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Record #4490
Name :
: Edwin Arthur TATUM (1894 - 1976)
  aka : Jack Tatum


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 30 Oct 1894

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 6 May 1976
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey, Camberwell
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Barrie
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 16 Apr 1909
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
NotesA birth registration was found for Edwin Arthur Tatum: Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Camberwell; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 932. Parents: Edwin Holman Tatum, boot salesman, and Jessie Heitman, married 1889 in Camberwell, Surrey, England.

A death registration was found for Edwin Tatum; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867; Year of Registration: 1897; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 30; District: Wandsworth; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 356.

After their father's death, their mother was destitute. Edwin, Florence and Herbert Tatum were turned over to the Camberwell Board of Guardians, who adopted them. The Guardians arranged immigration to Canada for Edwin Tatum through Fegan's Homes.

In 1909, Edwin Tatum, 14, arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in a group of 108 Fegan boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (His sister, Florence Tatum, 16, arrived on the Virginan with Waifs & Strays in 1909.)

Family legend has it that Florence came to Canada to take care of Jack, who was not doing very well with his Fegan placement.

On January 10, 1916, at Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Edwin Arthur Tatum, 21, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces (Service No. 775580). He declared that he resided at Palgrave, Ontario, Canada; that he was born in Battersea, England; that his next of kin was his mother, Jessie Tatum, who resided at 89 Scylla Road, Nunhead, England; that his date of birth was October 30, 1894; that he was a farmer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 8-3/4 inches in height; fair complexion; brown eyes; light hair. He was a member of the Church of England.

On October 12, 1922, at Nobleton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Edwin Arthur Tatum, 27, labourer, born in England to Edwin Arthur Tatum and Jessie Heidmand; and Annie Agar, 28, born in Nobleton, Ontario, Canada, to Joseph Agar and Eliza Kitson.

Edwin Arthur and Annie Irene Agar Tatum had one child: Margaret Ruth Tatum, born Dec 3, 1923 in Palgrave, Ontario, Canada.

Annie Irene Agar Tatum died on August 28, 1935, at the age of 41, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Edwin Arthur Tatum died on May 6, 1976, at the age of 81, in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-29 19:33:55 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-12-16 20:28:32 /

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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  
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