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Record #15923
Name :
: Robert Edmund WESTBY (1908 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1908

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Pancras
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 10 Jun 1921
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Scandinavian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Robert Edmund Westby: Date: Sep 1908; County: London; Volume: 1b; Page: 4. Parents: Napoleon Edmund Westby and Ethel May Plummell, married 1908 in Pancras, London, England.

A death registration was found for Napoleon Westby: Date: Dec 1918; Age: 49; District: Lambeth; County: London; Volume: 1d; Page: 894

In 1921, Robert E. Wesby, 13, arrived in Quebec, Canada, in a group of Barnardo boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He declared that his intended occupation in Canada was farm work; that he was born in London; that he was of the Protestant faith; that he intended to remain permanently in Canada; that his destination was his friend, Mr. J. W. Hobday, 50-52 Peter Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; that his nearest relative in Britain was his friends Lambeth Union. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-01-22 15:46:08 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-22 16:14:19 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
17221 ATTERWILL, Ellen Margaret 1895ENG, LND, Pancras May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
17220 ATTERWILL, Victoria Beatrice Alice1897ENG, LND, Pancras May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
9261 GRIGSON, Peter1927ENG, LND, Pancras Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
11511 HARMAN, Carol1937ENG, LND, Pancras Feb 1950 : Mooltan AUS National Childrens Home  
5566 LANDERYON, Arthur Thomas1896ENG,    , Pancras May 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16856 LESTER, Ronald1916ENG,    , Pancras Apr 1931 : Duchess of Bedford CAN National Childrens Home  
8586 SEVENOAKS, Louisa Jane1858ENG, LND, Pancras Jun 1874 : Prussian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
16207 WEEDON, Richard Gordon1897ENG, LND, Pancras Oct 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
15923 WESTBY, Robert Edmund1908ENG, LND, Pancras Jun 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos