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Record #2757

Name :: : Alfred Walter KNOWLTON (1863 - 1929)
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Date of Birth: : 29 Sep 1863
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 14 Sep 1929 Notes : Cancer of the Bladder

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, St Pancras, London

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, York, Toronto

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Jul 1886
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Lake Superior
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesAlfred came as a Barnardo "Boy" in 1886. His name was Alfred Walter Knowlton-born 1863 in St Pancras. His father James Knowlton(1840c) married Letitia Stringer(1840c). They married in 1858 at St. Thomas, Stepney. They had 5 children that I know of so far(2 daughters died as babies(Under age 2). James, Alfred's father, died in Bath, Avon, Somerset. He drowned in 1870. Alfred said he looked after an Inn. Alfred's mother remarried in 1874 to John Longworth(also in St Pancras). Letitia died in 1878.

Barnardo's records say Alfred lived with his Uncle and Aunt until his Uncle took sick. Alfred told his children that his Uncles name was John. Alfred's grandfather was also named John Knowlton. As for Alfred's brother's James William(1859) I'm not sure-I'm still looking, the other brother John Joseph(1861),same thing I'm still looking. I have a couple of promising leads but nothing confirmed.
The naming pattern does not make the search very easy as every generation has two or three of each.

Alfred was older when he came to Canada(about 25 but the records says 20yrs), Alfred had to lie(at the prompting of Barnardos staff) about his age to appear younger in order to qualify to come under Barnardo's and his first couple years of work had to be used to pay his passage here through the Barnardo agency. This is what the older boys and girls did apparently. Anyway the record says the man he worked for the first year did not pay Alfred but Alfred did manage to get his debt paid off in time.

On November 15, 1893, at Dufferin, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Alfred Walter Knowlton, 25, farm labourer, born in England to James W and Letitia Knowlton; and Ellen Flear, 23, born in Canada, to George and Sarah Flear.

Alfred Walter and Ellen Flear Knowlton raised a family in Hornings Mills, Ontario.

Alfred Walter did many jobs in Canada, but eventually settled with his wife and owned two stores(at different times) in Hornings Mills. By all accounts, Alfred was a good, honest man. One old timer said that "Alfred was a very fine man". That is about the highest esteem one man could hold another in those days.

Alfred had an eye injury that caused him to go blind-sawdust in one eye became infected and eventually infected his other eye also. He was in the hospital in Toronto for quite a long time for this injury.

Anyway-that's the story in a nutshell.

I believe that Alfred's Great grandparents were Joseph and Hannah Knowlton(1780c). I cannot find a Joseph and Hannah Knowlton, this is where I am stuck.

The reason I know that the James who died in Bath is because Alfred told his children that his father had drowned in Bath, apparently he was an "Innkeepers assistant", although I believe the 1861 census says he is a "publicans assistant".

Alfred also told his daughter about his sister's death.

I have Alfreds records from Barnardos and he wasn't in Barnardo's until 1886. The same year he came to Canada. Alfred met up with some of Barnardo's staff and they invited him to attend a dinner at their headquarters. Alfred had been "jobbing around the streets-opening cab doors, carrying parcels, etc. The record said that he was offered the passage to Canada and he took it. Barnardo's would send the older boys in this manner as farm hands etc. and the boys would repay the fare in a specific period of time.

There were two baby Letitia's. The first died and the next girl was named Letitia after the death of the first.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-11 19:21:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-19 13:07:34 /

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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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