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Record #3437

Name :: : William James BONWICK (1896 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1896
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Essex, Barking

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 11 Apr 1905
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Kensington
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for William James Bonwick; Year of Registration: 1896; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Romford; County: Essex; Volume: 4a; Page: 466.

In 1901, William J. Bonwick, 4 years of age, was residing at 40 St. Marys Road, Barking, Essex, England. Other family members included: John Wm. Bonwick, 6; Annie E[lizabeth Soper] Bonwick, 26; Annie May Bonwick, 10 months; John A. Bonwick, 23 (age is incorrect--John Alexander Bonwick was born in 1868 and was actually 33), District Council (road) labourer; Alexander Bonwick, 2; and a boarder, William R. Pryor, 34, general labourer. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 1655; Folio: 80; Page: 36.)

A death registration was found for John Alexander Bonwick; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868; Year of Registration: 1902; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 34; District: Romford; County: Essex; Volume: 4a; Page: 251. (EDITORS NOTE: An interesting side note was that Annie Elizabeth Bonwick married her boarder, William R. Pryor in 1903 in Romford, Essex, England.)

In 1905, the Kensington docked at Halifax, then Portland, where 269 boys, including William James Bonwick, 8, and his brother, John Bonwick, 10, disembarked. The original list was lost and a list prepared in 1934 appears on the reel.

In 1911, Willie Bonwick was shown as a domestic for Donald Patterson and family in Nottawasaga, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as August 1897 and his immigration year as 1891. William's brother, Alex Bonwick is also shown as a domestic at this farm.

On March 2, 1921, in Collingwood, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was recorded between William James Bonwick, 23, plaiceman (believe this should be a policeman), born in Barking, England, son of John Bonwick and Annie Soper; and another home child, Lilian Smith, 21, house maid, born in Yorkshire, England, daughter of Fred'k Smith and Rebecca Henshaw.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-03-20 20:52:03 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 14:59:24 /

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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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