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Record #3613
Name :
: John Peter KINGHORN (1892 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1892 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Strichen
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 8 May 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corinthian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesIn 1901, Peter Kinghorn, 9 years of age, and his brother, Allan Kinghorn, 4 years of age, were shown as inmates in Leith Poorhouse, 172 Great Junction St, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Leith; ED: Leith Poorhouse; Line: 14; Year: 1901.) Their brother, William Kinghorn, 10 years of age, was residing with his grandmother, Ann Mathers, 63, domestic servant, at High Street, Strichen, Aberdeenshire, England. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Strichen; ED: 2; Line: 13; Year: 1901.) Sisters, Margaret Kinghorn, 7 years of age, and Ann Kinghorn, 2 years of age, were shown as inmates in Leith Poorhouse, 172 Great Junction St, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. (Parish: Leith; ED: Leith Poorhouse; Line: 9; Year: 1901.)

In 1905, Peter Kinghorn, 13 (along with his brother, William Kinghorn, 14) arrived in Quebec, Canada, with a group of 102 children and 3 adults, most of whom were en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada, accompanied by Mr. Quarrier. (Brother, Allan Kinghorn, 14, arrived on the Hesperian in 1910; sister Maggie Kinghorn, 14, arrived on the Ionian in 1908; and sister, Annie Kinghorn, 10, arrived on the Grampian in 1909.)

In 1911, Peter Kinghorn, 18, is shown as a servant to William J. McRoberts and family in Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as March, 1893, and his immigration year as 1905.

On March 26, 1919, at Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between John Peter Kinghorn, 25, farmer, born in Scotland, son of Peter Kinghorn and Margaret Allie (sister Margaret A. Kinghorn witnessed the ceremony); and Eleanor May Kelso, 22, farmers daughter, born in Roebuck, Ontario, Canada, daughter of James Kelso (who witnessed the ceremony) and Elizabeth Proctor. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-13 13:29:24 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-24 15:45:31 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3615 KINGHORN, Allan1896ENG,    , Strichen Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
3613 KINGHORN, John Peter1892SCT,    , Strichen May 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
3617 KINGHORN, Margaret1894ENG,    , Strichen Jul 1908 : Ionian CAN Quarriers  
3614 KINGHORN, William1891ENG,    , Strichen May 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers