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Record #13178

Name :: : George Benjamin DUNFORD (1875 - 1966)
aka : Benjamin George Dunford,
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 8 Jan 1875
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 1966

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Somerset, Bath

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

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 Mar 1887
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Parisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for George Benjamin Dunford: Year of Registration: 1875; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Bath; County: Avon, Somerset; Volume: 5c; Page: 679. Parents: Maurice Dunford and Puah Collins, married 1871, Bath, Somerset, England.

A death registration was found for Morris Dunford: Year of Registration: 1885; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 53; District: Bath; County: Avon, Somerset; Volume: 5c; Page: 497.

In 1887, Benjamin G Dunford, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 209 Barnardo boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On April 30, 1902, at Russell, Manitoba, Canada, a marriage was registered between Benjamin George Dunford, 26, farmer, born in Bath, England, to Morris Dunford and Sarah Collins; and another home child, Julia Agnes Anderson, 27, born in Sunderland, England, to Charles Anderson and Margaret Greener. Witnesses: James McKay and Mary McKay, Russell, Manitoba, Canada.

Benjamin George and Julia Agnes Anderson Dunford had at least 4 children: Florence "Emily" Dunford, born February 7, 1904, in Russell, Manitoba, Canada; William "Garnet" Dunford, born March 28, 1906, in Russell, Manitoba, Canada; Patricia Dunford, born July 25, 1909, in Manitoba, Canada; and Harold Dunford, born about 1913 in Saskatchewan, Canada.

On March 22, 1916, at Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, Benjamin George Dunford, 29, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he resided at Wroxton, Saskatchewan, Canada; that he was born in Bath, Somerset, England; that his next of kin was his wife, July Dunford, who resided at Wroxton, Saskatchewan, Canada; that his date of birth was January 8, 1877; and that he was a barber. He was described as 5 foot 9 inches in height; dark complexion; blue eyes; black hair. He was a member of the Church of England.

From:

Sturgis History Committee, 2000. Harvest of Memories: Sturgis & district - a century of memories, Sturgis and District History Book Committee, Sturgis, Saskatchewan, viii, 894p.: illus., ports.; 29cm. University of Toronto Library FC 3549 S87H37 2000 c.1 ISBN: 1-894022-56-4

p.343

"DUNFORD, Benjamin George and Julia

They both emigrated to Canada from England in 1886 [sic] and met at Russell, Man. where they were married in 1902. George and Julia moved to Wroxton, Sask. in 1911 where Mr. Dunford was a barber. George served in the First World War overseas with the 188th battalion. He hauled supplies to the front line with a team of mules. They left Wroxton in 1919 and moved to the [Goldbank district north of] Stenen where they farmed until retirement in 1958 when they moved to Sturgis. George and Julia had four children Emily (Lloyd Chase); after Lloyd died, she later married (Clary Jones), Garnet (Eva), Pat (Stan Feader), Harold (Verna). George died in 1966 and Julia in 1975."

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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 27 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
8693	ASH, Reginald Stanley	1904	ENG, , Bath	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
9110	ASHMAN, Adelaide	1879	ENG, , Bath	Aug 1888 : Parisian	CAN	Maria Rye
12338	BODMAN, Ernest J	1885	ENG, , Bath	Jul 1894 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
3332	BURR, Charles Alfred	1897	ENG, SOM, Bath	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
12234	CARTER, Roy	1925	ENG, SOM, Bath	Nov 1932 : Balranald	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4359	CLAPHAM, Albert Ernest	1898	ENG, SOM, Bath	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
4648	DAINTON, Alfred Henry	1877	ENG, SOM, Bath	Jul 1894 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
4646	DAINTON, Charles William	1879	ENG, SOM, Bath	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
4647	DAINTON, Edward	1885	ENG, SOM, Bath	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
4422	DEACON, Emily	1889	ENG, , Bath	May 1897 : State of California	CAN	Waifs & Strays
7203	DENSLEY, Albert	1884	ENG, , Bath	Apr 1895 : Vancouver	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
7217	DOWN, Raymond	1900	ENG, , Bath	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
13178	DUNFORD, George Benjamin	1875	ENG, SOM, Bath	Mar 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
6671	FORD, Kenneth	1913	ENG, , Bath	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
6673	FORD, Victor	1912	ENG, , Bath	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
14640	GARRAWAY, Edwin	1900	ENG, , Bath	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos	627s
10008	GAY, Alice M	1884	ENG, , Bath	Sep 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
3703	HEADON, Amanda Gertrude E.	1890	ENG, , Bath	Apr 1906 : Friesland	CAN	Barnardos
3705	HEADON, Edward Robert	1894	ENG, , Bath	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3704	HEADON, Olive Annie	1891	ENG, , Bath	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
3702	HEADON, Robert Brimble	1897	ENG, , Bath	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10608	MANNING, John	1911	ENG, , Bath	Mar 1924 : Cedric	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
4669	PERRETT, Edgar Frank	1892	ENG, SOM, Bath	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
3559	READ, William Henry	1891	ENG, , Bath	Apr 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
9853	SMITH, John	1910	ENG, , Bath	Sep 1925 : Aurania	CAN	Barnardos
7492	SUMSION, George	1897	ENG, , Bath	Feb 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Unknown
7491	SUMSION, Nellie May	1899	ENG, , Bath	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
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