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Record #3702

Name :: : Robert Brimble HEADON (1897 - )
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BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : Apr 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Bath

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 11 Aug 1906
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Robert Brimble Headon; Year of Registration: 1897; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Bath; County: Avon, Somerset; Volume: 5c; Page: 536.

(Probable Parents: Caroline Elizabeth Raikes and Walter James Headon, married Bath, Somersetshire, England, 1888. Caroline Elizabeth Headon died in 1909 at the age of 39.)

In 1901, Herbert Headon [Robert Headon], 4 years of age, was shown as a lodger, along with his family, in the home of Elizabeth Haberfield, 37, at 25 Milk Street, Walcot, Bath, Somersetshire, England. Other members of the family included: Archie Headon, 1 month; Caroline Headon, 35; Edward Headon, 8; Maud Headon, 1; Minnie [Amanda] Headon, 11; Olive Headon, 10; Thomas Headon, 12; and Walter Headon, 40, general labourer. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2342; Folio: 134; Page: 13.)

In 1906, Robert Headon, 9, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 379 children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Assuming Walter and Caroline Headon are his parents, other siblings who immigrated would have been: Robert Headon, who also arrived in 1906 with Barnardos on the Dominion; Olive Headon, who arrived in 1902 with Barnardos on the Colonian; and Edward R. Headon, who arrived in 1904 with Barnardos on the Southwark.]

In 1911, Robert Headon, 14, is shown as a domestic with James B. Beamer and family in Pelham, Welland, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as April 1897 and his immigration year as 1906.

[PLEASE NOTE] Also in 1911, Robt Headon, 14, is shown as a lodger with Elmer and Mary Disher of Beamsville, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as April 1897 and his immigration year as 1906.

On September 23, 1914, Robert Brimble Headon enlisted for the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Bristol, England; that his next of kin was Mr. E. O. Disher, who resided in Beamsville, Ontario, Canada; that he was a labourer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 6-3/4 inches in height; fair complexion; grey eyes; light hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith. He had distinguishing marks of 4 vaccination marks on his upper left arm and a scar on his upper right leg.

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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
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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

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