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Record #17085
Name :
: William TREACHER


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Marriage (1)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 12 May 1906
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Empress of Britain

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Fegan Homes for Boys
NotesAS PER THE BOOK YEARS OF WITNESS,HISTORY OF ELMVALE PRESBYTERION CHURCH.
AS QUOTED FORM THE BOOK : AN ENGLISH BOY NAMED FRED TREACHER,WHO HAD BEEN SENT TO CANADA BY J.W.C. FEGAN
ORPHANAGE AT STONY STRATFORD,NEAR LONDON ENGLAND. IN A PLAN WHEREBY SUCH CHILDREN WERE LOCATED ON FARMS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF CANADA. WHEN FREDS FATHER DIED HIS MOTHER PUT ALL HER LARGE FAMILY IN THE ORPHANAGE. A BROTHER WILLIAM AND SISTERS ANNIE AND ELSIE WERE SENT TO THE HAMILTON AREA AND ANOTHER SISTER MAY WAS SENT TO PARIS ONTARIO. FRED ARRIVED IN ELMVALE IN APRIL 1908 AT THE AGE OF 13. HE WALK A LONG WAY TO CHURCH , AS HE WAS ONE OF THE BOYS THAT PUMPED THE ORGAN, IT WAS EVERYTHING TO HIM. FRED WAS SHOWN KINDNESS AND FREINDSHIP ON THE MILL OF HERB RITCHIE,ON THE 9TH CONCESSION ,EAST OF ELMVALE,ALTHOUGH HE NOT LIVED THERE. FRED HAD A 9 YEAR OLD BROTHER NAMED ALBERT, WHO WAS GOING TO BE SENT TO A FARM IN CANADA, BUT FRED TALK THE AUTHORITIES TO SEND ALBERT TO THE FARM OF HERB RITCHIE IN ELMVALE, WHICH THEY DID AND HE ARRIVED AND ENJOYED HIS NEW HOME AND THE COMPANY OF HIS BROTHER FRED. ONE DAY ALBERT WAS RAFTING ON THE POND , HE WAS TOLD TO NOT RAFT ON THIS POND AND DROWNED . HE IS BURIED BY THE ORGINAL CHURCH. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3056 ABBOTT, Ernest James1897ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3035 ABBOTT, Geoffrey Robinson1898ENG, MDX, Paddington Mar 1912 : Empress of Britain CAN Sailing Alone  
3095 ABRAHAMS, Lily1896ENG,     Aug 1913 : Empress of Britain CAN Sailing Alone  
3104 ABRAMS, Frederick1892ENG, LND, Battersea May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
22986 ABRAMS, Frederick1893ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
3105 ABRAMS, Reginald Edwin1896ENG, LND, Battersea Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys Diblet  
9111 ADDYMAN, Edward Harold1893ENG, KEN, Plumstead May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3619 AGAR, George1900ENG,     Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
19518 ALDER, John 1894ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Hurst House Training Home  
22771 ALDERS, George1898ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
23148 ANDREWS, George1898ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
8858 ANNESS, James Edward1901ENG, LDN, London Jul 1914 : Empress of Britain CAN Salvation Army  
23091 APPLETON, Alfred1898ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22684 ARCHER, Jesse1892ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22896 ARNOLD, Edward1889ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
19855 ASHMAN, Frederick1892ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
27617 ATKINS, George Frederick1905ENG, ESS, Rochford Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain CAN Salvation Army  
27618 ATKINS, Jane Ellen1900ENG, ESS, Rochford Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain CAN Salvation Army  
17305 ATKINS, William1894ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
27619 ATKINS, William Richard1903ENG, ESS, Rochford Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain CAN Salvation Army  
27598 AVERY, Edith Mary1901ENG, KEN, Cranbrook, Hawkhurst Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain CAN Salvation Army  
23092 AYLES, Frederick Arthur1896ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
11139 BACON, Edwin J1896ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22554 BACON, Ernest P1901ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3859 BAILEY, Joseph1898ENG,    , Hastings Jul 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
23032 BAKER, Frederick1898ENG,     Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
11129 BALDWIN, Alfred1896ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
2957 BALDWIN, Colin1899ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
16574 BALDWIN, Leslie1900ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22837 BARBER, Charles1893ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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