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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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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
3033	ABBOTT, Frederick	1893	ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
3165	ADAM, Charles	1899	ENG,	Mar 1913 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
23725	ADAMS, Lilian	1887	ENG,	Nov 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
22768	ADAMSON, Jeanie	1891	ENG,	Sep 1905 : Canada	CAN	Louisa Birt
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
6798	AINSLIE, Daisy Ann	1890	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
26133	ALDRIDGE, B	1895	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
26134	ALDRIDGE, H	1894	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
26031	ALEXANDER, Henry	1894	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
26030	ALEXANDER, T	1895	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
26007	ALLAN, M	1886	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
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
9112	ALLISON, John Henry	1897	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Mar 1910 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home	soutsc
11504	ALLPORT, William Thomas	1907	ENG, , Shrewsbury	May 1923 : Canada		Waifs & Strays	ynaught
22783	ANDERSON, Francis L	1909	ENG,	Jun 1923 : Canada	CAN	Waifs & Strays
17075	ANDRES, J.	1893	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
13834	ANTWIS, Robert Luchesi	1891	WAL, PEM, Haverfordwest	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
9233	ANTWIS, Sidney Walter John	1893	WAL, PEM, Pembroke Dock	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
8614	ARGENT, Joseph	1892	ENG, YKS, Sheffield	Mar 1909 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home	Lyn 8
26029	ASHBY, W E	1893	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
23814	ASHDOWN, W	1887	ENG,	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
9732	ASHMORE, Amelia	1895	ENG,	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
23821	ASHMORE, Mary E	1897	ENG,	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
23836	ATKINS, Alice M	1897	ENG,	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
16734	ATKINSON, Robert	1889	ENG, WES, Kendal	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5501	BABB, Frederick	1896	ENG, SOM, Axbridge	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
26109	BAKER, A G	1887	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
26183	BAKER, Albert	1892	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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