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Record #17250

Name :: : George John PICKUSGILL (1895 - 1920)
aka : PICKERSGILL
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 15 May 1895
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 8 May 1920 Notes : accidental drowning

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 16 Mar 1907
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Canada
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : National Childrens Home

Notes1895
15 May
Birth
Nottingham, England
See his military file-but no parents identified
4 source citations
1901
Age: 6
Residence
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1 source citation
1907
Feb
Age: 11

British Home Child sent to Canada
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
George became a ward of the British Home Children program and was sent to Canada. He was taken into a home in Nothingham, passed on to London and then went to Liverpool to sail for Canada.
Photos (1)Stories (2)
1907
16 Mar
Age: 11

Arrival
Portland, Maine
Arrived on SS Canada as a part of the Children's Home resettlement. George was destined for Hamilton Ontario and had a ticket provided for that destination. He was listed as a farm hand in good health and 11 years old.
Photos (1)
1 source citation
1917
22 May
Age: 22
Residence
Welland, Ontario, Canada
Living with George and Sara Lee at the time of his enlistment in May of 1917. Their address at the time was 27 Finch Street.
1 source citation
1917
22 May
Age: 22

Enlistment Canadian Mounted Rifles
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
George volunteered for overseas service with the Canadian Mounted Rifles. His regimental number was #225482. At the time of his enlistment he was living with George and Sara Lee at 17 Finch Street in Welland. His occupation was 'mechanic'
Photos (1)
1917
20 Oct
Age: 22

Departure: Sailed from Halifax to England
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sailed to England as a member of the 11th Draft of soldiers for WWI
Photos (1)
1918
12 Apr
Age: 22
Served with Fort Garry Horse Regiment- France
France
Transferred from the 102d BN to the Fort Gary Horse Regiment in France. He remained with the FGH until he left France for England on 23 Feb 1919. He returned to Canada as a member of the FGH until he was discharged at age 23.
Stories (1)
1919
5 May
Age: 23
Return Home: Liverpool to Halifax
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Return to Canada after the end of WWI
1919
31 May
Age: 24
Discharged from the Canadian Army
Toronto, Ontario
Discharged from No.2 Discharge Depot, Toronto at 24 years of age.
1920
8 May
Age: 24
Death
Capreol, Ontario, Canada
He was visiting George Lee's son, Art Lee whom he had grown up with at the Lee farm in Perry Station, Wainfleet Township, Welland County. Art and his wife Clara lived in a converted box car. George drowned in Lake Capreol and was buried in the Lee plot.

ContributorsCreated : 2012-10-09 14:58:48 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-09 15:02:46 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3033	ABBOTT, Frederick	1893	ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
3103	ABRAHAMS, Frederick	1876	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
3149	ACREMAN, Emily	1877	ENG,	Jul 1888 : Vancouver	CAN	National Childrens Home
3165	ADAM, Charles	1899	ENG,	Mar 1913 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
17047	ADCOCK, William	1892	ENG, NTT, Rolleston	Oct 1907 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
9832	ADKINS, Proctor Selby	1894	ENG,	Mar 1910 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
5358	AITKEN, Lawrence Gray	1909	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
5359	ALFORD, Stanley Victor	1910	ENG, HRT, Royston	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
22729	ALLAN, Alec	1876	ENG,	Mar 1889 : Vancouver	CAN	National Childrens Home
13096	ALLEN, Ernest John	1894	WAL, GLA, Pontypridd	Aug 1909 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
2735	ALLEN, Harry Edward	1898	ENG, LAN	Jul 1908 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
10434	ALLENBY, Edward	1908	ENG, YKS, Kirkbymoorside	Aug 1924 : Doric	CAN	National Childrens Home
9112	ALLISON, John Henry	1897	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Mar 1910 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home	soutsc
14556	ANDERSON, Charlotte	1871	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1885 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
11880	ANDERSON, Christine	1875	ENG,	May 1885 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
10452	ANDERSON, William	1906	ENG, LDN, London	Jul 1921 : Megantic	CAN	National Childrens Home
12754	ANDREWS, Gertrude	1879	ENG,	May 1889 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
12637	ANGLIS, Philip George	1886	ENG, LND, Lewisham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
5360	APOW, Leslie	1911	ENG, LDN, London	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
4390	ARGENT, Albert	1878	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
8614	ARGENT, Joseph	1892	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Mar 1909 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home	Lyn 8
4389	ARGENT, William John	1878	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
12638	ASHDOWN, Pitman W	1890	ENG, , Edmonton	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
6447	ASLETT, Ethel	1881	ENG,	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
8180	ASPDEN, Joseph	1913	ENG, , Fulwood	Sep 1928 : Antonia	CAN	National Childrens Home
5361	ATKINSON, Thos	1910	ENG, YKS, Keighley	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
10454	ATTFIELD, Harry	1910	ENG,	Mar 1924 : Lancastria	CAN	National Childrens Home
14557	AUCKLAND, Harry	1882	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Labrador	CAN	National Childrens Home
5393	AULT, Ada May	1882	ENG, DBY, Derby	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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