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Record #7691
Name :
: Daniel George CLAYTON (1903 - 1949)
  aka : Daniel Claydon, Daniel Cl


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 7 Apr 1903

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 26 Jan 1949   Notes : unknown
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Derbyshire, Derby
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Wayne, Detroit
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 Aug 1913
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
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Agency
: Catholic Emigration Society
NotesMy grandfather, Daniel Clayton (1903-1949) was born in Derby, a city in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the River Derwent and is located in the south of the shire county of Derbyshire. The oral tradition that has been passed down is that Daniel and his siblings were placed in an orphanage after their mother died and their father was unable to take care of them himself. It is clear that Daniel was, in fact, in an orphanage in England. It was in Coleshill, near Birmingham, and was called the St. Edward's Home for Boys, also known as the Father Hudson Home. Research is ongoing to try to find out the exact circumstances under which he came to be there.

What we do know as fact is this: Daniel and his brother, James Claydon (1898-?), were transported aboard the RMS Corsican in 1913 from Liverpool, England to Quebec, Canada as part of the child emigration scheme of the time. They sailed on 20 Aug 1913 and landed in Quebec on 28 Aug 1913. On the ship passenger list, their surname is spelled CLAYDIN, and they are listed among 34 boys labeled the 'Roman Catholic Party' who were sponsored for the voyage from England by the Catholic Emigration Society. From Quebec, they were taken by train to the St. George's Home in Ottawa, Ontario, which was the main receiving and distribution center for Roman Catholic children from about 1895 until the last British Home Children arrived in the early 1930s. The boys were then separated - James being sent to Ellaton, Norfork County, Ontario, and Daniel to the farm of Alex D. St. Louis in Tecumseh, Essex County, Ontario. He was 10 years old.

In Canada, James signed up to serve during WWI in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, and on his attestation paper, he listed his place of birth as Derby, England, and his full name as James Anthony Claydon. He named my grandfather as his next-of-kin. His residence at that time was Ellaton, Norfolk County, Ontario. Daniel seems also to have used the Claydon spelling until about the time he married my grandmother, then started using Clayton.

The family story goes that the farmer to whom Daniel was sent was abusive to Daniel, and that he was, for all intents and purposes, slave labor. Daniel ran away from this farm at age 15, snuck into the U.S. and was an illegal immigrant here.

This story lines up perfectly with what little my father's family knew about his father. Daniel could speak French, according to family members. He had some papers written in French in his wallet at the time of his death. Tecumseh is an area of Ontario with a large French-speaking population. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-05-03 17:46:57 / From original database

Last Updated : 2016-04-30 14:46:36 /

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5393 AULT, Ada May1882ENG, DBY, Derby May 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
5392 AULT, Alice1884ENG, DBY, Derby May 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
11010 BILL, Arthur1910ENG, DBY, Derby Sep 1922 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
14654 BROWNSWORD, Caroline1900ENG, DBY, Derby Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
7692 CLAYDON, James Anthony1898ENG, DBY, Derby Aug 1913 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society wetipquin , Janibou  
7691 CLAYTON, Daniel George1903ENG, DBY, Derby Aug 1913 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society wetipquin , Janibou  
10253 DALBY, Matthew1892ENG, DBY, Derby Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
13060 DICKENSON, Arthur W1909ENG, DBY, Derby Jun 1925 : Andania CAN Middlemore  
13061 DICKENSON, Thomas1913ENG, DBY, Derby Jun 1925 : Andania CAN Middlemore  
12731 FELSTEAD, Cyril1899ENG, DBY, Derby May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
5327 FURNESS, Kenneth1913ENG, DBY, Derby Aug 1930 : Duchess of York CAN Salvation Army  
10328 GOODCHILD, Thomas Arthur1908ENG, DBY, Derby May 1922 : Montcalm CAN Middlemore  
3865 GRANT, Mabel 1874ENG, DBY, Derby May 1889 : Buenos Ayrean CAN Blaikies (Mrs.) Emigration Home  
8931 HANSON, William 1915ENG, DBY, Derby Apr 1931 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
8291 JONES, Albert1912ENG, DBY, Derby Apr 1928 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
4475 LITTLER, John Philip1911ENG, DBY, Derby Jun 1929 : Laurentic CAN Salvation Army  
22208 O'CALLAGHAN, Jeremiah1886ENG, DBY, Derby Jun 1900 : Parisian  Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
2815 PICK, Edwin1868ENG, DBY, Derby Apr 1885 : Sardinian CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
9517 SEVERN, George William1898ENG, DBY, Derby Sep 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
7925 WILLEMAN, Thomas B1913ENG, DBY, Derby Mar 1930 : Baltic CAN Sasketchewan Government Party  
2817 WOODWARD, Henry1870ENG, DBY, Derby Apr 1885 : Sardinian CAN Bristol Emigration Society