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Record #3615

Name :: : Allan KINGHORN (1896 - )
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Date of Birth: : 21 Mar 1896
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Strichen

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 11 Apr 1911
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Hesperian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Quarriers

NotesIn 1901, Allan Kinghorn, 4 years of age, and his brother, Peter Kinghorn, 9 years of age, were shown as inmates in Leith Poorhouse, 172 Great Junction St, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Leith; ED: Leith Poorhouse; Line: 14; Year: 1901.) Their brother, William Kinghorn, 10 years of age, was residing with his grandmother, Ann Mathers, 63, domestic servant, at High Street, Strichen, Aberdeenshire, England. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Strichen; ED: 2; Line: 13; Year: 1901.) Sisters, Margaret Kinghorn, 7 years of age, and Ann Kinghorn, 2 years of age, were shown as inmates in Leith Poorhouse, 172 Great Junction St, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. (Parish: Leith; ED: Leith Poorhouse; Line: 9; Year: 1901.)

In 1910, Allan Kinghorn, 14, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 100 children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada. (Brothers, Peter Kinghorn, 13, and William Kinghorn, 14, had arrived on the Corinthian in 1905; sister Maggie Kinghorn, 14, arrived on the Ionian in 1908; and sister, Annie Kinghorn, 10, arrived on the Grampian in 1909.)

In 1911, Allan Kinghorn, 15, was shown as a servant / labourer to Joseph Boyd and family in Augusta, Grenwich, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as March 1896 and his immigration year as 1910.

On September 21, 1914, Allan Kinghorn enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland; that his next of kin was his father, Peter Kinghorn, who resided at North Augusta, Ontario, Canada; that his date of birth was March 21, 1896; that he was a farmer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 6-1/2 inches in height; fair complexion; brown eyes; dark hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith. He had distinguishing marks of three vaccination scars on his left arm.

In 1930, Allan Kinghorn, 34, loader / lumber company, was residing at 6721 Sangar, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Other family members included: Helen Kinghorn, 26 (born in Scotland); Margaret Kinghorn, 8 (born in Canada); Jessie Kinghorn, 6 (born in Canada); William Kinghorn, 3 (born in Canada); Donald Kinghorn, 2 (born in the United States). Allan stated that he had been married at the age of 23 and his wife at the age of 16. The family immigrated to the United States in 1927/1928.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-13 14:13:17 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-24 15:46:54 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3075	ABERCROMBIE, Andrew	1878	SCT,	Mar 1891 : Hibernian	CAN	Quarriers
22560	ACTON, Philip John	1917	SCT,	May 1931 : Athenia	CAN	Quarriers
3159	ADAIR, Henry Bower	1895	SCT, , Dumfries	Apr 1906 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
3164	ADAM, Allan Devrix	1885	SCT, , Govanhill, Glasgow	Apr 1897 : Siberian	CAN	Quarriers
3168	ADAM, Isabella	1897	SCT,	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
3171	ADAM, Maggie	1887	SCT,	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
3172	ADAM, Margaret	1899	SCT,	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
3175	ADAM, William Butter	1884	SCT, , Govanhill, Glasgow	Apr 1897 : Siberian	CAN	Quarriers
25882	ADAMS, Alexander	1886		Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers
25845	ADAMS, Jane	1882		Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers
25792	ADAMS, Mary Jane	1875		Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers
25417	ADAMS, William	1889	SCT,	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
9871	ADAMSON, Charles Daniels	1897	SCT, , Airdrie	Apr 1909 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
6389	ADAMSON, Christina Alison	1894	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
9872	ADAMSON, James Balfour	1892	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	May 1905 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
7357	ADDISON, Hugh	1876	SCT, , Jamestown	Apr 1887 : Siberian	CAN	Quarriers
10483	ADDISON, Thomas Snowden	1905	SCT,	Apr 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Quarriers
3147	ADIE, Gregor McGregor	1880	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Apr 1894 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers
22546	AITKEN, Archibald McMillan	1900	ENG,	Apr 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
10484	AITKEN, Robert Plenderleith	1904	SCT, , Limefield, Wiston & Roberton	Apr 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Quarriers
3156	AITON, William Lyle	1888	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Apr 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
5679	ALCORN, Agnes Maxwell	1894	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1913 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
5680	ALCORN, Margaret-Ann Irwin	1897	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
3916	ALEXANDER, Agnes Barbour	1888	SCT, , Coatbridge	Aug 1906 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
10339	ALEXANDER, Beatrice Carlisle	1889	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
3917	ALEXANDER, Janet Murray	1896	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1906 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
3915	ALEXANDER, Mary Eliza	1897	SCT, , Coatbridge	Jul 1905 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
3918	ALEXANDER, Sarah Stewart	1890	SCT, , Coatbridge	Jun 1906 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
10451	ALEXANDER, Thomas George	1891	ENG, , Glasgow Camlachie	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
6358	ALEXANDER, William	1893	SCT,	Apr 1906 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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