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Record #4375
Name :
: Edward Horace WILKINS (1900 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1900

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Kings Norton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 15 Oct 1914
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Missanabie

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
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Agency
: Unknown
NotesA birth registration was found for Edward Horace Wilkins: Year of Registration: 1900; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Kings Norton (To 1912); County: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire; Volume: 6c; Page: 442. (Parents: Edward Wilkins and Amelia Eliza Freeth, married 1900, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England.)

In 1901, Edward H. Wilkins, 8 months of age was residing at the home of his grandfather, John Freeth, 69, porter, at Victoria Terrace, Bell Barn Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England. Other family members included: William Freeth, 15, butchers apprentice; Amelia Wilkins, 22; and Edward Wilkins, 22, butcher journeyman. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2816; Folio: 146; Page: 35.)

[POSSIBLE MATCH] A death registration was found for Edward Wilkins: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879; Year of Registration: 1907; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 28; District: Aston (1837-1924); County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 200.

Family tradition held that Edward's father died young in England leaving a young wife and 5 small children. The two oldest were sent to the Blue Coat School, and a few years later the three youngest were sent to Canada with Middlemore. Edward's mother came to Canada and worked as a domestic in Manitoba then later sent for her two children left in England at the Blue Coat School. They arrived in Montreal where Edward worked chopping ice in the St. Lawrence for a while before heading west to join his mother.

On May 15, 1912, Amelia E. Wilkins, 33, widow, arrived at Quebec, Canada, aboard the ship Scandinavian, en route to Lyleton, Manitoba, Canada, as a domestic.

In 1914, Edward H. Wilkins, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with his sister, Nellie H. Wilkins, 13, en route to Pierson, Manitoba, Canada.

Amelia Eliza Freeth Wilkins married again to William McNish on February 13, 1918, in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-11 20:20:11 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 17:06:53 /

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3274 BRACEY, Arthur T.1883ENG,    , Kings Norton Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
4602 CLAYTON, Prudence1906ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Mar 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
12000 COLMAN, Hilda Frances1914ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
13709 EVERTON, Dorothy1902ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1908 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
10847 GLENCROSS, Bernard1907ENG,    , Kings Norton Jul 1923 : Regina CAN National Childrens Home  
12636 HOBBINS, Polly1901ENG,    , Kings Norton Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
10333 HOLBECHE, Hubert C1913ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1923 : Scythia CAN Middlemore  
9158 MEALING, Cyril H1895ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
8144 REASON, Amelia1915ENG,    , Kings Norton Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
10412 STALLARD, Howard1880ENG,    , Kings Norton Jun 1892 : Circassian CAN Middlemore  
12005 SUMMERS, Roland1911ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
4052 TAYLOR, Harold Chevasse Harborne1898ENG, WOR, Kings Norton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
12362 TYSALL, Florence1890ENG,    , Kings Norton Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
13890 WHITE, Bernard Garfield1887ENG,    , Kings Norton Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
8149 WHITEHOUSE, Howard Wallace1915ENG,    , Kings Norton Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
4375 WILKINS, Edward Horace1900ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Oct 1914 : Missanabie CAN Unknown  
4376 WILKINS, Nellie Harriet1901ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Oct 1914 : Missanabie CAN Unknown  
4614 WRIGHT, Dorothy1902ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4613 WRIGHT, James Daniel1899ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore