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Record #3710
Name :
: Peter McIntyre SMITH (1897 - 1917)
  aka : Private Smith


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1 Jul 1897

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 30 Jul 1917   Notes : Death Due to Service
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Lanark, Glasgow
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Aldershot
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1911
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Hesperian

Placement Family
: Grant
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Quarriers
NotesIn 1901, Peter McIntyre Smith, 3 years of age, was residing at 196, Rottenrow, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Other family members included: Maggie Smith, 32; Mary Ann MacIntyre Smith, 1; MacKenzie James Smith, 5; Peter MacIntyre Smith, 39, Newpaper Commercial Clerk; and visitor, Maggie Swan, 12. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Glasgow St David; ED: 18; Line: 15; Year: 1901.)

In 1910, Peter Smith, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 100 children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada. (His brother, James MacKenzie Smith, arrived in 1905, on the Corinthian, with Quarriers.)

In 1911, Peter Smith, 14, is shown as a domestic for Donald Angus Grant and family in Charlotteburg, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as 1897 and his immigration year as 1910.

On January 16, 1917, Peter McIntyre Smith enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces (Service Number: 1090187; Force: Army; Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment); Division: 164th Bn.) He declared that he resided in Lancaster, Ontario, Canada; that he was born in Glasgow, Scotland; that his next of kin was his sister, Mary Smith, of 52, Montgomery St., Eaglesham, Glasgow; that his date of birth was July 1 1897; that his trade was farming; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 4-1/4 inches in height; medium dark complexion; brown eyes; brown hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith. He had distinguishing marks of the tip of his right little finger was smashed.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers states that Peter was previously reported dangerously ill and that he was at the Military Isolation Hospital in Aldershot, Hampshire, England.
Private Peter McIntyre Smith died on July 30, 1917. He is buried in ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Grave Reference: AA. C14).

Find A Grave Memorial# 11994950 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-25 10:52:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-11-05 09:17:35 /

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22546 AITKEN, Archibald McMillan1900ENG,     Apr 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
6418 ALEXANDER, Thomas1893SCT,     Jun 1910 : Hesperian CAN Cossar (George Carter)  
22548 ANDERSON, Alex1896SCT,     Jul 1912 : Hesperian CAN Cossar (George Carter)  
13168 ANDERSON, George Bennie1901SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
13169 ANDERSON, Mary Gordon Inglis1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
6419 ANDERSON, Walter Michie1896SCT, RFW, Paisley Apr 1910 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
2959 ANGUS, Alexander1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
22549 ANTHONY, Alexander1902SCT,     Mar 1915 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
9820 BARRIE, Isabella1895SCT,     Aug 1911 : Hesperian CAN Sailing Alone  
9818 BATHGATE, John1900SCT,    , Airdrie Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
9819 BATHGATE, William 1900SCT,    , Airdrie Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
5681 BEATON, George Alexander1897ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
19664 BEATON, Marion1902ENG,     Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
19665 BEATON, Maximillian1899ENG,     Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
21646 BELL, Agnes1902ENG,     Jun 1912 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
17338 BELL, James1899ENG,     Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
22850 BRADBURY, Claude1899ENG,     Apr 1915 : Hesperian CAN Dakeyne Boys Farm  
12577 BRAIDWOOD, Janet1902ENG,    , Paisley Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
12576 BRAIDWOOD, Jne 1900SCT, RFW, Paisley Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
17446 BROWN, David 1892SCT,     Apr 1909 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
10661 BURRAGE, Arthur1899ENG, SSX, Horsham Jul 1915 : Hesperian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
4334 BURT, Gerald1902ENG, KEN, Lewisham Jul 1915 : Hesperian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
3723 CAMERON, David1896SCT,    , Helensburgh Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
3724 CAMERON, Gordon1898SCT,    , Helensburgh Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
16022 CAMPBELL, Andrew1899SCT,     Apr 1909 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
5593 CHEDD, Albert 1899ENG,    , Islington Mar 1915 : Hesperian CAN Salvation Army  
2965 COONEY, Charles1901SCT, RFW, Paisley Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
2964 COONEY, James1898SCT, RFW, Paisley Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
10296 DAWES, Emmanuel1901ENG,    , Greenwich Jun 1915 : Hesperian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
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