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Record #16127
Name :
: George Alfred GILDERSON (1872 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 19 Feb 1872

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Essex, Leyton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 7 Apr 1890
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for George Alfred Gilderson: Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1872; District: Romford; County: Essex; Volume: 4a; Page: 164. Parents: George Gilderson and Mary Williams, married 1867, Shoreditch, London, England.

A death registration was found for George Gilderson: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1877; Age: 34; District: West Ham; County: Essex; Volume: 4a; Page: 57

In 1890, George A. Gilderson, 18, arrived at Portland, Maine, USA, in a group of 113 Barnardo children who disembarked at Portland. More children in the same party disembarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

George is mentioned in the August 1895 edition of the Barnardo's magazine Ups and Downs:

If every boy will only nail his colors to the mast as firmly as George Gilderson has done in his letter that Prejudice--we spell it with a capital P--will soon be a thing of the past. As for the "home sickness"--may the time never come when George or any other boy ceases to have at times a little touch of it. It is not an unhealthy sign; on the contrary, the boy or man whose heart does not throb occasionally with a strange yearning for old friends and old associations, whose influence has been beneficial to him, is deficient in one of the finest qualities of human nature. Home sickness, when not allowed the mastery, does not indicate a discontented mind. It betokens a nature keen to appreciate, and that appreciation will extend, and be as faithful, to present friends and surroundings as it has been to those of earlier days.

George Alfred Gilderson, residing at 1617 Howe Street, Racine, Wisconsin, was naturalized as a United States citizen on September 30, 1914, at Portage County, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

On June 9, 1930, George A. Gilderson, 57, shoe maker, crossed into Canada through the port of Sarnia, Ontario. He declared that he was born in London, England; that he was a citizen of the United States, residing in Wisconsin; that he had previously resided in Canada between 1890-1902, in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada; that he was Protestant; that he intended to work on a fruit farm in Canada; that he was destined to Mr. Miner, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada; and that his contact in the USA was his friend, Rev. E. Leonard, Racine, Wisconsin. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-03-20 06:16:06 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-06-13 15:54:31 /

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3047 ABBOT, William1878ENG,     Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3019 ABBOTT, Alfred1869ENG,     Aug 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3028 ABBOTT, Edith1887ENG,     Jul 1892 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3031 ABBOTT, Ernest1865ENG,     Nov 1882 : Parisian CAN Unknown  
8354 ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper1885ENG, LND, Homerton Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3038 ABBOTT, Herman Henry1882ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3046 ABBOTT, Lily1873ENG, YKS, Leeds Sep 1883 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
3088 ABRAHAM, Maggie1875ENG,     Jul 1888 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3094 ABRAHAMS, James1872ENG,     Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3098 ABRAHAMS, Sam1872ENG,     Apr 1890 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3109 ACASTER, Ebenezer William1867ENG, BRK, Newbury, Stockcross Aug 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3123 ACKERMAN, Arthur Edward1877ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3124 ACKERMAN, George Abraham1875ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3138 ACKLAND, William1869ENG,     Jul 1884 : Parisian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3133 ACLAND, Arthur Edward1874ENG, MDX, Holloway Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3163 ADAIR, Millicent1880ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jul 1897 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
16636 ALABASTER, George William1877ENG, SSX, Chichester May 1890 : Parisian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
20305 ALBONE, Cornelius1875ENG, BDF, Biggleswade Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
20306 ALCOCK, Daniel1877ENG, OXF, Sibford Gower Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23343 ALDRIDGE, Charles Henry1888ENG, LDN, London Jun 1901 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays lostgirl19  
8850 ALEXANDER, Kate1885ENG,     Jul 1899 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
8467 ALGER, Ada1876ENG, LND, St Olave Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
9026 ALGER, Ellen 1872ENG, LND, St. Olave Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23754 ALLEN, Annie E1879ENG,     Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23757 ALLEN, Harriet L1875ENG,     Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
6522 ANDERS, Thomas1878ENG,     Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
12469 ANDERSON, Alfred1885ENG,     Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23770 ANDERSON, Eleanor J1878ENG,     Sep 1888 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
4456 ANDERSON, Ethel Rows1884ENG, YKS, Normanby Aug 1890 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
13482 ANDERSON, George ENG,     May 1887 : Parisian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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