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Record #3940
Name :
: Bertie Oscar Victor Hugo PRYKE (1894 - )


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 5 Jul 1894

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Suffolk, Hitcham
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
NotesMy late father?s cousin, Bertie Oscar Victor Hugo Pryke (yes it really was his name, I have his birth certificate) was born in 1894 at Barham Workhouse and came from Hitcham, Suffolk.

I found details of him in the Passenger & Immigration lists for Canada.

I contacted Barnados whoconfirmed that Bertie Oscar Victor Hugo Pryke arrived in Quebec on the 11th of April 1905. He had sailed from Liverpool and was one of a group of ?British Home Children?. Most of these children ended up as farm workers or in service.

He was living with a George Thompson in Florence, Ontario in November 1910.

An entry on Bertie?s records states ?boy writes and intends going out West where he hopes to take up a Homestead ? and this is dated 14th August 1911. By 1915 he is stated to be ?in the West?, but I cannot find any land registration for him.

There was a further entry dated 13th June 1919 stating ?Enlisted in the West and went overseas last summer- expected back in Canada anytime?.

I have searched available Canadian archives and can find no record in the Canadian Census?s for 1906 or 1911 of Bertie, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, or any other database.

So there is a mystery surrounding the adult life of Bertie. Can you help?

Barnados will give me no more information as he may have more direct descendants in Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-29 04:10:56 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-03-29 07:05:15 /

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3062 ABEL, Abraham1892WAL,    , Newport Apr 1908 : Kensington CAN Unknown  
6780 AGGAS, Herbert1895ENG, YKS, Leeds Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6854 AGGAS, John William1893ENG, YKS, Leeds Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23744 ALDRIDGE, Maud1897ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
7361 ALDRIDGE, Minnie1895ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6873 ALLEYNE, Elizabeth1893ENG, LND, Stepney May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6356 ALLEYNE, Georgina1892ENG,    , Poplar May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20758 ANDERSON, Henry1895 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20588 ANDERSON, John1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20578 ANDERSON, William1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20757 ANDREWS, Henry1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
16736 ANGELL, Reginald George1892ENG, LND, Kensington Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
13131 ARCHER, Violet May1894ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20759 ARMSTRONG, Sidney1894 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20756 ARNOLD, Edward Edwin1892 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23838 ATKINS, Elizabeth B1893ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6762 AUSTIN, Charles William A.1901ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6764 AYERS, Edith1894ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22759 AYRE, C A1894ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
3768 BAINBRIDGE, Harry1886ENG, STS, Hanley Sep 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23009 BAKER, William N.1890ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3767 BALDWIN, Frank A.1888ENG,     Sep 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22014 BAMFORD, George Joseph1897ENG, MDX Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23216 BANGE, Robert1886ENG,     Oct 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20765 BANKS, Arthur George1893 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
17978 BANKS, Edmund Charles1895ENG, HAM, Portsmouth Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
9136 BARBER, Ernest Ford1892ENG, NFK, Great Yarmouth Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22283 BARKER, Samuel1889ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22743 BARKER, William Alfred1893ENG,     May 1908 : Kensington CAN Salvation Army  
18708 BARNES, Horace1885ENG,     1903 : Kensington CAN Unknown  
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