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Record #7695
Name :
: Robert DOWSE (1893 - 1909)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1893

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 4 Sep 1909   Notes : Peritonitis and Septecimia
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ottawa
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 6 Jul 1906
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Catholic Emigration Association
NotesRobert Dowse, died on 4 September 1909 aged 16 at Ottawa General Hospital. His occupation was farming. Cause given as General Peritonitis (1 Week) and Septicemia (1 day)

excerpt from the Ottawa Citizen
"They were buried long ago and almost forgotten -- poor "home children" who died in their teens or twenties and were buried in numbered graves.Now they will finally be remembered. On Saturday, at 2 p.m. in Notre Dame Cemetery, there will be a simple ceremony commemorating the installation of two proper gravestones for 23 people who died here, after being sent as impoverished children from England A letter from Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean will be read after a brief comment is made about each person as a rose is placed on their grave. Between 80,000 and 100,000 home children were shipped to homes in Canada in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some had lost a parent all were impoverished. Often they were from London. The 23 young people buried in the dedicated plot represent only a small number of them. Saturday's ceremony has been a long time in the making. In the 1980s, Torontonian George Dowse, a nephew of one of the deceased home children, Robert Dowse, came to Ottawa and searched for his uncle's grave. He was saddened to learn it was not marked by a proper stone." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-05-04 02:47:26 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-12-22 20:38:48 /

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3090 ABRAHAM, Reginald Robert1908ENG, STS, Newcastle-under-Lyme Sep 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
3091 ABRAHAM, Thomas William1906ENG, STS, Newcastle-under-Lyme Sep 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
20734 ADAMS, William1893ENG,     Aug 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
5146 ALDWORTH, Cecil John1915ENG, HAM, Christchurch Oct 1928 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
5145 ALDWORTH, Sidney Francis1912ENG, HAM, Christchurch Oct 1928 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
10413 ALEXANDER, Dorothy May1903ENG, LND, Shoreditch Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
6531 ALEXANDER, Edward1913ENG, LDN, London Apr 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
10414 ALEXANDER, Matilda Julia1902ENG, LND, Shoreditch Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
8694 ALEXANDER, Rose1898ENG, LND, Hoxton Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
11939 ALLCOCK, Sidney1911IND,    , Bombay Oct 1924 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
8529 ALLEN, Daniel1898ENG, LDN, London Jul 1913 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
20732 ALLEN, Edward1894ENG,     Aug 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22777 ALTASS, Frederick B1914ENG,     Aug 1929 : Montroyal CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
16569 ANDERSON, John1895ENG,     Jul 1906 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
10503 APPLEBY, Ada1891ENG,     Jun 1905 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22831 APPLEBY, Charles1889ENG,     Sep 1904 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4426 ARCHER, Ida Mary1909ENG, WAR, Solihull Jun 1926 : Montclare CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22344 ARCHER, R1895ENG,     Aug 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
10453 ARMSTRONG, Lillian1908ENG, LAN, Liverpool Sep 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22113 ATKINS, Valentine1915ENG, MDX, Edmonton May 1931 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4939 AUSTIN, William1909ENG, LAN, Liverpool Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
14857 AUSTRIN, Wilfred1909ENG, HRT, Hertford May 1924 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4940 AYLING, Albert1910ENG,    , Portsmouth Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4757 BAINES, Evelyn Mary1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1925 : Montclare CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
10505 BANFIELD, James 1908ENG,    , Burton on Trent Jul 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22345 BANNISTER, Alfred1896ENG,     May 1907 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
18715 BARNES, John 1897ENG,     May 1912 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
6067 BARNETT, Patrick1892ENG,     Jun 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
11470 BARRETT, Richard1908ENG,    , Ashton under Lyne May 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
11500 BARRETT, Violet1909ENG, LDN, London Oct 1924 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
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