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Record #16790

Name :: : Blair TOPE (1897 - 1918)
aka : Private Tope
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 6 Sep 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 15 Dec 1918 Notes : Influenza and Pneumonia - Death Due to Service

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cornwall, St. Germans

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Frontanac, Kingston

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 20 Jul 1907
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Kensington
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Barnardos
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Blair Tope. Son of Sarah Pollard and Edwin Tope.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Blair Tope
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1897
Registration District: St Germans
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume: 5c
Page: 30

1901 English Census records for Lily Pollard (29 years of age born in Kingsand, Cornwall, England) was in Kinsand, Cornwall, England. In residence were her Newphews, William (15), Sidney (13), Duncan (5) and Blair (3), as well as a boarder, Alfred Tope who was 25. Lily works as a garden labourer.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: TOPE
Given Name: Blair
Age: 9
Sex: M
Ship: Kensington
Year of Arrival: 1907
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1907-07-11
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1907-07-20
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: See also C-4716 and T-527
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-491
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Attestation papers were signed 2 Feb 1916 in Ripley, Ontario. Blair states he was born 6 Sep 1897 in Ipswich, England. He is a Farm Labourer in Ripley, Ontario. His Next of Kin was sister Lily Tope, first listed in London, England, that listed as Lily James of 8 Frankfort Street, Plymouth, England. 5'2 1/2" in height with grey eyes and dark brown hair, he had 4 vaccination marks on his right arm. Religion was listed as Methodist.

He died 15 Dec 1918 in Colbourg Military Hospital in Kingston, Ontario. Official Cause of Death on his Ontario Death Record was of Influenza Pneumonia. He had previously suffered gunshot wounds to the next and left arm, and was suffering from exhaustion and psychosis (Colbourg housed soldiers with cases of 'Shell-Shock', which we now know as PTSD).
Circumstance of Casualty record states he died of exhaustion Psychosis and Pneumonia. It states his Next of Kin as Mr. C James of 15 (14 is scratched out) Windsor Place, Plymouth, England.

Lilly Spencer Blair Pollard is listed in the England & Wales National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations in 1951. Of Armada Road, Cawsand, Corwall. A spinster, she died 24 May 1951 in Lamellion Hospital in Liskeard. She left her estate to Lily James, wife of Charles James.

Find A Grave Memorial# 119438675

ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-21 20:51:52 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-28 13:27:48 /

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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
3062	ABEL, Abraham	1892	WAL, , Newport	Apr 1908 : Kensington	CAN	Unknown
6780	AGGAS, Herbert	1895	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
6854	AGGAS, John William	1893	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
23744	ALDRIDGE, Maud	1897	ENG,	May 1904 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
7361	ALDRIDGE, Minnie	1895	ENG,	May 1904 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
6873	ALLEYNE, Elizabeth	1893	ENG, LND, Stepney	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
6356	ALLEYNE, Georgina	1892	ENG, , Poplar	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
20758	ANDERSON, Henry	1895		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
20588	ANDERSON, John	1891		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
20578	ANDERSON, William	1891		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
20757	ANDREWS, Henry	1891		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
16736	ANGELL, Reginald George	1892	ENG, LND, Kensington	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
13131	ARCHER, Violet May	1894	ENG,	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
20759	ARMSTRONG, Sidney	1894		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
20756	ARNOLD, Edward Edwin	1892		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
23838	ATKINS, Elizabeth B	1893	ENG,	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
6762	AUSTIN, Charles William A.	1901	ENG,	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
6764	AYERS, Edith	1894	ENG,	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
22759	AYRE, C A	1894	ENG,	May 1904 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
3768	BAINBRIDGE, Harry	1886	ENG, STS, Hanley	Sep 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
23009	BAKER, William N.	1890	ENG,	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3767	BALDWIN, Frank A.	1888	ENG,	Sep 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
22014	BAMFORD, George Joseph	1897	ENG, MDX	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
23216	BANGE, Robert	1886	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
20765	BANKS, Arthur George	1893		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
17978	BANKS, Edmund Charles	1895	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
9136	BARBER, Ernest Ford	1892	ENG, NFK, Great Yarmouth	Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
22283	BARKER, Samuel	1889	ENG,	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22743	BARKER, William Alfred	1893	ENG,	May 1908 : Kensington	CAN	Salvation Army
18708	BARNES, Horace	1885	ENG,	1903 : Kensington	CAN	Unknown
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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