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Record #9599

Name :: : George Albert WOOKEY (1891 - )
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Date of Birth: : 25 May 1891
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Lambeth

104 Surrey Lodge Buildings, Lambeth Road

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 25 Jul 1902
Country: : Canada
Ship: : New England
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for George Albert Wookey: Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Lambeth; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 353. Parents: William Cornelius Wookey and Eliza Leah Lawson, married 1890, Lambeth, London, England.

William Thomas Wookey; Henry Cornelius Wookey; Mary Jane Wookey; and George Albert Wookey were admitted to the Lambeth Workhouse on March 24, 1898, and discharged to Norwood School on March 29, 1898.

Their mother, Eliza, was in Renfrew Road Workhouse. Their father, William Wookey, had been admitted to Claybury Asylum on September 23, 1895. He was later discharged to the Workhouse on June 22, 1899.

William Wookey was discharged on May 3, 1899, to the "Exmouth" Training Ship. He immigrated to Canada in 1903. He was residing as a laborer in Marquette, Manitoba, in 1911. William died of a heart attack while working on the farm of Fred Case in the Assiniboine Valley, Canada, in November 1950.

Mary Jane Wookey was discharged to the Scott House Training Home in Hitchin on February 22, 1899.

Henry Wookey was discharged on February 1, 1900, to the HMS Impregnable as a Band Boy.

George Wookey was discharged in the care of his father on April 9, 1901; readmitted on April 11, 1901, to the care of his parents. He was admitted to the Norwood School on October 11, 1901 from the workhouse where he had been admitted with his parents the same day. He was discharged to Barnardo's Home on May 28, 1902.

In 1902, George Wookey, 11, arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in a large group of 395 Barnardo children en route to Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

In December 1927, George Wookey, 38, farm hand, returned to visit the United Kingdom on the ship Montcalm. He declared that his proposed address in the UK would be 79 Beaconsfield Road, Tottenham, London, England. He returned to Canada on March 25, 1928, on the ship Arabic. He declared upon return that he was 36; that he had been born in London, England; that he had resided in Canada between 1902-1927; that he resided in Colton, Manitoba, Canada; that he followed the occupation of farming; that his employer was A. E. Andrews of Colton, Manitoba, Canada; that his contact in England was his brother Mr. H. Wookey, who resided at 30 Gardener Street, Gillingham, Kent, England.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-08-25 16:56:49 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-08-25 18:57:29 /

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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
3081	ABLAKHAT, Abdul	1884		Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
23733	ADAMS, Thomas	1887	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
9986	ADDERLEY, Edward George	1890	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
6852	AGGAS, Clara	1891	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
6851	AGGAS, Ethel	1889	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
10161	ALEXANDER, Thomas Anderson	1888	ENG, NBL, Gosforth	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
23763	ALLUM, Charles William	1891	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
23768	AMOS, Enoch	1893	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
17070	ANDREWS, Christopher	1892	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
12757	ANSELL, Joseph Randolph	1891	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
10200	ANTRAM, Sidney	1890	ENG, ESX, West Ham	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
5468	ARBOURNE, Frederick A	1890	ENG, LDN, London	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
23797	ARCHER, Ethel	1891	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
14900	ARMSTRONG, Kate	1893	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
22932	ARNULL, John E	1891	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
22580	ARNULL, William	1896	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
8510	ASHDOWN, George	1891	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
23813	ASHDOWN, Samuel	1891	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
23837	ATKINS, Bertram	1891	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
22584	BAGSHAW, Frederick H	1892	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
3968	BAKER, Edith Jemima	1887	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
12685	BALDING, Caroline	1892	ENG, , Lambeth	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
22016	BARGE, Alfred ARTHUR	1893	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
6871	BARNFATHER, Emma	1889	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
19735	BARNFATHER, Margaret	1893	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
6872	BARNFATHER, Mary	1891	ENG, , Newcastle upon Tyne	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
22905	BATTY, Daisy	1892	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
12759	BEAN, John W	1895	GBG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
20370	BECK, Priscilla	1890	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
3809	BILSTON, Percy Walter	1892	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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