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Record #8688

Name :: : James NEIL (1876 - 1944)
aka : James Diaper Neil
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1 Jan 1876
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 22 Nov 1944 Notes : Cerebral Haemorrhage, due to arterio-sclerosis

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, West Derby, Liverpool

25 Winifred Street

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Niagara, Lockport

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Apr 1897
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Labrador
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesQuoted from Barnardo's Admission Papers:

"James is brother to William, Silvester, and Charles Neil, admitted to these Homes on 6th June, 1893. the following is an extract from the history then written: - 'A tragically pathetic story is involved in the circumstances under which these three boys have been admitted to the home. They come from Liverpool, where our local inspector had given temporary shelter in the Receiving Houses.

'Their father, William Fair Neil, was formerly a clerk, employed at Messrs Leyland's shipping office, Liverpool at a salary of ?120 per annum. He resigned the situation to take another at a salary of ?200 per annum but after 3 months he had notice to leave. This trouble so preyed on his mind that he shortly afterwards lost his reason, and was removed to Rainhill Lunatic Asylum where he died in September 1896.

'The widow, thus suddenly reduced from comfort to severest poverty, worked for the support of herself and her five children as a charwoman, and is spoken of by ladies who employed her as having been an industrious and deserving woman. She lodged with her children at 5 House, 7 Court, Minshull Street, Liverpool, and at that address she was found dead in her bed on 6th May 1893. At the inquest it was certified that she had died in some kind of fit. She was buried by the parish. The maternal uncle, Charles Diaper, being the only known relative was communicated with, and attended the inquest, coming from Jersey for the purpose. He afterwards returned to Jersey, taking with him the sister Mary, for whom he will provide, but this, he states is all he can do as he has a wife and three children, and is also supporting his mother. There are known to be one or two paternal relatives in Scotland, but nothing is known concerning them.

'A Mrs. Taylor, living at 62, Brainard Street, Lue Brook, whose husband had known the parents, removed the children upon the mother's death to the shelter of the SPPC, Liverpool, and procured admission for the brother James to the Working Boys' Home, 9, Grant George Square. the Society's Shelter being crowded, our inspector was asked by Major Leslie, the secretary, to receive the children temporarily.'

'James remained in the Working Boys' Home, Great George Square, Liverpool until June, 1895 when a berth was procured for him on board the Texan for the West Indies. He made one voyage and in October 1895 was engaged on the William Cliff, also bound to the West Indies. After two voyages he left the boat, and his discharges are marked "Very good" Since March last James has been unable to get another ship, and has been doing odd jobs about the Docks, sleeping at night anywhere he could. He applied at our Liverpool Receiving House, stating that he would be glad to get to Canada, where his brothers now are. He was received into our shelter pending decision.
James is a quiet, well-behaved lad.

'Brothers - William Fair Neil (15) Silvester Hubert Neil (13) and Charles Henry Neil (11) all in these Homes.
Sister - Marie (18) servant, Gorey, Jersey
Aunt - Charlotte Diaper, (40) Australia"

James arrived in Halifax on 3 April 1897 and was sent on to Russell, arriving there 8th April 1897. He was sent to a farm in Newdale where he worked til mid 1899. One person reported "I saw Neil coming from the bush with a team of horses, he is getting on very well." The farmer in a letter to Barnardo's "reporting favorably of Neil, only that he is slow and uses too much tobacco - still suffers from skin disease".

The last that was heard of James for some years was this report: "...can give no information about Neil. 1st July 1899 ... and Neil were reported upon by Alfred ... who attended the sports at Minnedosa on July 1st. ...says ... and Neil were in a beastly state of intoxication and were engaged in fighting on the grounds, both grovelling in the mud and covered with blood making themselves generally objectionable, so much so that the police were obliged to interfere and remove them from the grounds."

There is no record to be found of James again until 1906 when he got married in Buffalo to Alice Allen, an orphan. He was working as an Emery Grinder, and always did some sort of machining for an occupation the rest of his working days. He and Alice had 4 children, 3 boys and 1 daughter, but Alice died in 1918 leaving James to care for the children. He found it too much to cope with and farmed the children out to boarding houses, or in the case of his daughter, Marie, to the Episcopal Church Home in Rochester, New York.

James remarried in 1934, but only lived with his new wife for a short time; he lived at the IOOF home in Lockport, NY as a patient (cancer) from July 1936, until his death in November 1944.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-06-23 14:09:08 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-06-23 14:21:28 /

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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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