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Record #23817

Name :: : George Robert MOWFORTH (1892 - 1917)
aka : Private Mowforth
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 12 Aug 1892
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 11 Apr 1917 Notes : Killed in Action

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

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Farbus

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Oct 1904
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Southwark
Placement Family: : Fergermon

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Barnardo Homes
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private George Robert Mowforth. Not listed in LAC.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: George Robert Mowforth
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1890
Registration District: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 276

1891 English Census records place the family of Louisa and Robert Mowforth in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. In residence were their children Hannah E (3) and George R (3 months). Robert was a Rulleyman by trade.

1901 English Census records place the family of widowed Louisa Mowforth in Holy Trinity, Yorkshire, England. In residence were children George R (11), John C (8) and Ernest (4). Louisa worked as a Charwoman.

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Geo Mowforth
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Birth Date: abt 1893
Departure Date: 29 Sep 1904
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Quebec, Canada
Ship Name: Southwark
Master: J O Williams
Traveled to Canada with his brother, Ernest Mowforth, although they were not recorded on the same page.

1911 Canadian Census records place George Mowforth as a Labourer in the household of Jennie and John Fergermon in Dereham, Oxford County, Ontario. He was listed as 19 years of age, born in Aug 1891 and having immigrated from England in 1904.

Attestation papers were signed 8 Jan 1916 in Tillsonburg, Ontario. George Robert Mowforth was born 12 Aug 1892 in Hull, England. He was a Labourer by trade, living at Broadway Street in Tillsonburg, Ontario. His Next of Kin was his Mother, Mrs. Louisa Mowforth of Hull, England. 5'6" in height with blue eyes and dark brown hair, he had a cross on the back o his right forearm (Assuming tattoo). His religion was listed as Church of England.

15 Mar 1916 in Oxford, Ontario a marriage between George Robert Mowforth and Edith Elizabeth Ball was recorded. George was born in Hull, England in about 1892, and lists his parents as Louisa Holdsworth and Robert Mowforth.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action in the trenches at Farbus, Nord Pas de Calais, France. His Next of Kin was his widow who had remarried, Mrs. E. E. Preccor of Tillsonburg, Ontario. He was buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus , Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot: II. B. 18.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56183318

ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-27 13:32:51 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-27 13:43:45 /

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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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