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Record #3527

Name :: : Ernest HADEN (1898 - 1917)
aka : Urquhart, Private Haden
Father: : Samuel Haden
Mother: : Eliza Ellam

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 10 Apr 1898
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 6 May 1917 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Jun 1909 (unknown)
Country: :
Ship: : Carthaginian
Placement Family: : Urquhart

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesA birth registration was found for Ernest Haden: Year of Registration: 1898; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Wolverhampton; County: Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands; Volume: 6b; Page: 664a. His parents were Samuel Haden (1870-1941) and Eliza Ellam (born 1871). They were married in 1894 in Heath Town, Staffordshire, England.

In 1901, Ernest Hader, 2 years of age, was shown as a visitor in the home of his maternal uncle, William Ellam, 31, boat dock unloader, at 14 Ulm(?) Street, Heath Town, Staffordshire, England. Other family members inlcluded: Eliza J. Ellam, 7 [EDITORS NOTE: This is actually Eliza J. Haden, the daughter of Samuel and Eliza Haden--she is denoted as a "niece" on the census return]; James Ellam, 4; Margaret Ann Ellam, 29; Richard Ellam, 5 months; William Ellam, 7; Eliza Hader, 28; Ernest Hader, 2; Samuel Hader, 31, boat dock unloader.

In 1909, Ernest Haden, 11 (along with his brother, William Haden, 6) arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a group of 130 children en route to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

In 1911, Ernest Urquhart, 14, is shown as the son of Alexander Urquhart of Boulardarie Island, Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is shown as having been born in Nova Scotia April 1897.

On October 5, 1915, Ernest Haden enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces (Service Number: 222561; Force: Army; Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment); Division: 85th Bn.) He declared that he was born in Wolverhampton, England; that his next of kin was Alex Urquhart, who resided at Millville, Boulardarie, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; that his date of birth was April 10, 1897 (originally it stated 1898 but this was crossed out and the 7 placed over the 8); that he was a miner; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 7-3/4 inches in height; medium complexion; brown eyes; brown hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith. He had a distinguishing mark of an oblique scar over proximal knuckle right index.

Private Ernest Haden died on May 6, 1917 in France. He was originally buried at LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,France (Grave Reference: IV. C. 12). He was reinterred at BLACK ROCK CEMETERY, Boularderie Island, Victoria County, Nova Scotia, with his adopted family. His headstone reads:

Ernest Haden 85 Battn NS Highlanders
Killed in action 6 May 1917 age 21 yrs

ContributorsCreated : 2008-03-31 13:34:46 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-04-30 21:19:47 / alanmack

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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
3042	ABBOTT, John	1881	SCT,	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
3140	ACKROYD, Frances May	1899	M__,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3143	ACKROYD, Mabel Emma	1904	IRL,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3144	ACKROYD, William Henry	1906	IND, , Quetta	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
9641	AGAR, John	1905	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
13349	ALGIE, James	1871	SCT,	Apr 1888 : Carthaginian	CAN	Quarriers
4645	ALLDRIDGE, Arthur	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4644	ALLDRIDGE, Harry	1892	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4643	ALLDRIDGE, Violet	1893	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
9650	ALLEN, Dorothy	1903	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4703	ALLEN, Thomas Henry	1899	ENG, WOR, Kings Norton	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
12871	ALLEN, Walter Harry	1883	ENG, WOR, Kidderminster	Jun 1895 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
17071	ANDREWS, William	1898	ENG,	May 1908 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
5753	ARUNDEL, Alfred	1900	ENG, , Kings Norton	May 1914 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
5754	ASHBURNE, Alfred	1892	ENG, YKS, Dewsbury	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
24069	ASHBY, James	1904	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23681	ASHFIELD, George	1900	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23682	ASHLEY, Frank	1895	ENG,	Jun 1904 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23683	ASHTON, Abraham	1896	ENG,	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4015	ATTWOOD, Beatrice May	1897	ENG, WOR, Worcester	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4016	ATTWOOD, Louisa	1899	ENG, WOR, Worcester	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3620	AVERILL, Ernest John	1894	ENG, BRK, Reading	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
8592	BAILEY, Ernest	1902	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3423	BALL, Albert Victor	1902	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3422	BALL, Amelia	1900	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
24070	BALL, Daisy	1909	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4038	BALL, Edward	1901	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
24071	BALL, George	1907	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
9157	BARLEY, Edward	1894	ENG, STS, Wolverhampton	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
7199	BARLEY, Frederick	1897	ENG, STS, Wolverhampton	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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