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Record #2803

Name :: : David WALTERS (1878 - 1895)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 30 Dec 1878
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 12 May 1895 Notes : Source: Newspaper article (drowned)

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, New Brunswick, Queensbury

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Jun 1890
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Circassian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesThomas William WALTERS b. 1877, and his sister, Mary Elizabeth WALTERS b. 1881, came from Middlemore and were on the same ship. Their brother, David WALTERS, b. 1878, sailed on the Circassian 12 May 1890. All three WALTERS children were sent to New Brunswick.

David Walters was admitted to Middlemore Homes on November 9, 1889, aged 11 yrs.

A notation on his records dated December 5, 1889, showed that he lived at 8 Court, 6 House, Bishopgate Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. "Father dead, family starving, boy in rags; lodgings paid by sister" (sister of mother, Elizabeth Walters).

The mother of these children, Elizabeth JENKINS WALTERS, was widowed in 1884. Her husband died of tuberculosis and the children believed she was ill also. I looked for her death for years but finally found her marriage to Robert SIMONDS/SIMMONS in 1887 just prior to taking the three children to the home. Her first SIMMONS child was born two days after the Lake Ontario sailed with her two WALTERS children. Her two younger WALTERS daughters remained with her in Birmingham. She had seven SIMMONS children for a total of 12 and lived until 1943 dying at age 85. None of this was known to the children.

David was drowned in the Saint John River on May 12, 1895 (age 16).

Newsclipping undated states:

"David Walters, an English orphan boy, 15 years of age, was drowned in the St. John river at Lower Queensbury yesterday morning. He was playing upon some logs and losing his balance fell into the water and was drowned before help could reach him. The body was recovered a short time afterwards. Deceased was sent out from England by one of the orphan institutions about five years ago and had been living with Alanson McNally at Queensbury ever since. He was a bright and obliging boy and was highly esteemed by his employer."

David was buried in the McNally family graves at Mactaquac Baptist Church, which was flooded when the Mactaquac dam was built in 1967. Some of the graves were moved to the Mactaquac Baptist Cemetery but some remain under water. There is a lovely tombstone in the Mactaquac Cemetery in David's memory.

ContributorsCreated : 2007-07-30 16:25:34 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2011-05-21 16:45:41 /

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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
3074	ABEL, Edith Mary	1874	ENG,	Jul 1884 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
3072	ABELL, John J.	1866	ENG,	Feb 1883 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
3073	ABELL, William	1867	ENG,	Feb 1883 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
8692	ABIGAIL, Frederick Martin	1876	ENG,	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
3087	ABRAHAM, John	1873		Apr 1884 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
2766	ACHIEVERS, Mary	1866	ENG,	Sep 1882 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
17058	AIRD, Lizzie	1871	ENG,	May 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Louisa Birt
8751	ALDGATE, Esther	1880	ENG, LDN, London	Jun 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
2754	ALLNUTT, Ernest Raymond	1877	ENG, KEN, Bromley	Apr 1887 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes	14Germain
6260	AMEY, Mary Ann	1871	ENG, SFK, Sudbury	Aug 1882 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
22215	ASHFORD, John	1867	ENG,	Apr 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22466	ATKINS, Albert H	1880	ENG,	Jun 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
9827	ATKINS, Selina	1880	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1890 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
21884	BAKER, George	1875	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21885	BAKER, Jessie	1869	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21886	BAKER, William	1880	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
4229	BALDWIN, Edward	1879	ENG,	Jun 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
3479	BARLEY, Mary Louisa	1877	ENG, BDF, Olwarden	Sep 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
3480	BARLEY, Maud Evelyn	1880	ENG, MDX, Bow, London	Sep 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
18458	BARNES, A	1873	ENG,	Oct 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
18471	BARNES, Alfred	1871	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18479	BARNES, Arthur	1869	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18789	BARNES, William	1867	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18813	BARNES, William Samuel	1877	ENG,	1885 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
21891	BARRY, Edward	1881	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21894	BASENDALE, Thomas	1881	ENG,	May 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
4238	BEAGLE, George William	1868	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
20501	BECKETT, Thomas	1870	ENG,	May 1886 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
20714	BECKWITH, J.A.	1883	ENG,	May 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
13883	BEGWOOD, John	1878	ENG,	May 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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