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Record #9216
Name :
: Algernon Percy GREGG (1890 - 1990)
  aka : Percy Gregg


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 27 Jul 1890

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 30 Mar 1990
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Clapham

Hanover Gardens
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 20 Jul 1901
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Numidian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Algernon Percy Gregg: Year of Registration: 1890; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Lambeth; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 481. Parents: Harry Gregg and Elizabeth Sophia Bloodworth, married 1874 in Lambeth, London, England.

A death registration was found for Elizabeth Sophia Gregg: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853; Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 41; District: Lambeth; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 262.

Percy Gregg, sister, Jessie Gregg, and brother, Ernest Gregg, were admitted to Norwood School, Lambeth Union, on August 12, 1897. Both of their parents were dead. An older sister Lily was residing at the "Lord High Admiral", Vauxhall Bidge Road, and a brother, Horatio Gregg, was residing at 33 Plantagenet Street, Cardiff (he came to visit his remaining siblings on May 29, 1901.)

Jessie D. Gregg was discharged to Barnardos Home in 1900. Ernest was enlisted in the Band of the 3rd Battalion, Kings Own, Pontefract, on March 9, 1900.

Percy was discharged to Barnardo Home on June 12, 1901.In 1901,

Percy Gregg, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a large group of Barnardo children: 239 to Toronto, Ontario; 68 to Winnipeg, Manitoba; 20 to Russell, Manitoba; and 3 to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.


March 2 1903, with John P Parsons, farmer, Barnsley, Manitoba,

Age 12, good farm home, employed at chores, good health, attends church at intervals, had three months schooling last year and is at school now, character honest but untruthful, cannot be depended upon what he is told without constant watching. Terms-Five years indenture from 1st December 1901 to 1st April 1906 at $10, $20, $30 and $40 per annum respectively. The boy was at school when I called, and I drove there and saw him, an intelligent, smart looking lad-is fairly well clad, but complains of ill treatment from Mrs Parsons. My impression is that Mrs Parsons is perhaps too severe with the lad, who is very young. He has a sister with a farmer about four miles off whom he has not seen for a year, he says, though he has asked leave to go. Mrs Parsons states that he is not a vicious boy, and certainly he does not look like one. Her sole complaint is his pretending to have done things he has been told to do, and acts of carelessness whereby some of their animals have suffered.

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On June 5, 1916, at Levell, Manitoba, Canada, Percy Gregg, 24, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in London, England; that his next of kind was his sister, Mrs. W. L. Cook, who resided at 258 Inkster Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; that he was born on June 25, 1891; that he was a car conductor; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 11 inches in height; fresh complexion; blue eyes; dark hair. He was a member of the Baptist faith.

Percy Gregg was employed by the Winnipeg Electric Company for 43 years, retiring in 1955.

Percy Gregg married Margaret on June 16, 1923, in Horton, Manitoba, Canada. They resided in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada all of their married life. The couple had at least 3 children: Nancy Gregg; Betty Gregg; and Kenneth Gregg.

Algernon Percy Gregg died at the age of 99 in St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on March 30, 1990. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-08-07 21:13:39 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-04-17 07:57:12 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16550 ALDRIDGE, Ada Florence1900ENG, LND, Clapham Jul 1911 : Sicilian  Barnardos Niksmum  
4667 CLAPHAM, Robert J.1914ENG, LND, Clapham Mar 1924 : Cedric CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
9216 GREGG, Algernon Percy1890ENG, LND, Clapham Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
6740 NEWTON, Leonard1910ENG,    , Clapham Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN National Childrens Home