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Record #16031

Name :: : Frank Freeman NEWMAN (1894 - 1909)
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BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : Jun 1894
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 29 Jul 1909 Notes : Suicide by self-inflicted gunshot

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Ecclesall Bierlow

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Chatham

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 5 Mar 1907
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: : McKay

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Frank Freeman Newman: Date: Sep 1894; District: Ecclesall Bierlow; County: Yorkshire - West Riding; Volume: 9c; Page: 380.

Added 21 June 2018 by Rootschatter Lyn 8 (source not cited): Born 11th June 1894 at 12 Gifford Rd, son of Harry Wm Newman and Catherine Cosgrove.

In 1907, Frank F. Newman, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 349 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

SUICIDE IN WOODS

Young Englishman Shot Himself Near the Village of Dresden

Dresden, Aug. 7.--An Englishman by the name of Newman, about twenty years of age, was found dead in Allan McKay's woods near here late last night. He had been in the employ of McKay as a farm laborer for some time. Newman is supposed to have been dead for a week and when found a revolver was lying by his side and bullet hole through his left temple.

Chatham News
August 7, 1909

BARNARDO BOY FOUND LYING DEAD IN BUSH

Was Chided For Neglecting Chores While Employer Was Away--Went to Bush and Shot Himself--Body Found After 8 Days

(Special to the News)

Dresden, Aug. 7--The dead body of Frank Freeman Newman was found last night at dark by his employer, Allan McKay, in a small clump of bush at the rear of his farm on concession 9, Chatham township.

The deceased was a Barnardo boy, 15 years old and had been employed by Mr. McKay for over two years. On Wednesday and Thursday of last week while the family were away on excursion, he was left to look after the chores on the farm. On Wednesday he went visiting and neglected his work and was warned by a near neighbor named Hall, Thursday morning that he would report him to his employer on his return. During that day he disappeared.

On Mr. McKay's return nothing much was thought of his disappearance as he had gone away at other times. Eight days later his body was found in the bush, and Dr. Wiley, coroner, notified.

The coroner examined the body and surroundings and found that death had been caused by a bullet wound in the right temple from a revolver which was found lying at the side of the body. It was evidently a clear case of suicide, and an inquest was not considered necessary. As the body was in a bad state of decomposition the coroner ordered it removed and interred at once.

The Daily Phoenix
August 9, 1909

YOUNG BOY SUICIDES

Barnardo Youth Absent for Week Found With Bullet Wound

Chatham, Ont., Aug. 9--The body of Frank Freeman Newman, 15 years old, a Barnardo boy, was found in a clump of trees in the rear of his employer's farm in Chatham township, with a bullet wound in his head. He had been missing for a week. It was clearly a case of suicide.

Chatham News
August 10, 1909

COMMENTS ON SUICIDE

Tragic Death of Barnardo Boy Has Excited Much Discussion

Why 15-year-old Frank Freeman Newman committed suicide out near Dresden proved a most prolific source of speculation over the holiday. The facts, as related exclusively in The News, on Saturday, left room for several hypotheses which were advanced wherever the news of the day is analyzed, bisected and digested.

That the boy fired the fatal bullet because he was left at home is one of the theories advanced. The other is that he felt sore on being chided by a neighbor.

But none of these seem to hit the mark. The fact that he got hold of a revolver and must have had it some time before using it shows that the deed might have been premeditated.

It is quite likely that the boy, as young as he was, was thoroughly tired of life, felt that he was handicapped in the struggle for the good things of this world, and decided to evade a continuation of the unequal struggle.

The story of the suicide created a profound shock throughout the county.

ContributorsCreated : 2012-02-23 10:50:37 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : Lyn 8

, mollipops1

Last Updated : 2018-10-28 07:32:59 /

Family History ResearchersRootsChatters with family connections to Frank Freeman NEWMAN:

Lyn 8

Readers Comments14.07.18 Lyn 8

:
I purchased his birth cert due to his sad life. He seemed to be a mystery and have no real beginnings but a very sad end to his life. Frank was born 11th June 1894 at 12 Gifford Rd, son of Harry Wm Newman and Catherine Cosgrove. Research shows the Freeman name appears to have come down to him via his paternal grandfather.
28.10.18 Lyn 8

:
A Sheffield UK boy

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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