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Record #4213
Name :
: Charles Frank WICKINS (1879 - )


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Date of Birth
: Dec 1879

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, St. George, London
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 27 Mar 1892
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Carthaginian

Placement Family
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Charles Frank Wickins: Year of Registration: 1880; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: St George Hanover Square; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1a; Page: 425. (Parents: John Wickins and Elizabeth Walker, married 1872 in Pancras, England.)

In 1881, Charles F. Wickins, 3 years of age, was shown residing at 160 Wellington Blvd., St. George Hanover Square, London, England. Other family members included: visitor, Arabella H. Chapman, 33, ladys maid domestic servant; Eliza Wickins, 8; Elizabeth Wickins, 30; Henry J. Wickins, 3; and John Wickins, 30, upholsterer. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 109; Folio: 75; Page: 23; GSU roll: 1341025.)

A death registration was found for John Wickins: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850; Year of Registration: 1889; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 39; District: St Giles; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1b; Page: 318.

In 1891, Charles F. Wickens, 11 years of age, was shown residing at 65 Marchmont, Bloomsbury, St. George, London, England. Other family members included: Roland J. Wickens, 8; Elizabeth Wickens, 41, widow, dressmaker; Henry J. Wickens, 13, errand boy; William J. Wickens, 6. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 208; Folio 39; Page 7; GSU roll: 6095318.)

In 1892, Charles F. Wickens, 12 (along with brother Roland James Wickens, 9), arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with 303 Barnardo children accompanied by Mr. Owen en route to Toronto, Ontario, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

On December 23, 1904, at Milton, Halton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Charles Frank Wickins, 24, shoemaker, born in London, England, to Henry John Wickens and Elizabeth Walker; and Agnes Landsborough, 19, born in Milton, Halton, Ontario, Canada, to James Landsborough and Margaret Ford.

In 1911, Frank Wickins, 31, shoemaker, was shown residing at Beverly 11, Galt, Waterloo South, Ontario, Canada, along with his wife, Agness Wickins, 26; and daughter, Susan Wickins, 2. His date of birth is shown as December 1880, and his immigration year as 1892.

Agnes Landsborough Wickins died July 29, 1971. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-17 15:06:56 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 17:04:45 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4213 WICKINS, Charles Frank1879ENG, MDX, St. George, London Mar 1892 : Carthaginian CAN Barnardos  
4212 WICKINS, Roland James1882ENG, MDX, St. George, London Mar 1892 : Carthaginian CAN Barnardos