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Record #4008
Name :
: Richard Frederick FENNELL (1873 - 1934)


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Date of Birth
: 16 Jan 1873

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1 Jan 1934   Notes : Parkinson's Disease
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, St Johns Wood
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Winnipeg
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 29 Apr 1888
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Vancouver

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Agency
: National Childrens Home
NotesA birth registration was found for Richard Frederick Fennell: Year of Registration: 1873; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Marylebone (1837-1901); County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1a; Page: 600. (Parents: Richard Fennell - a professional cricketer and bat maker at Dark's factory at Lord's - and Catharine Jane Davies. Richard died Marylebone Infirmary of consumption in September, 1876, aged 42, and Catherine died in London in 1879 respectively. Siblings were Catharine Maude, James Henry, Jane, Mary Charlotte and Thomas Alfred.) Richard's brother, Thomas Alfred Fennell, born February 4, 1866, Marylebone, England, was residing at The Children's Home Edgworth, West Bolton, England in the early 1880's. By 1894, he was residing in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada.

In 1881, Richard Fennel, 9 years of age, was shown as an inmate of Children's Home, Edgeworth, Lancashire, England. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 3831; Folio: 23; Page: 15; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341915.)

In 1888, Richard Fennell, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 53 Rev. Dr.Stephenson's children en route to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

In 1891, Richard Fennell, 18, was shown as a domestic / farm laborer to Hunter Walker and family in Amaranth, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada.

In 1901, Richard Fennell, 28, teamster, was shown as a lodger with George T. and Isabela Timnus in Ward 5, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His date of birth is shown as January 10, 1872 and his immigration year as 1891.

Richard Fennel(l) married Mary Ellen (Nellie) Farrell in November, 1901, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Manitoba Registration No. 1901,002637.)

Richard and Mary Ellen Fennell had 9 children: Arthur Fennell; Ellen Fennell; Richard Fennell; Maud Winifred Fennell, born August 12, 1902; Clifford Roy Fennell, born April 27, 1904; Edward Clarence Fennell, born December 24, 1905, in Brant, Manitoba, Canada; Thomas Allen Fennell; born June 4, 1913; Lorne Fennell, born March 23, 1918; and James Albert Fennell, born January 23, 1920.

Richard Frederick Fennell died on January 1, 1934, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 60 years (Manitoba Registration No. 1934-004052). Mary Ellen Fennell died on January 19, 1959, at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 82. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-08-09 16:16:27 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-06-07 08:54:42 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4008 FENNELL, Richard Frederick1873ENG, MDX, St Johns Wood Apr 1888 : Vancouver CAN National Childrens Home