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Record #3840
Name :
: Frank Edwin ELLIS (1894 - )


Father
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1894

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Tamworth
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 1 Jul 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Siberian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Frank Edwin Ellis: Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Tamworth; County: Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 462. (Parents: Henry Ellis and Sarah Smith, who married in June Quarter 1876; Tamworth, Volume 6b, page 539.)

A death registration was found for Sarah Ellis: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859; Year of Registration: 1899; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 40; District: Tamworth; County: Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 277.

In 1901, Frank Ellis, 6 years of age, was residing at 1 House, 4 Court, 35 George Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Other family members included: Albert Ellis, 9; Arthur T. Ellis, 22, general labourer; Ethel Ellis, 11; Henry Ellis, widower, 54, gardener; James Ellis, 3; and William J. Ellis, 20, coal miner. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2649; Folio: 16; Page: 23.)

In 1905, Frank Ellis, 10 (along with brothers, Albert Ellis, 11, and James Ellis, 8) arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a group of 142 children from Middlemore's Childrens Immigration Homes, Birmingham, England, en route to the Fairview Home, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (His sister, Ethel Ellis, arrived the same year on the Bavaria with Waifs & Strays and was sent to St. John, New Brunswick.)

In 1911, Frank Ellis, 16, is shown as a lodger / labourer with Albert Russon and family in Burton Parish, Oromocto Village, Sunbury & Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. His date of birth is shown as October 1894 and his immigration year as 1905.

On April 6, 1916, at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, Frank Ellis, 21, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he resided in Upper Gagetown, Queens Co., New Brunswick, Canada; that he was born in Yarmouth, England; that his next of kin was his sister, Ethel Ellis, who resided in Fredericton Jct., New Brunswick, Canada; that his date of birth was October 9, 1894; that he was a farmer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 6 inches in height; light complexion; blue eyes; light hair. He was a member of the Church of England. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-05-14 20:26:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-21 19:52:36 /

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Surnames starting with:   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  8 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
10445 CODLING, Cyril1909ENG,    , Tamworth May 1923 : Scythia CAN Middlemore  
3842 ELLIS, Albert1893ENG, STS, Tamworth Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3843 ELLIS, Ethel1889ENG, STS, Tamworth Jul 1905 : Bavarian CAN Waifs & Strays  
3840 ELLIS, Frank Edwin1894ENG, STS, Tamworth Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3841 ELLIS, James1897ENG, STS, Tamworth Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
10237 QUINN, Maurice 1887ENG,    , Tamworth May 1898 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
7220 SALLOWAY, Frances Winifred1896ENG, STS, Tamworth Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
16192 SALLOWAY, Thomas Cyril1900ENG, STS, Tamworth Oct 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos