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Record #4227

Name :: : William CATER (1878 - )
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Date of Birth: : 2 Jan 1878
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Aston

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 29 Jun 1892
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Circassian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesA birth registration was found for William Cater: Year of Registration: 1878; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Aston (1837-1924); County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 290. (Parents: Albert W. Cater and Sarah Warner.)

In 1881, William Cater, 3 years of age, was shown residing at Watts Street, Aston, Warwickshire, England. Other family members included: Alfred W. Cater, 26, carpenter; Mary M. Cater, 3; Sarah Cater, 30; Theodore W. Cater, 5; Alfred Cater, 3 months; and Thos. Cater, 2. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 3084; Folio: 59; Page: 24; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341736.)

In 1891, William Cater, 13 years of age, is shown residing as a pauper with his brothers, Alfred Cater, 10; and Thomas Cater, 11, at Aston Union Workhouse, Aston, Warwickshire, England. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 2427; Folio 91; Page 10; GSU roll: 6097537.)

In 1892, William Cater, 11 (along with brothers, Thomas Cater, 10, and Alfred Cater, 9), arrived at Quebec, along with a group of 85 children from Middlemore Home in Birmingham, England, en route to Macpherson Home in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. (This is an unusual circumstance for Middlemore children to be placed in Stratford, Ontario.)

In 1901, William Cater, 23, was shown as a servant / farm laborer to Donald and Lizzie Hanning of Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as January 2, 1878, and his immigration year is not shown.

In October of 1905, William's mother, Sarah Cater, and siblings, Beatrice Cater; Harold Cater; and Eva Cater, all arrived in Canada on the Bavarian. The Family settled in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. (EDITORS NOTE: Sarah Warner Cater died in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, on October 16, 1926, of hernia hemiplegia and heart failure.)

In 1911, William Cater, 36, labourer in a moulder shop, was shown residing at the home of his mother, Sarah Cater, 16, at 90 Durham, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. Other family members included Beatrice Cater, 21; Harold Cater, 20; Eva Cater, 14; and lodger, Frank Spancer. 24. His date of birth is shown as January 1875, and his immigration year as 1890.

On June 4, 1919, at Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between William Cater, 41, laborer, born in Fulham, England, to Alfred Cater and Sarah Warner; and Sarah Davies, 39, housekeeper, born in Manchester, England, to Joseph Davies and Emily Ross. His brother, Thomas Cater, was a witness to the marriage.

William's sister, Beatrice Maud Cater, married another home child, Joseph McCandless, in Gueph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, on August 15, 1923.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-20 19:05:06 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-19 19:07:02 /

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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
3155	ACTON, Laura	1892	ENG, WAR, Aston	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
10057	ADIE, Henry	1896	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3423	BALL, Albert Victor	1902	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4038	BALL, Edward	1901	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
10116	BATTLE, George	1889	ENG, , Aston	Sep 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
10460	BELLAMY, Joseph Henry	1910	ENG, , Aston	Sep 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
8512	BERWICK, Elsie Elizabeth	1897	ENG, , Aston	Jun 1902 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
10029	BICKNELL, Fanny	1894	ENG, , Aston	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
9170	BILLINGHAM, William	1895	ENG, , Aston	May 1908 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
12500	BIRCH, Ethel	1894	ENG, WAR, Aston	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12453	BIRCH, Wilfred	1893	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
15209	BOUGHEY, Arthur William	1907	ENG, WAR, Aston	May 1923 : Montcalm	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3697	BROWN, Lucy Leonora	1890	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1903 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
10083	BURNELL, Elsie M	1891	ENG, , Aston	Jun 1903 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
4227	CATER, William	1878	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
15110	COBB, Rose	1891	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1900 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
12523	CONN, Catherine	1863	ENG, , Aston	May 1873 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
4157	CRESSER, Elsie Elizabeth	1898	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
4063	DALE, Daisy	1893	ENG, , Aston	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
4062	DALE, Elsie	1891	ENG, , Aston	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
4061	DALE, Lily	1889	ENG, , Aston	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
4064	DALE, Sydney	1896	ENG, , Aston	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
10182	DOCKER, Ida	1895	ENG, WAR, Aston	Oct 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
7216	DYHOUSE, Florence	1898	ENG, , Aston	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
7215	DYHOUSE, Minnie	1900	ENG, , Aston	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4023	FOLLAND, Albert Victor	1899	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1910 : Mongolian	CAN	Middlemore
9662	GARRISON, Charles Oliver	1899	ENG, , Aston	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4203	GILMORE, Thomas Collins Stanhope	1893	ENG, WAR, Aston	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
12365	GODAN, Jane	1890	ENG, , Aston	Aug 1901 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos	mogwood
9618	GREENHOUSE, Lily	1893	ENG, , Aston	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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