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Record #12505

Name :: : Stanley SARSON (1895 - 1916)
aka : S. Sarson, Private Sarson
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 10 Nov 1895
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 18 Nov 1916 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Eastbourne

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 12 Aug 1905
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: : Grainger

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Barnardo Homes
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Stanley Sarson.

A birth record of a Stanley Sarson was registered in Jan Qtr of 1896 in Eastbourne.
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Stanley Sarson
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1896
Registration District: Eastbourne
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 73

1901 English Census record for the household of Sarah Moore. Possible match, although image does say Tarson as surname - Sarah E Moore, 56, and children Ellen S, 23, Edwin J, 40, stepson, and boarders Alice Hartfield, 11, Stanley Tarson, 5, in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: SARSON
Given Name: S.
Age: 9
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1905
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1905-08-03
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1905-08-12
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario
Comments: 433 children, males to Toronto and Winnipeg and the females to Peterborough. There were nine adults on the end of the list who were travelling with the group. Frederick Franks, a boy aged 7, was listed as going to Peterborough.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-485
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

In 1911 Canadian Census records for William Grainger, 32, wife Alice J, 26, and children Grace, 6, Florence, 4, Blanche, 3, Iva M, 1, and mother Margaret Grainger, 53, widow, and Stanley Sarson, 15, hired boy, in Portage La Prairie, Gosfield, Essex, Ontario. Stanley was born in Feb of 1896 and immigrated from England in 1905.

Attestation papers were signed on 17 Jan 1916 in Kingston, Ontario. Stanley Sarson's birth date was stated as 10 Nov 1895 in Hastings, England. He gave his Next of Kin as his Aunt, Mrs Rose Sarson of Hastings, England. He was a farmer from Kingston Ontario at the time. 5'8" in height with blue eyes and light coloured hair. His religion was listed as Church of England.

On 18 Nov 1916, Stanley Sarson was reported as Killed in Action while fighting for the Canadian Army, he is remembered on the Vimy Memorial.
Commonwealth War Graves Registers confirms he was killed in the area of Somme, Picardie, France. A Vimy Memorial form was sent to Miss Gertrude Sarson, his Aunt, of 13 Alfrey Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England on 17 Sep 1936.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56683288

ContributorsCreated : 2010-07-24 07:00:54 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-11-30 09:01:16 /

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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
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3029	ABBOTT, Edward	1863	ENG, LIN, Bourne	Jun 1882 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3142	ACKROYD, John Edward	1886	ENG,	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3153	ACTON, Alice	1889	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3154	ACTON, Ellen	1891	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22827	ADAMS, C R	1885	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26477	ADAMS, Charles W R	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23730	ADAMS, Eliza	1887	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5602	ADAMS, Gladys	1898	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22545	ADAMS, Henry William	1898	ENG,	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
23726	ADAMS, Isabel	1888	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3278	ADAMS, Robert Henry	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
23732	ADAMS, Thomas G	1901	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10890	ADAMSON, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9834	ADBY, Ethel Caroline	1893	ENG, BKM, Wycombe	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8817	ADCOCK, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9830	ADKINS, Theodora Margaret	1897	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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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