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Record #11343
Name :
: Frederick Walter FOWLER (1869 - 1954)
  aka : Fred Fowler


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 5 Feb 1869

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 2 Oct 1954
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Bedfordshire, Houghton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Oct 1875
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee
NotesFred's parents abandoned him as a toddler in the home of a shoemaker, where he slept under the workman's bench.

In 1875, Frederick Fowler, 6, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 7 Catholic Emigration Committee children from London, en route to Rev. Mr. Bowman's (probably in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.)

Six-year-old Fred Fowler stepped off a steamship in Quebec City with a small wood trunk containing all of his earthly belongings.

Over the next 75 years, Fred would become a child labourer on a farm, be adopted, marry and have 11 children, 33 grandchildren and more than 100 great-grandchildren. But for the moment, all he felt was fear and loneliness. The memory of arriving in a strange land, where the priest who came to meet him and six other homeless boys at the ship spoke only French, would stay with him forever.

From Quebec, he went to to Ste. Agathe de Lotbini?re, where he was taken in by a childless couple who left him their farm when they died.

On July 10, 1893, at Ste Agathe, Lotbiniere, Quebec, Canada, a marriage was registered between Frederick Walter Fowler and Catherine Donovan (daughter of Francis Donovan and Anne Aney Conway).

Frederick Walter and Catherine Donovan Fowler had at least 11 children: Lilly Agathe Fowler, born July l, 1894; Frederick Lawrence Fowler, born August 9, 1896; Joseph Walter Fowler, born October 8, 1897; Leo Fowler, born December, 1898; James Albert Fowler, born May 15, 1900; Alphonse Edward Fowler, born August 2, 1902; Clare Agnes Fowler, born July 28, 1904; Lewis John Fowler, born January 5, 1906; Mary Gertrude Fowler, born May 14, 1908; George John Fowler, born March 3, 1910; and Mabel Irene Fowler, born October 2, 1912 in Quebec, Canada.

On May 10, 1917, Catherine Donovan Fowler died at Ste Agathe, Lotbiniere, Quebec, Canada.

He was devastated to learn in his 70s that his parents had been alive when he was shipped off to Canada. "He locked himself in his room for a couple of days", his granddaughter, Cecilia Karwowski, remembered.

Frederick Walter Fowler died on February 5, 1954. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-02-24 16:08:28 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-02-24 16:27:15 /

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14114 ALEXANDER, William1885ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13506 ALLMAN, Michael Joseph1870ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
3085 AUBREY, Jack1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14150 BARRY, Cornelius1886ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
16310 BARRY, Richard1868ENG,     Jun 1883 : Sardinian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
19770 BEATTIE, John1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17193 BEATTY, John1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13966 BEHAN, John1874ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
8532 BOTTING, Benjamin1885ENG, MDX, Convent Garden Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14156 BROOKS, Edward1885ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13965 BRYAN, John1874ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
18155 BUCK, John R 1872ENG,     Aug 1887 : Parisian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
18140 BUCKLER, Joseph 1873ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
18143 BURBRIDGE, Hereward1873ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14991 BURKE, John1885ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13919 BURNS, George1876ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17270 BURNS, Matthew1883ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13488 CALLAGHAN, Edward1870ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13489 CALLAGHAN, Louis1873ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
16119 CANNON, Thomas1869ENG,     Jun 1883 : Sardinian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13989 CAREY, Charles1874ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14189 CAREY, Mary1888ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13563 CARNEY, Walter1874ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14960 CARTER, Robert1884ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14982 CHAMBERS, John1886ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14154 CHAMBERS, Thomas1885ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13511 CHEVALIER, Andrew1873ENG, LND, St George in the East Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14014 CONNOR, Michael1887ENG,     Sep 1901 : Parisian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
13507 COOKE, John1873ENG, MDX, Shoreditch Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
16287 COPE, Wilfred Walter D.1870AUS, VIC, Emerald Hill Jun 1883 : Sardinian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
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