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Record #4165

Name :: : Arthur James OCKENDEN (1871 - )
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Date of Birth: : 10 Aug 1871
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

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

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

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Date of Arrival: : 28 Mar 1887
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Parisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Arthur James Ockenden: Year of Registration: 1870; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: London City; County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 55.

In 1871, Arthur Ockenden, 8 months of age, was shown residing at 33 Throgmorton Street, St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, England. Other family members included: general servant, Elizabeth Ashby, 20; Betsy Ockenden, 34; George Ockenden, 4; Kate Ockenden, 7; Lucy Ockenden, 8; and Walter Ockenden, 30, housekeeper in charge of offices. (Source: 1871 Census of England; Class: RG10; Piece: 435; Folio: 37; Page: 2; GSU roll: 823356.)

A death registration was found for Betsy Ockenden: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836; Year of Registration: 1875; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 39; District: London City; County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 48.

In 1881, Arthur Ockenden, 10 years of age, is shown residing at "Doct Barnardos Home", Teighmore, Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands, along with his brother, Ernest Ockenden, 9. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 5618; Folio: 7; Page: 7; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342350.)

In 1887, Arthur Ockenden, 16, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 209 Barnardo boys, en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On February 16, 1897, at Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Arthur James Ockenden, 26, baker, born in England to John and Mary Ockenden; and Edith Rosetta Neal, 23, born in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, to George Neal and Hannah Hughes.

In 1901, Arthur Ockendon, 29, baker, was shown residing at Grimsby (Village), Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, along with his wife, Edith Ockendon, 27; and children: Levema Ockendon, 3; and Stanley N. Ockendon, 1. His date of birth is shown as August 10, 1871, and his immigration year as 1891.

In 1911, Arthur Ockenden, 39, engineer in planing(?) mill, was residing at Elizabeth Street, Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, along with his wife, Edith Ockenden, 37; children: Leah Ockenden, 13; Stanley Ockenden, 11; Meldrum Ockenden, 9; Blanche Ockenden; 8; Harold Ockenden, 5; and Robert Ockenden, 2; and widowed mother-in-law, Annie Neal, 73. His date of birth is shown as August 1871 and his immigration year as 1888.

According to his granddaughter, Janice Harris:

Arthur was a dear old gentleman, who died when I was a child, and who is fondly remembered. He would sit on the chesterfield with his high lace-up boots, legs crossed, always sporting a black waistcoat with a pocket watch, joking and teasing. His mother died when he was four, and along with his brothers aged two and eight, he was placed in Barnardos, shortly after her death. Two older sisters, ten and twelve went into service. The father was in ill health, could not cope without his wife, and went back home to HIS widowed father, who also could not cope with the children. Arthur's father died not long after his wife. A kindly neighbour took the children in but could not afford to keep them very long. Evidently she was instrumental in placing the children with Barnardos, where she thought they would be well cared for.

Arthur stayed in contact with his siblings, his other relatives, and the neighbour, for the rest of their lives. I found the neighbour's funeral card among my grandmother's keepsakes. As a young man, in the 1890s Arthur went back to England to visit the family, including his elderly grandfather, and stopped in at two of the Barnardo homes for a chat and to make donations.

Although he obviously held Barnardos in high regard, his seven children seemed unaware of the connection. It wasn't a secret, though, as my mother, who married into the family, told me when I was very young that my grandfather had been a "barrow boy". If he was in Barnardos that could not have been the case, so she probably said "Barnardo Boy". It was not until his youngest daughter mentioned that he sent a yearly donation, and as a girl she was thrilled to be allowed to address the envelopes, that it dawned on me he must have emigrated through Barnardos. He was almost seventeen when he came to Canada, and was the only one of his family to do so. Arthur was sent to Grimsby, Ontario, where he was treated very well by his employers, assimilated into the community, and married into a large, closeknit English family.

Among my most precious possessions are photos of the family in England, including a large one of Arthur at about age two on his mother's knee, surrounded by his older brother and two sisters. Another photo is of his mother's family's cottage in an Essex village. The thatched cottage, hundreds of years old, is still occupied. How fortunate for us that Arthur knew his family, took an interest in them, and wrote (beautifully) on the backs of the photographs.

When I contacted Barnardos in the mid eighties, they sent twelve(!) wonderful photos of the three boys and a nephew, as well as some background information. Since then I've requested and received more, including photocopies of original documents, which were not available previously.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-09 07:54:20 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 15:24:44 /

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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
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