YKS, Doncaster	Jun 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Mrs. Mooney\'s
5754	ASHBURNE, Alfred	1892	ENG, YKS, Dewsbury	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23815	ASHER, Thomas	1889	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
15686	ASHFORD, Alice Carter	1908	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Sep 1924 : Melita	CAN	Barnardos
5361	ATKINSON, Thos	1910	ENG, YKS, Keighley	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
5049	BAKER, David	1914	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
4996	BARNER, John	1916	ENG, YKS, York	Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
4733	BARRACLOUGH, Dorothy D.	1918	ENG, YKS, Leeds	1932 : - Unknown -	AUS	Barnardos
4732	BARRACLOUGH, George Edward	1920	ENG, YKS, Scarborough	Jul 1930 : Balranald	AUS	Barnardos
4103	BARRETT, Maud	1888	ENG, YKS, Skipton	Aug 1901 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
12080	BATTERS, Thomas Edward	1917	ENG, YKS, Halifax	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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