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Record #23244

Name :: : George James TOWELL (1884 - 1916)
aka : Private Towell, Torrell
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 5 Jun 1884
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 15 Sep 1916 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, , London

St. George Hanover Square

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 17 Oct 1896
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Scotsman
Placement Family: : Hagan

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private George James Towell.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: George James Towell
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1884
Registration District: St George Hanover Square
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 408

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: TORRELL
Given Name: George I
Age: 11
Sex: M
Ship: Scotsman
Year of Arrival: 1896
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1896-10-08
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1896-10-17
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: 180 children to Toronto
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: C-4541
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1901 Canadian Census lists George J Towell as a single 17 year old male born 7 Jun 1883 in England, having arrived from England in 1896. He is a Domestic in the household of Lena and Thomas Hagan in Seneca, Haldimand and Monck, Ontario.

1911 Canadian Census lists George Towels as a single 28 year old male born Aug 1883 in England, having arrived from England in 1894. He is a Domestic in the household of Ester Jane and William Hawkin in Renfrew South, Ontario.

Attestation papers signed 9 Aug 1915 in Toronto, Ontario. George James Towell was born 5 Jun 1884 in London England. He was a Milkman by trade. His Next of Kin was Felicia Towell of 8 North Row Bldgs, Marble Arch, London, England. 5'2 1/2" in height, with grey eyes and fair hair, he had one scar on his wrist and two on the back of his neck, a birthmark on the back of his left hip and five vaccination marks on this left arm. His religion was listed as Church of England.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers states that George was previously reported missing and then Killed in Action. He was buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, Picardie, France. Plot: VII. D. 11. His Next of Kin listing is scratched out for Mrs. Felicia Towell North Row Bldg. Marble Arch, London England and noted Undelivered, an additional address for Mrs. Felicia Reynolds (Sister) of 14 Millais Buildings, Millbank Estate, Westminster, London S.W.I. England is listed and also marked as Undelivered.
UK Commonwealth War Graves printed index: TOWELL, Pte. G. J., 163452. 18th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Western Ontario Regt.). 15th Sept., 1916. VII. D. II.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56555092

ContributorsCreated : 2013-10-23 08:36:37 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-23 08:37:05 /

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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
3128	ACKERMAN, Katherine	1885	ENG,	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
13148	AIMES, Harold	1886	ENG,	May 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22728	ALDERTON, Albert	1885	ENG,	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
16705	ANDERTON, Alberta Louise	1886	ENG, LAN, West Derby	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
13004	ANDREWS, Thomas	1887	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
12950	ARMSTRONG, Richard	1887	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
13230	ATWOOD, Agnes	1883	ENG,	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
3282	AUSTIN, George Henry	1889	ENG, BRK, Maidenhead	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
9781	BAKER, J E A	1883	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
4001	BAKER, Joseph Ernest Albert	1881	ENG, KEN, Newington	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
17135	BALCH, William J.	1887	ENG, WIL, Devizes	Oct 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
12617	BALL, David	1879	ENG,	Oct 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
12995	BARLOW, John Thomas	1886	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
12953	BARLOW, Walter	1886	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
18463	BARNES, A M	1880	ENG,	May 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Unknown
18502	BARNES, E H	1889	ENG,	Apr 1899 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
18771	BARNES, W J	1892	ENG,	Apr 1899 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
18776	BARNES, William	1890	ENG,	Oct 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Unknown
22336	BARTLETT, John	1880	ENG,	May 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
6864	BASSINGTHWAITE, Ernest	1887	ENG, LND, Hanover Square	Apr 1899 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
13010	BATES, George	1882	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
9706	BEALE, Lily	1885	ENG,	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
18638	BEAN, Walter G.	1886	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
21564	BEESON, Walter	1882	ENG,	May 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
12990	BILBY, Frank	1885	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
12959	BILBY, Gertrude	1884	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
12977	BILBY, Percy	1887	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
12618	BIRD, George F	1886	ENG,	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
17204	BIRD, May	1883	ENG,	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
17988	BISHOP, Elizabeth Alice	1890	ENG,	Aug 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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