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Record #10248
Name :
: Nicholas McMann THOMPSON (1911 - 1974)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1911

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1974
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Stockton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial, England, Cleveland
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 20 Jun 1924
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Nicholas Mcm Thompson: Year of Registration: 1911; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Stockton; County: Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding; Volume: 10a; Page: 51.

In 1924, Nicholas Thompson, 13, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 78 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario.

Lethbridge Herald
August 5, 1925

"ASSAULTS BARNARDO BOY

PORT HOPE, Ont., Aug 5--Everett Zeeland, a farmer, has been arrested on a charge of assaulting Nicholas Thompson, 14, a Barnardo boy, who was in his employ. The boy is said to have run away from the farm on July 30, but was brought back. He left again Sunday and it is stated that he was assaulted by Zeeland when again apprehended. A representative of the Barnardo Home is coming here to investigate the matter."

Winnipeg Free Press
August 6, 1925

"Alleged Assault on Barnardo Home Boy Leads to Charge

Port Hope, Ontario, Aug. 5 -- Provincial Constable Tom Cousans today laid a charge of assault occasional actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thomson, Barnardo boy, against Everett Zealand, who is being summoned to appear before Magistrate W. A. P. Campbell here on Monday morning. The Barnardo home authorities are taking an active interest in the case."


Toronto Star
August 11, 1925

"FARMER IS FINE $2 FOR STRAPPING BOY

Is Found Guilty of Assault Against a 15-Year-old Barnardo Boy

SAYS NO BLAME

Magistrate Says He Would Have Been Tempted to Strap the Boy

Special to Star Weekly by Staff Reporter

Port Hope, Aug. 11.--Everett Zealand, a Hope township farmer, was found technically guilty by Magistrate Campbell of committing a common assault on Nicholas Thompson, a fifteen-year-old Barnardo boy in his employ. He was fined two dollars and costs with the alternative of one month's imprisonment.

The magistrate agree with the contention of the defense that the evidence did not warrant conviction on the charge as laid, namely assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, and in which contention the crown concurred. The magistrate declared that it was only right that the case should be aired in court. He paid a tribute to the Barnardo Homes as an admirable institution which had the reputation of looking well after their charges.

'Some boys were easier to get along with than others, and some required severe treatment,' he said. 'This boy was not a bad sort on the whole. He has admitted being somewhat untruthful, but has given his evidence in a very frank manner, and on the whole I would fancy he was not such a hard boy to get along with.

'The boy,' continued the court, 'had laid himself open to punishment,' but according to the contract with Barnardo's Home he could not see that Zealand had the right to administer corporate punishment.

'If I were entering into an agreement with the homes for taking a boy, I would want a little more specific power. Some of these boys need punishment, and I think the best punishment for some of them is the strap. I don't blame Zealand one iota for what he did. I think had I been in his place I would have been tempted to do all he did an possibly a little bit more. But legally I don't think he he was justified in doing it.'

In imposing a conviction, the court said that no great harm was done to the boy. In his evidence Zealand denied licking the boy with a pulley belt, but said it was with one play of a leather trace. He said he had no more intention of strapping him for not finishing hoeing the turnips than he had of going to China, but he thought the threat would waken him up."


Winnipeg Free Press
August 11, 1925

"Ontario Farmer Fined for Beating Barnardo Boy

Port Hope, Ont., Aug. 10--Following conviction on a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thompson, a ward of the Barnardo Home, Toronto, Everett Zealand, farmer, of Hope Township, was today in police court fined $2 and costs or one month in jail.

In delivering sentence, Magistrate Campbell said Zeland's [sic] contract with the young Thompson did not imply the right to administer corporal punishment."

On June 18, 1927, Nickolas McM. Thompson, 16, farmhand, returned to England on the ship Minnedosa. His intended residence was to be Dr. Barnardos Homes, 18-26 Stepney Causeway, E.1., London, England. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-11-14 11:22:34 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-05 15:07:08 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
10122 DIAMOND, Bernard1885ENG, DUR, Stockton Jun 1898 : Carthaginian CAN Southwark Catholic Emigration Committee  
3196 LONG, George Armstrong1890ENG, YKS, Stockton Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
9836 MOIR, Albert Edward1891ENG, DUR, Stockton Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
7253 POLLARD, Joseph1916ENG, DUR, Stockton Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Barnardos  
6746 SLATER, Joseph1914ENG, DUR, Stockton Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN National Childrens Home  
10248 THOMPSON, Nicholas McMann1911ENG, YKS, Stockton Jun 1924 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos