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Record #2740
Name :
: Thomas WICKHAM (1887 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1887

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Eastbourne
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 3 May 1902
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

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Agency
: Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School
NotesA birth registration was found for Thomas Wickham: Year of Registration: 1887; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Eastbourne; County: Sussex, East Sussex; Volume: 2b; Page: 87. Parents: John Bourne Eastbourne and Ann Duly, married 1875, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

In 1902, Thomas Wickham, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 40 Roman Catholic children from the Liverpool Catholic Children?s Protection Society, 99 Shaw Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and en route to 11 St. Thomas Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (SUBMITTERS NOTE: Thomas was actually one of five Shaftesbury "Old Boys" from the Shaftesbury farm/school in Surrey. Shaftesbury used other agencies to transport their boys abroad when they were ready. They were escorted by an Anglican group called the SPCK (Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge) to Shaftesbury receiving homes in Canada. The particular party of which my grandfather was a part were sent to a farm near Ingersoll, Ontario where some were later sent on to Winnipeg and assigned to farms in that area. Some were assigned to farms in Ontario and some to the prairies.)

On December 23 1925, Thomas Wickham arrived at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, leaving the port of St. John New Brunswick, Canada, on the ship Montclare. He declared that his proposed address in the UK was to be Fronwion, Dollgelly, North Wales; that he was a farmer; that he was 38 years of age; and that he intended to live in other parts of the United Kingdom. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-11 19:21:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-06 12:42:55 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
10849 BRAKE, Alfred1857ENG, LDN, London Jun 1872 : France CAN Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School  
2739 CLARKE, Clifford Norman1887ENG, WAR, Rugby May 1902 : Tunisian CAN Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School Andy_C  
2738 GOODALL, Archibald Douglas1888ENG, SRY, West Norwood May 1902 : Tunisian CAN Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School  
2736 LORD, Arthur Percy1887ENG, SRY, Farnham May 1902 : Tunisian CAN Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School  
2718 PORTER, Herbert Cecil1888ENG, SRY, Battersea May 1902 : Tunisian CAN Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School  
2740 WICKHAM, Thomas1887ENG, SSX, Eastbourne May 1902 : Tunisian CAN Shaftesbury/Bisley Farm School