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Record #21694

Name :: : John Nelson CARTER (1888 - 1915)
aka : Frederick Nelson Carter
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 8 Mar 1888
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 24 Apr 1915 Notes : died in WWI (missing)

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Watchfield

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium, St. Julien

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 8 Apr 1900
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: : Thomas E. West

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Fegans Home for Boys
Agency: : Fegan Homes for Boys

NotesJohn Nelson Carter was my (half)great-uncle. I have previously claimed my great-grandfather, Thomas Carter, who was emmigrated along with his brother, William Carter, through the Fegan's Home for Boys on the S.S. Labador in 1895. John Nelson Carter, their half-brother, was emmigrated 5 years later by Fegan's in 1900.
John Nelson was born in Shrivenham, Berkshire, England around 1888, the son of John Carter and his second wife Elizabeth Ann Alder. His mother mysteriously disappeared in 1889 and his father, John, remarried for a third time. John (the father) was hanged in 1893 for murdering his second and third wives.
The boys entered the Farringdon workhouse but in 1894 both William and Thomas were brought to Fegan's by one of their older sisters. John Nelson on the other hand wasn't placed with Fegan's until 1899 and was brought to them by a Mr.Proctor of Bromsgrove Place, Farringdon, England listed as a friend.
In the spring of 1900 John Nelson emmigrated to Canada with a Fegan's emmigation party on the S.S. Dominion. He was first placed with Thomas E. West of Woodstock, Ontario,a community very near his half-brother Thomas. The Fegan records note John Nelson as being very unsatisfactory withbad habits a bad temper--unlike his brothers who were aways noted as being hard working,fine boys.
The Fegan records follow John Nelson through the following placements over the years:

1900 indentured to Thomas E. West of Woodstock, Ontario
1902 indentured to Mr. Laupman or Kaufman of Eastwood, Ontario
In 1903 he had run away from Mr. Laupman's to a Jesse Allen of Holbrook, Ontario where he was left to be closer to his half-brother Thomas.
1904 indentured to George Stone of Holbrook, Ontario. (He was said to be doing far better here.)
In Sept. 1904, the last Fegan record entry,notes information received from his brother Thomas. John Nelson was said to have gone to Toronto and was doing very badly.
Through my research I believe he joined the 48th Highlanders and later served and died during WWI under the name Frederick Nelson Carter. He had listed a Miss Mabel Ryan as next of kin on his elistment papers. He died during a gas attack at the battle of Ypres, Belgium.

ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-23 23:46:04 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-01-24 13:08:23 /

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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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