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Record #4382
Name :
: William Ewart KITSON (1885 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1885 (approx.)

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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 14 Mar 1896
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Vancouver

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: National Childrens Home
NotesA birth registration was found for William Ewart Kitson: Year of Registration: 1884; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Greenwich; County: Greater London, Kent, London; Volume: 1d; Page: 994.

In 1891, Wm. Ewart Kitson, 6 years of age, was shown as a scholar at The Childrens Home, Gravesend, Kent, England. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 647; Folio 134; Page 7; GSU roll: 6095757.)

In 1896, William E. Kitson, 11, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 54 boys accompanied by Dr. Stephenson and en route to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

In 1901, William Kitson, 16, farm laborer, was shown as a lodger with John Deyer and Mary Deyer of Charlotteville, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 12, 1884, and his immigration year as 1896.

According to his great-granddaughter, Denise, in 2000:

"My great-grandfather died in 1960, the year before my birth. He raised my mother and she speaks of him often. But, the stories she relates have many conflicts. When I decided to start doing the family geneology, I asked her to relate everything she could remember that he ever said and I wrote it down and started doing my research.

The first thing that came out was that he sometimes said he was born in England, sometimes Ireland. He also said that he was orphaned around age 5 and sent to Canada on a ship by age 8. He had several brothers and sisters but never mentioned names.

The story continues with that he was placed with an "uncle" in Canada at a lumber camp or something like that. But that he hated it and ran away--no mention of how long after he arrived. He made his way to the U.S. and met my great-grandmother who was sent to Canada from England in 1906 and further immigrated to Charleston, S.C.

He used two names: Kingston before WWII and Kitson after WWII started. I have proof of this based on SSDI records and birth certificates of great aunts and great uncles. No member of their surviving children know why the name changed, but at one point he was incarcerated, although no one knows why. Also, I have conflicting birth dates for him. One is from the memorial card given out at his funeral, and one is the date that my grandmother, his daughter, told me before she passed away. We have no official records for him other than a death certificate, which has the same date as that on the memorial card.

So, his name was either William Kingston or William Kitson. He was either born September 19, 1886 (from my grandmother) or June 12, 1889 (from his death certificate). The only other information I have is that he was rabidly anti-catholic. This may mean that he was not in a catholic orphanage, or he was and hated them for it. I never met him, so I can't tell what this might mean. He did raise all of his children and my mother as COE." 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-12 20:43:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2008-10-12 20:47:24 /

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3033 ABBOTT, Frederick1893ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames Mar 1903 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
3103 ABRAHAMS, Frederick1876ENG,     Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
3149 ACREMAN, Emily1877ENG,     Jul 1888 : Vancouver CAN National Childrens Home  
3165 ADAM, Charles1899ENG,     Mar 1913 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
17047 ADCOCK, William1892ENG, NTT, Rolleston Oct 1907 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
9832 ADKINS, Proctor Selby1894ENG,     Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
5358 AITKEN, Lawrence Gray1909SCT, LKS, Glasgow Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
5359 ALFORD, Stanley Victor1910ENG, HRT, Royston Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
22729 ALLAN, Alec1876ENG,     Mar 1889 : Vancouver CAN National Childrens Home  
13096 ALLEN, Ernest John1894WAL, GLA, Pontypridd Aug 1909 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
2735 ALLEN, Harry Edward1898ENG, LAN Jul 1908 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
10434 ALLENBY, Edward1908ENG, YKS, Kirkbymoorside Aug 1924 : Doric CAN National Childrens Home  
9112 ALLISON, John Henry1897ENG, KEN, Sidcup Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home soutsc  
14556 ANDERSON, Charlotte1871ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1885 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
11880 ANDERSON, Christine1875ENG,     May 1885 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
10452 ANDERSON, William1906ENG, LDN, London Jul 1921 : Megantic CAN National Childrens Home  
12754 ANDREWS, Gertrude1879ENG,     May 1889 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
12637 ANGLIS, Philip George1886ENG, LND, Lewisham Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home  
5360 APOW, Leslie1911ENG, LDN, London Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
4390 ARGENT, Albert1878ENG,     Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
8614 ARGENT, Joseph1892ENG, YKS, Sheffield Mar 1909 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home Lyn 8  
4389 ARGENT, William John1878ENG,     Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
12638 ASHDOWN, Pitman W1890ENG,    , Edmonton Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home  
6447 ASLETT, Ethel 1881ENG,     May 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
8180 ASPDEN, Joseph1913ENG,    , Fulwood Sep 1928 : Antonia CAN National Childrens Home  
5361 ATKINSON, Thos1910ENG, YKS, Keighley Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
10454 ATTFIELD, Harry1910ENG,     Mar 1924 : Lancastria CAN National Childrens Home  
14557 AUCKLAND, Harry1882ENG,     Apr 1894 : Labrador CAN National Childrens Home  
5393 AULT, Ada May1882ENG, DBY, Derby May 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
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