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Record #21584

Name :: : George SALTER (1892 - 1918)
aka : Corporal Salter
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 25 Oct 1892
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 4 Oct 1918 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Wakefield

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 24 Jul 1903
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

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

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Corporal George Salter. His draft card was signed on 5 Jun 1916, but he could not serve until his immigration was processed in 1918.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: George Salter
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1892
Registration District: Wakefield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 58

A possible 1901 English Census places George Salter, aged 8 years born about 1893 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. He is listed as the Nephew of Mary and Joe Salter in Plymouth, Devon, England. Joe was the caretaker of a library by trade.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: SALTER
Given Name: George
Age: 10
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1903
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1903-07-15
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1903-07-24
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario, Winnipeg and Russell, Manitoba
Notes: The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-481
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1916 U.S. Registration Card for George Salter states that he is 25 years of age born 25 Oct 1891. He was born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada and worked as a cook at Great Falls Hotel in Montana where he registered.

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
From Ancestry.com
Name: George Salter
State Registered: Montana
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot H Row 17 Grave 28
Cemetery City: Romagne
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army
Rank: CORPORAL
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll

A 1918 U.S Naturalization record states that George Salter was 27 years of age, born 25 Oct 1891 in Peterboro, Canada. It states he arrived in the United States in 1912 and that he was a solider by occupation.

Corporal George Slater's Find A Grave biography states that he was orphaned when his mother passed away and his father left his 7 children. Four children stayed in England and were brought up by relatives, but three were sent to Canada, two in 1901 and George following in 1903.
He was buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne sous Montfaucon, Meuse, Lorraine, France. Plot H, Row 17, Grave 28.

Find A Grave Memorial# 55996504

ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-14 19:45:46 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-04 11:34:43 /

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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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