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Record #21694
Name :
: John Nelson CARTER (1888 - 1915)
  aka : Frederick Nelson Carter


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 8 Mar 1888

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 24 Apr 1915   Notes : died in WWI (missing)
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Watchfield
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium, St. Julien
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 8 Apr 1900
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Thomas E. West
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Fegans Home for Boys

Agency
: Fegan Homes for Boys
NotesJohn Nelson Carter was my (half)great-uncle. I have previously claimed my great-grandfather, Thomas Carter, who was emmigrated along with his brother, William Carter, through the Fegan's Home for Boys on the S.S. Labador in 1895. John Nelson Carter, their half-brother, was emmigrated 5 years later by Fegan's in 1900.
John Nelson was born in Shrivenham, Berkshire, England around 1888, the son of John Carter and his second wife Elizabeth Ann Alder. His mother mysteriously disappeared in 1889 and his father, John, remarried for a third time. John (the father) was hanged in 1893 for murdering his second and third wives.
The boys entered the Farringdon workhouse but in 1894 both William and Thomas were brought to Fegan's by one of their older sisters. John Nelson on the other hand wasn't placed with Fegan's until 1899 and was brought to them by a Mr.Proctor of Bromsgrove Place, Farringdon, England listed as a friend.
In the spring of 1900 John Nelson emmigrated to Canada with a Fegan's emmigation party on the S.S. Dominion. He was first placed with Thomas E. West of Woodstock, Ontario,a community very near his half-brother Thomas. The Fegan records note John Nelson as being very unsatisfactory withbad habits a bad temper--unlike his brothers who were aways noted as being hard working,fine boys.
The Fegan records follow John Nelson through the following placements over the years:

1900 indentured to Thomas E. West of Woodstock, Ontario
1902 indentured to Mr. Laupman or Kaufman of Eastwood, Ontario
In 1903 he had run away from Mr. Laupman's to a Jesse Allen of Holbrook, Ontario where he was left to be closer to his half-brother Thomas.
1904 indentured to George Stone of Holbrook, Ontario. (He was said to be doing far better here.)
In Sept. 1904, the last Fegan record entry,notes information received from his brother Thomas. John Nelson was said to have gone to Toronto and was doing very badly.
Through my research I believe he joined the 48th Highlanders and later served and died during WWI under the name Frederick Nelson Carter. He had listed a Miss Mabel Ryan as next of kin on his elistment papers. He died during a gas attack at the battle of Ypres, Belgium. 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-23 23:46:04 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-01-24 13:08:23 /

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3056 ABBOTT, Ernest James1897ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3104 ABRAMS, Frederick1892ENG, LND, Battersea May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
22986 ABRAMS, Frederick1893ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
3105 ABRAMS, Reginald Edwin1896ENG, LND, Battersea Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
3110 ACE, David1869ENG,     Jun 1885 : Sarmatian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3138 ACKLAND, William1869ENG,     Jul 1884 : Parisian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
5341 ADAMS, Frank J.1914ENG, KEN, Bridge Apr 1929 : Duchess of York CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
9111 ADDYMAN, Edward Harold1893ENG, KEN, Plumstead May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3619 AGAR, George1900ENG,     Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
13148 AIMES, Harold1886ENG,     May 1896 : Scotsman CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22828 AINGER, Charles1884ENG,     Jul 1893 : Oregon CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
8538 ALDEN, Thomas George1878ENG, LND, Holborn Jul 1893 : Oregon CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22771 ALDERS, George1898ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22772 ALDRIDGE, Charles J1908ENG,     Apr 1924 : Montreal CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
19952 ALEXANDER, James1883ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22774 ALLEN, Charles1911ENG,     Apr 1926 : Montrose CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
18435 ALLISON, Edward Albert James1895ENG, LND, Woolwich Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
18590 ALLISON, William George1897ENG, LND, Woolwich Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
23148 ANDREWS, George1898ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
19911 APLIN, Albert1887ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
23091 APPLETON, Alfred1898ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22684 ARCHER, Jesse1892ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22896 ARNOLD, Edward1889ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22989 ARNOLD, Robert1894ENG,     Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22885 ARNOLD, Thomas1890ENG,     May 1905 : Southwark CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
15131 ASHER, Thomas1882ENG,     Apr 1899 : Dominion CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22215 ASHFORD, John1867ENG,     Apr 1887 : Circassian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
19855 ASHMAN, Frederick1892ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22339 ASHTON, Albert1889ENG,     Apr 1900 : Dominion CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
23123 ASTRIDGE, Arthur1897ENG,     Apr 1912 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
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