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Record #4623
Name :
: Thomas WAPSHAW (1901 - )


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Date of Birth
: Jun 1901

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 May 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Thomas Wapshaw: Year of Registration: 1901; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: West Derby; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 283. Parents: William John Wapshaw and Mary Eliza Watts, married 1886 in West Derby, Lancashire, England.

In 1901, the family was shown residing at 58 Arthur Street, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England. Family members included: Mary Wapshaw, 31; Ruth Wapshaw, 11; James Wapshaw, 8; Margery Wapshaw, 4; Harry Wapshaw, 1; and boarder, Thomas Watt, 49. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 3452; Folio: 77; Page: 26.)

[EDITORS NOTE: Another child, William Wapshaw, 13, was shown as a boy under detention at Boys Industrial School, Sunderland, Lancashire, England. William George Wapshaw went on to serve in World War I in the Border Regiment, 2nd Battalion (service number 34051, where he was killed in action at Aldershot. He was awarded the Victory medal posthumously. No one claimed his medal.]

In 1909, Thomas Wapshaw, 7, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 161 Barnardo boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (His sister, Marjorie Wapshaw, 11, arrived at Halifax in a group of 244 Barnardo girls; and his brother Harry Wapshaw, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, on the ship Tunsian, in a group of 95 Barnardo boys.)

In 1911, Thomas Wapshaw, 9, is shown as a domestic for William H. and Eleanore Finklin in Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 1902 and his immigration year as 1909.

In May 1947, the St. Thomas Times-Journal of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, reported that Thomas Capshaw and wife had a daughter. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-09 16:57:24 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 16:37:57 /

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