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Record #27652

Name :: : Harry SCALES (1903 - )
aka : Harry MUNNS
Father: : see notes below
Mother: : Annie Scales

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 17 Nov 1903 Notes : GRO birth registered 1st Qtr 1904 no father listed
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): : Spouse/Notes : see notes in place of death / burial
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Edmonton, Enfield

4 Boundary Cottages, Enfield

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada

possible death: 1981 death Harry Sydney Scales – find-a-grave – Glenelg Cemetery, Grey County – Harry Sydney Scales 1903 – 1981 and wife Sadie M Davis

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Jul 1914 Notes : ship left Liverpool 26 June 1914
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Empress of Britain
Placement Family: : placed in Kemble, Grey Co -no name given

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Edmonton Union Workhouse
Agency: : Salvation Army

NotesScales / Munns Family Summary – four children emigrated as BHC – Charles, Ellen (Nellie), Elizabeth (Lizzie) and Harry
The children are listed under both surnames in various records

1881 Census - 2 Boundary Cottages, Enfield – George Munns age 30 (farm labourer) with wife Elizabeth age 41 (Crape Worker) and daughter Florence age 1

1888 Nov 12 birth James Scales 21 Stanley Street, Ponders End, Enfield, Edmonton, Middlesex - mother Annie, agricultural labourer – registered GRO Dec Qtr Edmonton - no father listed

1891 Census – 5 Boundary Cottages, Enfield – George Munns age 39 – widower (farm labourer) with children Florence age 10, George age 8
1891 Census – Chase Farm School, Enfield, Edmonton – James Scales age 3
1891 April 05 census Annie Scales (single) and daughter Lilian May in Edmonton Workhouse

1901 Census – 4 Boundary Cottages, Ponders End, Enfield – all people in household were born at this location: George Munns age 45 (farm labourer), Annie Munns age 38, George age 18, James age 13, Lily age 11, Ada age 7, Lizzie age 4 and Ellen age 1.

1910 July 15 – medical performed 4 Torres Street Hackney on children going to the Annie MacPherson House of Industry, 29 Bethnall Green East – Ellen, Elizabeth and Charles Scales
1910 July 22 – ship “Virginian” left Liverpool – list of immigrant children from the Annie MacPherson House of Industry, 29 Bethnall Green East going to 51 Avon Street, Stratford, Ontario include Charles, Elizabeth and Ellen Scales.
1910 July 29 – ship “Virginian” arrives Quebec

1911 census (I have added their birth information to the census information)
St. James Terrace, Enfield *note that Annie Scales reports children that have already emigrated to Canada and one child that has died (she reports Freddy and then crosses out his name and information). She also lists herself as single and crosses it out and puts widow.
In the household are:
b 1871 Annie age 40 single/widow b Edmonton Workhouse – says had 10 children and 9 are living
b 1888 Lily age 22 single Farm Hand b Edmonton Workhouse GRO 4th Qtr 1888 no father listed
b 1893 Freddy b Goat Lane, Ponders End age 17 single *notation in “children who have died” column GRO 3rd Qtr 1893 d 3rd Qtr 1893 no father listed
b 1895 Ada age 16 b Ponders End single Factory Hand b Ponders End GRO 1st Qtr 1895 no father listed
b 1897 Lizzie age 14 b Boundary Cottages, Ponders End MacPherson record 11 Sept 1897 GRO Reference: 1896 4th Qtr in Edmonton – Elizabeth Munns fa: Munns ma: Scales
b 1899 Nelly age 12 b Boundary Cottages, Ponders End GRO 05 June 1899 4 Boundary Cottages – mother Annie, agricultural worker - registered 3rd Qtr 1899 no father listed - MacPherson record 05 July 1899
b 1901 Charlie age 10 b Boundary Cottages, Ponders End GRO 07 Sept 1901 4 Boundary Cottages – mother Annie, agricultural worker registered 4th Qtr 1901 no father listed - MacPherson record 06 February 1901
b 1903 Harry age 7 b Boundary Cottages, Ponders End GRO 17 November 1903 4 Boundary Cottages – mother Annie, agricultural worker registered 1st Qtr 1904 no father listed - Salvation Army record 17 November 1903
b 1907 Arthur age b Picketts Lane, Edmonton 4 GRO 3rd Qtr 1907 no father listed
b 1909 Florrie age 2 b Bricky Lane, Enfield GRO 1st Qtr 1909 no father listed
b 1910 May age 9 months b Vine Cottages, Enfield GRO 3rd Qtr 1910 no father listed

1911 census Chase Farm Schools, Edmonton – Harry Scales *Note on file *alias Munns age 8 born Edmonton

1911 census Sutherland Road, Lower Edmonton, Middlesex – George Munns living with his daughter Florence Rich nee Munns / Scales and her family

1911 census Egremont, Grey South, Ontario – Charles Scales age 10 (domestic) living with Wm Ecoles
1911 census Dunneville, Ontario – Elizabeth Scales (domestic) age 14 living with Fry family
1911 census Wilmott, Ontario – Ellen Scales age 10 (servant) living with Walker family

Harry Scales
1914 June 26 Medical performed for Salvation Army on Harry Scales at the Edmonton Union Workhouse, Middlesex
1914 June 26 – ship “Empress of Britain” leaves Liverpool with group of Salvation Army children – Harry Scales age 10
1914 July 03 – arrived Quebec on the “Empress of Britain” going to 105 Indian Road, Toronto with the Salvation Army

