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Record #5539

Name :: : Henry Charles SQUIRES (1899 - 1984)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 4 Nov 1899
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 15 Aug 1984

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham

3 Providence Place, Birchfield Road

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Peace River

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 8 Jun 1912
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Carthaginian
Placement Family: : Creelman

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesIn December Qtr of 1912 Thomas H Lucking married Esther Squires in West Bromwich

Henry and Wilfred's father Henry Charles Sr. died in a West Bromwich workhouse in 1912. They were living with and aunt and subsequently became home children even though their mother was still living. They came to Nova Scotia with Middlemore homes. Henry was placed with a caring family but Wilfred had a couple of placements and ended up in the Halifax asylum for mental problems. He was deported back to England in 1917 and died in Hatton Asylum in 1930.

On Jan 1st 1916, Henry Chas Squires, fireman & woodsman, d.o.b Nov 4th 1899 Birmingham, Eng, enlisted in Canadian Army. He gave his address as Portapique, Nova Scotia. His next of kin-mother-Mrs Esther Lucking, 43 Alfred St, Handsworth, Birmingham. Henry was in 224 Forestry Battalian and losthis right forearm in a sawmill accident. He was discharged and sent back to Canada in 1916.

He married a local Nova Scotia girl, Annie Mabel White, and they went to Alberta in the 1920's to homestead and raise a family. Henry died in Peace River in 1984.

In October 1918, Henry Squires entered America via Winnipeg, he was debarred but submitted an appeal he was deported in November 1918. He was a farm labourer, His contact in Canada was W Croolamn? Portapique, NS, friend, he was heading for J Crowder, Bath Gate,

ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-12 16:49:09 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-01-07 23:14:34 /

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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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