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Record #4433
Name :
: James William BIRCH (1879 - 1962)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 4 Apr 1879

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 30 Mar 1962
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Deptford
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Kinburn, Fitzroy, Carleton
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 4 Apr 1890
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sarnia

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for James William Birch: Year of Registration: 1879; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Greenwich; County: Greater London, Kent, London; Volume: 1d; Page: 897. Parents: James Birch and Emma Jane Monks, married in Lewisham, Kent, England, in 1875.

A death registration was found for Emma Jane Birch: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843; Year of Registration: 1884; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 41; District: Lewisham; County: Greater London, Kent, London; Volume: 1d; Page: 663.

In 1890, James Birch, 11 (along with sister, Harriet Birch, 8) arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 71 MacPherson children taken by GT Railway accompanied by Rev. Robert Wallace and en route to Marchmont Home, Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

On May 3, 1906, at Carleton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between James Birch, 25, section man, born in England to James and Mary Birch; and Birdie May Rivington, 21, born in Carp, Ontario, Canada, to Robert Rivington and Minerva Edey.

According to James' grandson, Jim Spencer:

"He and my grandmother eloped - since Grandma's mom didn't think a Home Boy would be a suitable life partner for her eldest daughter. My great grandmother was very wrong about that! Grandpa Birch provided my best memories of childhood and my best memories of Christmas."

James and Birdie May Rivington Birch had at least 4 children: Robert James Horace Birch, (born March 22, 1907, in Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. Robert died December 2, 1915, of meningitis, 2 weeks duration, and heart failure in Kinburn, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada); Horace Birch; Norman R. Birch; and Florence M. Birch (1914 ? 1995).

James William Birch died March 30, 1962, aged 82 years, in Kinburn, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. Birdie May Rivington Birch died March 17, 1963, aged 78 years, in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-21 16:17:59 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-03 17:22:45 /

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