According to Salvation Army and Boards of Guardians records:
1915 August Harry Scales had 6 inspections staring from his placement
1916 September Kemble, Grey County
1917 September Kemble, Grey County
1918 May Kemble, Grey County
1919 December not seen – away from Home
1920 August Kemble, Grey County
1920 October L. Bowles, RR#2 Bradford, Simcoe
1921 inspections complete
1922 June Russell Perkins, Hampton, Durham
1923 May Russell Perkins, Hampton Durham
Note: a reliable worker and takes an interest in his work

Census 1921
1921 Census Harry Scales age 18 b England, labourer living with Bowles family at Bradford, West Gwillimbury

Other Information:

1925 Harry and Charles Scales border crossing
1925 November 24 Border Crossing – Canada to USA
Harry and Charles Scales are travelling together – they are going to Buffalo to visit their sister “Lizzie Burns”
Harry gives his age as 20, living in Durham, Ontario - birth place: Middlesex, England – arrived at Quebec, Canada on the “Empress of Britain” in July 1914 – he is accompanied by his brother Charles
Charles gives his age as 22, living in Holstein, Ontario – birth place: Enfield, England – arrived at “unknown” Canada on the “Virginian” in 1913 – he is accompanied by his brother Harry

Possible wife and death
1981 death Harry Sydney Scales – find-a-grave – Glenelg Cemetery, Grey County – Harry Sydney Scales 1903 – 1981 and wife Sadie M Davis

ContributorsCreated : 2017-12-22 17:17:05 / janismccahill

Additional Contributions from : 1Millin

Last Updated : 2022-01-09 22:29:34 / janismccahill

Family History ResearchersRootsChatters with family connections to Harry SCALES:

1Millin

Readers Comments09.01.22 1Millin

:
Ellen Scales came to the Wilker family not Walker.
William Conrad Wilker and his wife Emma Maria Diehl

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
18925	ABERY, Harold Thomas	1908	ENG, LND, Marylebone	Mar 1927 : Melita	CAN	Salvation Army
3151	ACRES, John	1910	ENG,	Jun 1924 : Ausonia	CAN	Salvation Army
3176	ADAM, William	1906	ENG,	Jul 1924 : Ausonia	CAN	Salvation Army
5816	ADAMSON, Bernard William	1913	ENG, KEN, Woolwich	Aug 1924 : Ausonia	CAN	Salvation Army
22543	ADDISON, John	1911	ENG,	May 1922 : Metagama	CAN	Salvation Army
19040	AITKEN, Ian	1909	ENG,	Mar 1927 : Melita	CAN	Salvation Army
21998	ALLAN, Priscilla		ENG,	Apr 1925 : Athenia	CAN	Salvation Army
7895	ALLDRIDGE, George Gage Notcut	1910	ENG, SAL, Newport (Salop)	Jul 1925 : Montrose	CAN	Salvation Army
18790	AMBROSE, Alfred	1912	ENG,	Mar 1927 : Melita	CAN	Salvation Army
5237	ANKER, Kenneth	1915	ENG, LND, Enfield	Mar 1930 : Scythia	CAN	Salvation Army
13296	ANKER, Sidney Gerald	1911	ENG, LND, Enfield	Feb 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Salvation Army
8858	ANNESS, James Edward	1901	ENG, LDN, London	Jul 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27617	ATKINS, George Frederick	1905	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27618	ATKINS, Jane Ellen	1900	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27619	ATKINS, William Richard	1903	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
23364	AUSTIN, Leonard		ENG,	Sep 1922 : Metagama	CAN	Salvation Army
27598	AVERY, Edith Mary	1901	ENG, KEN, Cranbrook, Hawkhurst	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
5321	AXFORD, John	1913	ENG, LDN, London	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	Salvation Army
5322	BACKLER, John	1914	ENG, LDN, London	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	Salvation Army
7860	BACON, Ivy Lilian	1913	ENG, , Edmonton	Jul 1923 : Montrose	CAN	Salvation Army
22903	BAKER, Kathleen D	1900	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Ascania	CAN	Salvation Army
5240	BALLINGER, Edward	1914	ENG, , West Malvern	Mar 1930 : Scythia	CAN	Salvation Army
11941	BANKS, Bernard	1910	ENG, SRY, Bermondsey	Jun 1924 : Athenia	CAN	Salvation Army
5323	BARKER, Alfred	1915	ENG, , Flagborough	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	Salvation Army
22743	BARKER, William Alfred	1893	ENG,	May 1908 : Kensington	CAN	Salvation Army
5242	BATTLEY, Leonard	1916	ENG, , Dagenham	Mar 1930 : Scythia	CAN	Salvation Army
14819	BAUGHAN, Emily	1916	ENG, , Shoreditch	May 1922 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
14820	BAUGHAN, Ernest	1913	ENG,	May 1922 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
19315	BEASLEY, Edgar	1905	ENG,	Jul 1922 : Megantic	CAN	Salvation Army
4453	BEATTIE, Frank	1912	ENG, CHS, Rock Ferry	Aug 1929 : Antonia	CAN	Salvation Army
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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