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Record #3840
Name :
: Frank Edwin ELLIS (1894 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1894

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Tamworth
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 1 Jul 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Siberian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Frank Edwin Ellis: Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Tamworth; County: Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 462. (Parents: Henry Ellis and Sarah Smith, who married in June Quarter 1876; Tamworth, Volume 6b, page 539.)

A death registration was found for Sarah Ellis: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859; Year of Registration: 1899; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 40; District: Tamworth; County: Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 277.

In 1901, Frank Ellis, 6 years of age, was residing at 1 House, 4 Court, 35 George Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Other family members included: Albert Ellis, 9; Arthur T. Ellis, 22, general labourer; Ethel Ellis, 11; Henry Ellis, widower, 54, gardener; James Ellis, 3; and William J. Ellis, 20, coal miner. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2649; Folio: 16; Page: 23.)

In 1905, Frank Ellis, 10 (along with brothers, Albert Ellis, 11, and James Ellis, 8) arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a group of 142 children from Middlemore's Childrens Immigration Homes, Birmingham, England, en route to the Fairview Home, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (His sister, Ethel Ellis, arrived the same year on the Bavaria with Waifs & Strays and was sent to St. John, New Brunswick.)

In 1911, Frank Ellis, 16, is shown as a lodger / labourer with Albert Russon and family in Burton Parish, Oromocto Village, Sunbury & Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. His date of birth is shown as October 1894 and his immigration year as 1905.

On April 6, 1916, at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, Frank Ellis, 21, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he resided in Upper Gagetown, Queens Co., New Brunswick, Canada; that he was born in Yarmouth, England; that his next of kin was his sister, Ethel Ellis, who resided in Fredericton Jct., New Brunswick, Canada; that his date of birth was October 9, 1894; that he was a farmer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 6 inches in height; light complexion; blue eyes; light hair. He was a member of the Church of England. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-05-14 20:26:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-21 19:52:36 /

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5126 ABBOTT, Emily1886ENG,     May 1898 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3011 ABBOTT, Frederick1896ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3012 ABBOTT, George1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3058 ABBOTT, Herbert William1893ENG, WAR, Aston, Erdington Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3140 ACKROYD, Frances May1899M__,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3143 ACKROYD, Mabel Emma1904IRL,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3144 ACKROYD, William Henry1906IND,    , Quetta Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
6924 ADAMS, Ann Elizabeth1867ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
8778 ADAMS, George1875ENG,     Jun 1887 : Lake Ontario CAN Middlemore  
8128 ADIE, Dorothy May1914ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
10057 ADIE, Henry1896ENG, WAR, Aston Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
10056 ADIE, Mary1895ENG,     Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
5834 ADKINS, Edith May1907ENG, WAR, Alcester Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
9641 AGAR, John1905ENG,     Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
8129 AGER, Arthur Charles1915ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
23376 ALEXANDER, Walter1906ENG,     May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
4645 ALLDRIDGE, Arthur1897ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4640 ALLDRIDGE, Francis1889ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
4644 ALLDRIDGE, Harry1892ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4639 ALLDRIDGE, John Leonard1884ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
4641 ALLDRIDGE, Ruth Rebecca1890ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
4643 ALLDRIDGE, Violet1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4642 ALLDRIDGE, William Henry1886ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
9650 ALLEN, Dorothy1903ENG,     Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
17060 ALLEN, Edward1887ENG,     Jun 1899 : Siberian CAN Middlemore hlomiller  
3860 ALLEN, Florence Elizabeth1891ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
4703 ALLEN, Thomas Henry1899ENG, WOR, Kings Norton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
12871 ALLEN, Walter Harry1883ENG, WOR, Kidderminster Jun 1895 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
16328 ALLMAN, Sophia Mary Ann1875ENG, MDX, St. George in the East Jun 1885 : Lake WWnnipeg CAN Middlemore  
6925 ALLSUPP, Eliza Matty1865ENG,    , Upton on Severn Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
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