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Record #9599

Name :: : George Albert WOOKEY (1891 - )
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Date of Birth: : 25 May 1891
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Lambeth

104 Surrey Lodge Buildings, Lambeth Road

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 25 Jul 1902
Country: : Canada
Ship: : New England
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for George Albert Wookey: Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Lambeth; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 353. Parents: William Cornelius Wookey and Eliza Leah Lawson, married 1890, Lambeth, London, England.

William Thomas Wookey; Henry Cornelius Wookey; Mary Jane Wookey; and George Albert Wookey were admitted to the Lambeth Workhouse on March 24, 1898, and discharged to Norwood School on March 29, 1898.

Their mother, Eliza, was in Renfrew Road Workhouse. Their father, William Wookey, had been admitted to Claybury Asylum on September 23, 1895. He was later discharged to the Workhouse on June 22, 1899.

William Wookey was discharged on May 3, 1899, to the "Exmouth" Training Ship. He immigrated to Canada in 1903. He was residing as a laborer in Marquette, Manitoba, in 1911. William died of a heart attack while working on the farm of Fred Case in the Assiniboine Valley, Canada, in November 1950.

Mary Jane Wookey was discharged to the Scott House Training Home in Hitchin on February 22, 1899.

Henry Wookey was discharged on February 1, 1900, to the HMS Impregnable as a Band Boy.

George Wookey was discharged in the care of his father on April 9, 1901; readmitted on April 11, 1901, to the care of his parents. He was admitted to the Norwood School on October 11, 1901 from the workhouse where he had been admitted with his parents the same day. He was discharged to Barnardo's Home on May 28, 1902.

In 1902, George Wookey, 11, arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in a large group of 395 Barnardo children en route to Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

In December 1927, George Wookey, 38, farm hand, returned to visit the United Kingdom on the ship Montcalm. He declared that his proposed address in the UK would be 79 Beaconsfield Road, Tottenham, London, England. He returned to Canada on March 25, 1928, on the ship Arabic. He declared upon return that he was 36; that he had been born in London, England; that he had resided in Canada between 1902-1927; that he resided in Colton, Manitoba, Canada; that he followed the occupation of farming; that his employer was A. E. Andrews of Colton, Manitoba, Canada; that his contact in England was his brother Mr. H. Wookey, who resided at 30 Gardener Street, Gillingham, Kent, England.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-08-25 16:56:49 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-08-25 18:57:29 /

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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 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3050	ABBOTT, Oliver John	1872	ENG, , Lambeth	Jul 1882 : Peruvian	CAN	Lord Archibald Douglas
8422	ANDREWS, Arthur Richard	1891	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
13311	ANSELL, George Edward Cecil		ENG, SRY, Lambeth	Aug 1927 : Alaunia	CAN	Church Army
9822	ASSER, Charles	1875	ENG, , Lambeth	Aug 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
12685	BALDING, Caroline	1892	ENG, , Lambeth	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
12684	BALDING, Ellen	1895	ENG, , Lambeth	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
16703	BARBER, Claude Granville	1905	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Apr 1920 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
17167	BARNARD, Reginald	1885	ENG, SRY, Lambeth	May 1899 : Gallia	CAN	Young Colonists Aid
10914	BARTH, Ellen Violet	1894	ENG, LND, Lambeth	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
17170	BARTH, Gertrude Emily	1890	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
9247	BARTLEY, Agnes	1898	ENG, , Lambeth	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
8428	BEARD, Isaac John	1890	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
10919	BEDDOW, Stephen	1899	ENG, , Lambeth	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
11149	BELLMAN, Lily	1880	ENG, , Lambeth	May 1892 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
10425	BONNICK, Alice Annie	1910	ENG, , Lambeth	Sep 1924 : Melita	CAN	Barnardos
8473	BRIGHT, Olive	1869	ENG, , Lambeth	Sep 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
13712	BRYSON, Donald	1903	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
9302	BUCKMAN, Leslie	1905	ENG, , Lambeth	Sep 1914 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
5432	CANDY, Frank	1916	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Dec 1928 : Bendigo	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
8430	CARPENTER, William George W.	1890	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
7868	CHURCH, Marion	1893	ENG, , Lambeth	Jun 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9391	CLARKE, Cecil	1891	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Oct 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
9287	CLARKE, Emily Victoria	1888	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Oct 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
23511	COLLINS, Henry Albert	1875	ENG, , Lambeth	Jun 1883 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
13500	COOKE, Elizabeth	1894	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10352	COOPER, Alfred William A.	1888	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6180	COURTNEY, Muriel	1886	ENG, , Lambeth	Nov 1894 : Laurentian	CAN	Barnardos
20917	COVELL, Patrick Michael Brian	1931	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
5489	CROCKFORD, Mabel May	1892	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Sep 1904 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
9269	DOWNING, Evelina	1889	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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