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Record #16548

Name :: : William Skell FOOTTIT (1892 - 1941)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 26 Apr 1892
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 5 Dec 1941

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

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

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 1 Jul 1905
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Southwark
Placement Family: : Elliot; Fee

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Mittendorf House, High Road, Epsom, Surrey, England
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesParents: George Barnesly Foottit and Sarah Elizabeth Lee (widow, maiden name Smith), married 1888 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding, England.

A death registration was found for George Barnsley Foottit: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1900; Age: 43; District: Hull; County: Yorkshire East Riding; Volume: 9d; Page: 204

A death registration was found for Sarah Elizabeth Foottit: Date: Apr-May-Jun 1904; Age: 44; District: Hull; County: Yorkshire East Riding; Volume: 9d; Page: 192

On the 13 April 1905 - William Skell Foottit was admitted to Dr. Barnardo's together with his sister Lilian and brother Arthur.

On 15 April 1905 - William was placed at Mittendorf House, High Road, Epsom, Surrey, England on 22 June 1905

William and his brother Arthur sailed with a party of Dr. Barnardos children to Canada aboard the Southwark arriving in Quebec on 1 July 1905.

On 3 July 1905 - William was placed with Mr. George F. Elliot at Millbrook, Ontario (Arthur was also placed in Millbrook with another family)

On 17 November 1906 - Mrs. Elliot died, William went to a Mr. James Fee in the Millbrook area.

On March 29, 1915, at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, William Foottit, 22, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he had been born in Hull, England; that his next of kin was his sister, Lizzie Foottit, who resided at 3 Wharne Street, Hull, England; that his date of birth was April 24, 1892; that he was a farmer; that he was not married; and that he belonged to the 3rd PWC Dragoons Militia. He was described as 5 foot 6 inches in height; fair complexion; grey eyes; dark brown hair. He was a member of the Church of England.

17 March 1916 - William was reported to be a Corporal in B. Squadron of the 8th C.M. Rifles, C.E.F., c/o Allies P.O., London, England

24 March 1917 - Barnardo's heard that William had been taken prisoner in Germany

5 February 1918 - William's address was 113220 4th C.M.R., Block II, Senne Lager, West Phalen, Germany. It was reported that about five months after arrival in France William and his comrades had exhausted their ammunition and were captured by the Germans. He was said to be doing farm work and parcels of food had been sent to him from the Anglican Church at Millbrook.

On December 25, 1919, William Skell Foottit married Sarah Ann Cooper in Hull, Yorkshire East Riding, England. One child was born of this marriage: George Earnest Foottit, born December, 1921, in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, East Riding, England, died August 1997, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

ContributorsCreated : 2012-08-02 15:25:43 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-08-06 22:10:15 /

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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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