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Record #12335
Name :
: George Alfred FORD (1884 - 1973)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 28 Jan 1884

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 15 Jan 1973   Notes : natural
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Gosport

6 Carolin Place
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Grand Rapids
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Jul 1894
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesMy great grandmother died in the child birth of twins in early 1892 and my great grandfather was unable to care for all of the 9 children. He was ill and great grandmother was the one that was the "bread winner" so he kept the eldest children to take care of the new twins and decided to send my grandfather George and another son Walter with the wife of the JP of Gosport to London and take the children to Barnardos. A third child would have been sent but he was not a well child so he stayed home. My granddad was taken to the Receiving House at Stepney Causeway in East London May 1, 1892 and was moved to Sheppard House on May 10th of that same year. In July of 1894 he was taken to Liverpool and sent to Canada. He was then taken to a place called Ravenscliffe which is near Huntsville Ontario and kept there until sent to Clinton Ontario with a man named Alexander Brown (1897) where he is listed as a servant on the 1901 Ontario census. According to his records from Barnardos he was very well behaved and Mr. Brown was very fond of him. He, also, received the Silver Medal from Barnardos for good behavior. From there he went to a man names Edward Jones who is listed as his employer also of Clinton Ontario in 1909. He met and married my grandmother Ellen Shiels in 1911 who was born in Ethel Ontario and they headed out west to British Columbia where they had 3 children Edith, Velma, and William (my dad). My grandfather was a logger and worked in a cereal factory. They decided to come back to Ontario and he found there were no jobs and ended up in Detroit, Michigan. They lived with my grandmothers brother until they could afford a place of their own. One of their children died of diptheria at age 10. The oldest daughter got married and moved with her husband to Grand Rapids Michigan and grandpa and grandma decided to follow. Their son (my dad) stayed in Detroit. My grandma died in 1951 and that's when grandpa decided to go to England to visit the siblings he had never met. He had written his father from his placement in Canada as a small child but my great grandfather had never responded. He died in 1912. Grandpa died in 1973 in his late 80's. Never once did he ever mention being a BHC. I found out after my father died in 2007 by comparing dates and places. All grandpa ever said was that he worked very hard on a farm for very little money and just room and board. He always believed in hard work. I took care of him when he took ill and he never once mentioned anything but sometimes from some of the stories my father told me of his childhood my grandfathers past spilled over into my dad's present. 
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3009 ABBIS, Ann1877ENG, STS, Stoke upon Trent Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
3010 ABBIS, Matilda1880ENG, STS, Stoke Upon Trent Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
3014 ABBOTT, Adelaide1872ENG, LAN, Manchester Jul 1876 : Sardinian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3048 ABBOTT, Walter1871ENG,     May 1885 : Sardinian CAN Lord Archibald Douglas  
3070 ABELL, George1870ENG,     Apr 1886 : Sardinian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3083 ABLETT, Grace1885ENG,     May 1889 : Sardinian CAN Washwell House  
3099 ABRAM, Catherine Louise1882ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8486 ABRAM, Maria Elizabeth1884ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8487 ABRAM, Zillah Ellen1886ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
3102 ABRAMS, Frank1883ENG,     Jul 1894 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
3106 ABSALOM, Richard1874ENG, SRY, Cobham Apr 1890 : Sardinian CAN Unknown  
23729 ADAMS, Elizabeth J1877ENG,     Oct 1892 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
23727 ADAMS, Grace1867ENG,     Jul 1883 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
23734 ADAMS, Ruth1872ENG,     Jul 1883 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
19730 ADAMS, William1876ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
7354 ADDISON, Annie Louise1879ENG, SRY, Newington Oct 1892 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
7355 ADDISON, Emily Josephine1880ENG, SRY, Newington Oct 1892 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
9833 ADLINGTON, George Richard1880ENG, LND, Limehouse Nov 1891 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
7340 ADLINGTON, Percival Stanley1883ENG, LND, Limehouse Nov 1891 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
22727 AGAAS, George1886ENG,     Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
20826 AGENT, Alfred1880ENG, KEN, Woolwich Aug 1892 : Sardinian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
8537 ALDEN, James Robert1872ENG, LND, Poplar Aug 1884 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
18223 ALDRIDGE, Alfred 1876ENG,     Apr 1890 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays  
21624 ALFORD, George1879ENG,     Apr 1891 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays  
8823 ALLCOCK, Edith1882ENG,     Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
23759 ALLEN, Kate1873ENG,     Jul 1883 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
13211 ALLEN, William1883ENG,     Jul 1894 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
3079 ALLENDER, Samuel1874ENG,     Apr 1888 : Sardinian CAN Quarriers  
10954 ALLPORT, Daisy Dot1879ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
13111 ALLSOP, Ernest1885ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent Jun 1896 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Protection Society  
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