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Record #4425
Name :
: Leonard Percy POPE (1907 - 1994)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1907

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 18 Aug 1994
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Maidstone
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ottawa
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 22 Oct 1921
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Father Hudsons Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for Leonard Percy Pope: Year of Registration: 1907; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Maidstone; County: Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 920. Parents: Percy Norman Pope and Florence Emily Gunton, married September 7, 1895 in Grays Thurrock (Orsett Dist), Essex, England.

Percy Norman Pope died on April 22, 1916, in Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.

In 1921, Leonard Pope, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 61 Catholic children in care of Father Hudson and the Catholic Emigration Association and en route to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

On October 22, 1932, at Ottawa (Ste-Th?r?se-de-l`Enfant-J?sus), Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Leonard Pope, of age, son of Norman Henry Pope and Florence Chamberlin; and Ida Archer (another home child from the Catholic Emigration Association), of age, daughter of Francis Archer and Nora Stalk.

Leonard Percy and Ida Archer Pope had six children.

Leonard Percy Pope died August 18, 1994, aged 87 years, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ida Archer Pope died April 4, 1986, aged 76 years, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-20 19:49:06 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 16:24:24 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
12842 CRUTTENDEN, Florence1883ENG, KEN, Maidstone Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
12841 CRUTTENDEN, Horace1889ENG, KEN, Maidstone Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
11865 EVENDEN, Hannah 1891ENG,    , Maidstone Aug 1908 : Virginian CAN Waifs & Strays  
15579 LIDDLE, John Butterworth1880ENG, KEN, Maidstone Mar 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
3845 PARKER, George Henry1878ENG, KEN, Maidstone Apr 1891 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
4425 POPE, Leonard Percy1907ENG, KEN, Maidstone Oct 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Father Hudsons Homes  
4886 RIPLEY, Norah1912ENG,    , Maidstone Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
10618 SPARROW, George Andrew1914ENG,    , Maidstone Sep 1924 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
15896 SUTTON, Reginald1900ENG, KEN, Maidstone Apr 1914 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
12642 TUFFIELD, Alfred1887ENG,    , Maidstone Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home