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Record #16465
Name :
: Walter Frank OGBORN (1906 - )
  aka : Walter Osborne


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1906

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Lewisham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Sep 1921
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
: Routledge
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Walter Frank Ogborn: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1906; District: Lewisham; County: London; Volume: 1d; Page: 1148

"I can confirm Walter's middle name was Frank, and was born in Lewisham in July 1906. By the time of the 1911 census, he was 4 years old and living in Prittlewell, Essex, with his much older sister and brother-in-law (Maud and Richard Watson)." watsonbrown 26.07.15

In 1921, Walter Frank Ogborn, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 134 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He declared that his intended occupation was to do farm work; that he was born in Essex, England; that his passage was paid by Dr. Barnardo's Homes; that he was destined to his friend, Mr. J. W. Hobday, 50-52 Peter Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; that his nearest relation was his sister, Mrs. Watson, C/o Mrs. Brown, 240, Victoria Avenue, Prittlewell, England.

Walter was placed with Fred Routledge Hyde Park, R.1, London, Middlesex, Canada.

A juvenile inspector reported [T-15425]:

OGBORN, Walter F, 15, 1921, Barnardo's, to Middlesex and Haldimand Co. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-07-16 07:24:54 / From original database


Last Updated : 2015-07-27 10:14:21 / alanmack

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
12637 ANGLIS, Philip George1886ENG, LND, Lewisham Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home  
8530 ARCHER, Maud1891ENG,    , Lewisham Aug 1904 : Bavarian CAN Waifs & Strays  
14092 BLACKBURN, George1889ENG, KEN, Lewisham May 1900 : Tunisian CAN Childrens Aid Society  
14093 BLACKBURN, Walter1885ENG,    , Lewisham Apr 1895 : Vancouver CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
4334 BURT, Gerald1902ENG, KEN, Lewisham Jul 1915 : Hesperian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
10213 BUTCHER, Gladys1895ENG,    , Lewisham Aug 1906 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10212 BUTCHER, Irene1897ENG,    , Lewisham Aug 1906 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
11512 HARMAN, Peter J.1939ENG, LND, Lewisham Feb 1950 : Mooltan AUS National Childrens Home  
16465 OGBORN, Walter Frank1906ENG, LND, Lewisham Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos watsonbrown  
6449 SAPSFORD, Bessie1890ENG,    , Lewisham Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
10215 VILLIERS, Jessie1892ENG,    , Lewisham Aug 1906 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10216 VILLIERS, May1891ENG,    , Lewisham Aug 1906 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3576 WARREN, Norman Claude1906ENG, KEN, Lewisham Aug 1921 : Megantic CAN National Childrens Home Romilly  
6388 WILLARD, Hilda1907ENG,    , Lewisham Jun 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
4289 WRIGHT, Hilda Gertrude1898ENG, KEN, Lewisham Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos