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Record #4484
Name :
: Henry Edward GILBROOK (1901 - 1976)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1901

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: Mar 1976
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Hackney, London
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, London, Middlesex
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 3 Aug 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesIn 1901, the Gilbrook family were shown residing at 4 Frances Terrace, North Hackney, London, England. Family members included: John Gillbrook, 34, cigar maker; John Gillbrook, 6; lodger, John Wilson, 45, general labourer; Joseph Gillbrook, 1; Lilly Gillbrook, 3; Mary Gillbrook, 34; Mary Gillbrook, 5; and Violet Gillbrook, 7. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 210; Folio: 139; Page: 11.)

A birth registration was found for Henry Edward Gilbrook: Year of Registration: 1901; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Hackney; County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1b; Page: 445. Parents: John Joannes Leopoldus Gilbrook and Mary Slatter, married August 17, 1890 in Hackney, London, England.

The Gilbrook boys' mother, Mary, died suddenly of Typhoid in London, England, in 1904. A death registration was found for Mary Gilbrook: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865; Year of Registration: 1904; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 39; District: Edmonton; County: Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex; Volume: 3a; Page: 270.

Their father couldn't cope and the children were placed into orphanages. The girls stayed in England, but first the eldest boy was sent to London, Ontario, then the two younger ones were sent, eventually ending up at different locations in Saskatchewan. Sufficient to say all ties were severed.

In 1912, Henry Gilbrook, 10 (along with his brother, Joseph Gilbrook, 13), arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 70 MacPherson children en route to Stratford, Ontario, Canada. (Brother, John Gilbrook, 15, arrived with MacPherson in 1910 on the Virginian.)

Henry Edward Gilbrook married Eva Catherine Smith in Canada. They had three children.

Years later the eldest boy managed to contact the two others and eventually they were all reunited in London, Ontario after many unhappy adventures. They carried their scars all their lives, and although they all eventually married, they all refused to talk about their previous lives to their own families, so there families grew up with no knowledge of where their fathers came from, and were left in limbo when they died.

Henry Edward Gilbrook died in March, 1976, in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Eva Catherine Smith Gilbrook died in September 1998 in Wednesday, Grandbend, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-28 21:22:06 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-24 09:50:44 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3830 DEWBERRY, Henry1896ENG, MDX, Hackney, London Mar 1911 : Dominion CAN National Childrens Home  
3565 GARLEY, James William1896ENG, MDX, Hackney, London May 1908 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
4484 GILBROOK, Henry Edward1901ENG, MDX, Hackney, London Aug 1912 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
4486 GILBROOK, John Frederick Leopold1894ENG, MDX, Hackney, London Jul 1910 : Virginian CAN MacPherson Homes  
2899 SPELLER, Bertram1896ENG, MDX, Hackney, London Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos