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Record #3683

Name :: : Walter SAYELL (1895 - )
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BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1895 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Bedfordshire, Leighton Buzzard

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 21 Mar 1906
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Walter Sayell; Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Leighton Buzzard; County: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire; Volume: 3b; Page: 366. (Parents: Harry Sayell and Sarah Lintaff.)

In 1901, Walter Sayell, 4 years of age, was residing at 67 South Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. Other family members included: Edith Sayell, 5; Harry Sayell, 28, basket maker; Sarah J. Sayell, 25; Thomas Sayell, 4 months. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 1508; Folio: 84; Page: 31.)

A death registration was found for Harry Sayell: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872; Year of Registration: 1902; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 30; District: Leighton Buzzard; County: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire; Volume: 3b; Page: 241.

In 1906 Walter Sayell, 11, arrived at Portland, Maine, USA, along with a group of 188 children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (His sister, Edith Sayell, 10, also arrived in August, 1906 on the Dominion; and his younger brothers, Thomas and Harry Sayell, arrived on the Corinthian in 1913.)

In 1904, in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, a marriage was registered between Sarah Jane Sayell and Frederick Mead. (Year of Registration: 1904; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Leighton Buzzard; County: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire; Volume: 3b; Page: 516.)

In 1911, Walter Sayell, 16, is shown as a hired boy / labourer for Walter Leonard and family in Pelham, Welland, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as October 1894 and his immigration year as 1906.

On August 2, 1915, Walter Sayell enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Leighton Buzzard, England; that his next of kin was Mrs. Fred Mead, who resided at Fitch Street, Welland, Ontario, Canada; that his date of birth was March 9, 1895; that he was a farmer; that he was not married; and that he had previous served in the 44th Regiment. He was described as 5 foot 3 inches in height; light complexion; blue eyes; brown hair. He was a member of the Baptist faith.

On April 6, 1916, Sarah Lantaff Sayell Mead, 40 years of age, died of shock and hemorrhage due to childbirth, at Welland County General Hospital, Welland, Ontario, Canada. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Shortly after the end of World War One, the Leighton Buzzard Observer published a list of men from Leighton Buzzard who had served during the conflict in either the army or the navy. The lists were published in consecutive editions of the paper from 18th March 1919 to 5th August 1919:

SAYELL Walter, Canada, late Beaudesert; Private, Canadian Machine Gun Section.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-22 14:13:48 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 12:57:39 /

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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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