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Record #4375
Name :
: Edward Horace WILKINS (1900 - )


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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1900

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Kings Norton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 15 Oct 1914
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Missanabie

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Unknown
NotesA birth registration was found for Edward Horace Wilkins: Year of Registration: 1900; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Kings Norton (To 1912); County: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire; Volume: 6c; Page: 442. (Parents: Edward Wilkins and Amelia Eliza Freeth, married 1900, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England.)

In 1901, Edward H. Wilkins, 8 months of age was residing at the home of his grandfather, John Freeth, 69, porter, at Victoria Terrace, Bell Barn Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England. Other family members included: William Freeth, 15, butchers apprentice; Amelia Wilkins, 22; and Edward Wilkins, 22, butcher journeyman. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2816; Folio: 146; Page: 35.)

[POSSIBLE MATCH] A death registration was found for Edward Wilkins: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879; Year of Registration: 1907; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 28; District: Aston (1837-1924); County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 200.

Family tradition held that Edward's father died young in England leaving a young wife and 5 small children. The two oldest were sent to the Blue Coat School, and a few years later the three youngest were sent to Canada with Middlemore. Edward's mother came to Canada and worked as a domestic in Manitoba then later sent for her two children left in England at the Blue Coat School. They arrived in Montreal where Edward worked chopping ice in the St. Lawrence for a while before heading west to join his mother.

On May 15, 1912, Amelia E. Wilkins, 33, widow, arrived at Quebec, Canada, aboard the ship Scandinavian, en route to Lyleton, Manitoba, Canada, as a domestic.

In 1914, Edward H. Wilkins, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with his sister, Nellie H. Wilkins, 13, en route to Pierson, Manitoba, Canada.

Amelia Eliza Freeth Wilkins married again to William McNish on February 13, 1918, in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-11 20:20:11 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 17:06:53 /

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23422 BATTS, Reginald1901ENG,     Apr 1915 : Missanabie CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
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13759 CRICKMORE, Thomas1900ENG, SFK, Wangford Apr 1915 : Missanabie CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10656 GERONOMO, Edward 1899ENG,    , Keynsham Apr 1915 : Missanabie CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10659 GORDON, Keith1903ENG,     Apr 1915 : Missanabie CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10654 HEARSEY, William1900ENG, LND, Barnet Apr 1915 : Missanabie CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3575 MACKMAN, William Cecil1900ENG, MDX, Paddington, London Sep 1916 : Missanabie CAN Unknown  
22276 MARTIN, Irving John ENG,     Apr 1915 : Missanabie CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10655 VOLLER, David1900ENG,    , Holborn Apr 1915 : Missanabie CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
4375 WILKINS, Edward Horace1900ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Oct 1914 : Missanabie CAN Unknown  
4376 WILKINS, Nellie Harriet1901ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Oct 1914 : Missanabie CAN Unknown