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Record #11510
Name :
: Alexander Angus BLACK (1899 - )


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Date of Birth
: 16 Dec 1899

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Manchester
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 8 Jun 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Carthaginian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
Notes[POSSIBLE MATCH] A birth registration was found for Alexander Black: Year of Registration: 1899; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Salford; County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire; Volume: 8d; Page: 194.

In 1912, Alexander Angus Black, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 154 Middlemore children.

On February 25, 1916, Alexander Angus Black, who stated he was 18 years of age, registered for the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was residing in Melville, New Brunswick, Canada; that he was born in Fifeshire, Scotland; that his next of kin was his brother, Arthur Black, who resided in Birmingham, England; that his date of birth was December 16, 1893 (along with a notation that reads: birth certificate shows date of birth as 16/12/1899 that his occupation was farming; and that he was not married. The attestation denotes that he was not to be sent overseas until he reached the age of 19 years. He was described as 5 foot 3 inches in height; dark complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith. He had four vaccination marks on his left arm.

106th Battalion. Yet another of the British home children included among the WWI Boularderie soldiers, Alexander Angus Black was born in Scotland and came to Canada as a 12-year-old in 1912. He lived at Mill Pond, Boularderie, with the family of John William Urquhart. In his enlistment document he gave his occupation as farmer and listed his brother Arthur of Birmingham, England, as his next-of-kin. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-04-26 12:16:02 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-12-02 16:12:48 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3042 ABBOTT, John1881SCT,     Sep 1886 : Carthaginian CAN Emma Stirling  
3140 ACKROYD, Frances May1899M__,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3143 ACKROYD, Mabel Emma1904IRL,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3144 ACKROYD, William Henry1906IND,    , Quetta Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
9641 AGAR, John1905ENG,     Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
13349 ALGIE, James1871SCT,     Apr 1888 : Carthaginian CAN Quarriers  
4645 ALLDRIDGE, Arthur1897ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4644 ALLDRIDGE, Harry1892ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4643 ALLDRIDGE, Violet1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
9650 ALLEN, Dorothy1903ENG,     Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4703 ALLEN, Thomas Henry1899ENG, WOR, Kings Norton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
12871 ALLEN, Walter Harry1883ENG, WOR, Kidderminster Jun 1895 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
17071 ANDREWS, William 1898ENG,     May 1908 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
5753 ARUNDEL, Alfred1900ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1914 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
5754 ASHBURNE, Alfred1892ENG, YKS, Dewsbury May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
24069 ASHBY, James1904ENG,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
23681 ASHFIELD, George1900ENG,     Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
23682 ASHLEY, Frank1895ENG,     Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
23683 ASHTON, Abraham1896ENG,     May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4015 ATTWOOD, Beatrice May1897ENG, WOR, Worcester Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4016 ATTWOOD, Louisa1899ENG, WOR, Worcester Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3620 AVERILL, Ernest John1894ENG, BRK, Reading Jun 1909 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
8592 BAILEY, Ernest1902ENG,     Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3423 BALL, Albert Victor1902ENG, WAR, Aston Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3422 BALL, Amelia1900ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
24070 BALL, Daisy1909ENG,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4038 BALL, Edward1901ENG, WAR, Aston Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
24071 BALL, George1907ENG,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
9157 BARLEY, Edward 1894ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
7199 BARLEY, Frederick1897ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
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