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Name :: : Charles William HOOPER (1871 - 1887)
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Date of Birth: : 1871 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 30 Apr 1887 Notes : accidental drowning

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Leeds, Ontario, Graham Lake

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 19 Aug 1882
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Parisian
Placement Family: : Daniel McClarey

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesCharles William Hooper
Surname: HOOPER Given Name: Charles Age: 11 Sex: M Ship: Parisian Year of Arrival: 1882 Departure Port:Liverpool Departure Date: 1882-08-10 Arrival Port: Quebec Arrival Date: 1882-08-19 Party: Barnardo Homes Comments: Destination probably Toronto, Ontario Source: Library and Archives Canada Reference: RG 76 C1a Microfilm: C-4532.............................................................. This obit came from the Lois Stanford British Home Child Collection.............................................................................................May.4.1887.........Drowning accident....A very sad drowning accident happened on Saturday last at Graham Lake,a short distance east of McIntosh Mills. It seems that a young lad named Charles Hooper,who has been in the employ of Mr.Daniel McClarey,( whose house is on the road from Farmersville to McIntosh's,about 50 rods from the lake) went down to the water in company with a neighbor's son named Mike Coby. The two got into an old punt which is minus one end,and,without paddle or oars,pushed the dangerous craft from shore.When two or three rods out the punt began to sink,and Coby sprang into the water and commenced to make for the shore,telling Hooper,who could not swim,to hang to the boat and he would try to rescue him.Coby soon reached land and on turning saw Hooper struggling in the water.He ran for a rail and waded in up to his neck in the attempt to rescue his companion,who seeing he could not reach the rail,told Coby to go back, as he was drowning,and there was no use for him to endanger himself on his account.Hooper sank to the bottom and did not rise again.Coby at once ran home and told the sad story,when an immediate effort was made to find the body.Young Coby,who had been laid up for several weeks with rheumatism,was not able to go with the party,but told as minutely as possible where the accident occurred.An anvil was procured and several heavy charges of powder were fired in close proximity to where the corpse was suppose to be,but the efforts were fruitless. The search was continued until night,but without result.Early the next morning young Coby was driven down to the lake in a carriage,when pointed out the exact location of the accident. A grapnel was procured and about noon the remains were discovered in about eleven feet of water. The body was drawn to shore and Coroner Hayes notified.On hearing the facts the coroner came to the conclusion that the holding of an inquest was unnecessary. Young Hooper was formerly an inmate of an orphans home,but had been living for some time past in Lansdowne. He is said to have a sister somewhere in the States,but her address is unknown. We understand the boy was remarkably intelligent and was well liked by Mr.and Mrs.McClarry,who had become quite attached to the lad and will feel his loss acutely..................Everyone in the Graham Lake district were shocked by the drowning of the Hooper boy,who lived at Mr.McClary's.He was a home boy and had lived with the McClary family for four weeks.where he received the very best treatment and gave good honest work in return. Mr.McClary paid all funeral expenses and the boy was buried in Caintown cemetery...May 1887.

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3047	ABBOT, William	1878	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3019	ABBOTT, Alfred	1869	ENG,	Aug 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
23669	ABBOTT, Alice	1877	ENG,	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3022	ABBOTT, Bertie	1894	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos	sharonmx5 , patty_in_ms
3025	ABBOTT, David Henry	1891	ENG, ESS, Grays	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8354	ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper	1885	ENG, LND, Homerton	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
10624	ABBOTT, John	1913	ENG,	Apr 1929 : Duchess of York	CAN	Barnardos
3045	ABBOTT, Leslie	1883	ENG,	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3060	ABBOTT, Lilian	1903	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3026	ABBOTT, Mary	1888	ENG, ESS, Maldon	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
3049	ABBOTT, Penelope	1901	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
3061	ABDALE, John George	1873	ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne	Mar 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Barnardos
3063	ABEL, Albert Edward G.	1901	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3065	ABEL, Florence	1902	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3067	ABEL, Frederick	1889	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3071	ABEL, John	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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