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Record #27662

Name :: : Harry EDWARDS (1903 - )
Father: : see brother's marriage notes below
Mother: : see brother's marriage notes below

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 19 Jul 1903 Notes : from Salvation Army records - Harry gives 1901 and 1902 as his birth date on different records
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, London, Enfield

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Jul 1914 Notes : ship left Liverpool 26 June 1914
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Empress of Britain
Placement Family: : C. Baker -Staples, Essex County, Ontario

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Edmonton Union Workhouse
Agency: : Salvation Army

Notes1911 UK Census Clarendon Cottages, Forescue Villas, Gentleman’s Walk, Enfield – Harry age 7 and William Edwards age 5 who came on the Empress of Britain with Ernest Clarke are listed in this home
*Note: Fortescue Villas, 13 and 15 Gentleman's Row
Built in the 1840s on the site of an ancient large timber-framed house (probably c.15) called Fortescue Hall (demolished 1813), from which they derive their name, these two large houses at the turn of the last century housed a school before becoming a children's home.

BHC information
Harry and William Edwards
1914 June 26 Medical performed for Salvation Army on Harry and William Edwards at the Edmonton Union Workhouse, Middlesex – It mentions that some of the children are from Fortescue Villa.
1914 June 26 – ship “Empress of Britain” leaves Liverpool with group of Salvation Army children – Harry Edwards age 11 and William Edwards age 9
1914 July 03 – arrived Quebec on the “Empress of Britain” going to 105 Indian Road, Toronto with the Salvation Army

Harry Edwards – SA records say born 19 July 1903 – 1911 census say age 7 born Edmonton

Harry Edwards Inspections – started August 1915

1916 July C. Baker Staples, Essex
1917 September E. Brown Staples, Essex
1918 April Chas. Watson Agincourt, York
1918 July H. Pallett Dixie, Peel
1919 April Wm. Bristo Jarvis, Haldimand
1920 May Left for Toronto – present address unknown
Inspections complete
Note: The boy went to the USA some time ago – has joined the US navy. He is at present training at Great Lakes, Ill.

1920 May 05 US Naturalization – Department of Immigration - Harry Edwards born Enfield, England on 19 July 1901 – resides at 75 Woodward Ave., Detroit – emigrated from Liverpool, England on the Empress of Britain, arriving at New York on 22 June 1914.

1920 October 20 – 1920 November 09 – Colorado Fuel and Iron Company – Minnequa Works from the Colorado, Steelworks Employment Records, 1887 - 1979 – left employment and now working as Bell Boy at Congress Hotel - Harry Edwards – 5 Union Ave – born Enfield, England on 19 July 1902 – contact: William Edwards 205 Simcoe Street, Toronto, Ontario – previous employment Crockett Chair Company, Detroit

Harry's brother William married in Ontario and gave the following information:
William’s Marriage Information
1935 June 29 Marriage of William Edwards b Enfield, England age 30, a rubber worker s/o William Edwards and Mary Moles to Gertrude Edna Lavis b Hamilton, Ontario age 28 d/o Arthur Lavis and Gertrude Johnson. Marriage took place in Hamilton, Ontario.

ContributorsCreated : 2018-01-23 02:48:39 / janismccahill

Last Updated : 2018-01-23 15:06:38 / janismccahill

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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
3056	ABBOTT, Ernest James	1897	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3035	ABBOTT, Geoffrey Robinson	1898	ENG, MDX, Paddington	Mar 1912 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Sailing Alone
3095	ABRAHAMS, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1913 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Sailing Alone
3104	ABRAMS, Frederick	1892	ENG, LND, Battersea	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
22986	ABRAMS, Frederick	1893	ENG,	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
3105	ABRAMS, Reginald Edwin	1896	ENG, LND, Battersea	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
9111	ADDYMAN, Edward Harold	1893	ENG, KEN, Plumstead	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3619	AGAR, George	1900	ENG,	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19518	ALDER, John	1894	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Hurst House Training Home
22771	ALDERS, George	1898	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
23148	ANDREWS, George	1898	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
8858	ANNESS, James Edward	1901	ENG, LDN, London	Jul 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
23091	APPLETON, Alfred	1898	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22684	ARCHER, Jesse	1892	ENG,	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22896	ARNOLD, Edward	1889	ENG,	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19855	ASHMAN, Frederick	1892	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
27617	ATKINS, George Frederick	1905	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27618	ATKINS, Jane Ellen	1900	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
17305	ATKINS, William	1894	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
27619	ATKINS, William Richard	1903	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27598	AVERY, Edith Mary	1901	ENG, KEN, Cranbrook, Hawkhurst	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
23092	AYLES, Frederick Arthur	1896	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11139	BACON, Edwin J	1896	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22554	BACON, Ernest P	1901	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3859	BAILEY, Joseph	1898	ENG, , Hastings	Jul 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
23032	BAKER, Frederick	1898	ENG,	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11129	BALDWIN, Alfred	1896	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
2957	BALDWIN, Colin	1899	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
16574	BALDWIN, Leslie	1900	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22837	BARBER, Charles	1893	ENG,	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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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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