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Record #23817
Name :
: George Robert MOWFORTH (1892 - 1917)
  aka : Private Mowforth


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 12 Aug 1892

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 11 Apr 1917   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Hull
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Farbus
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Oct 1904
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Southwark

Placement Family
: Fergermon
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private George Robert Mowforth. Not listed in LAC.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: George Robert Mowforth
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1890
Registration District: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 276

1891 English Census records place the family of Louisa and Robert Mowforth in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. In residence were their children Hannah E (3) and George R (3 months). Robert was a Rulleyman by trade.

1901 English Census records place the family of widowed Louisa Mowforth in Holy Trinity, Yorkshire, England. In residence were children George R (11), John C (8) and Ernest (4). Louisa worked as a Charwoman.

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Geo Mowforth
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Birth Date: abt 1893
Departure Date: 29 Sep 1904
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Quebec, Canada
Ship Name: Southwark
Master: J O Williams
Traveled to Canada with his brother, Ernest Mowforth, although they were not recorded on the same page.

1911 Canadian Census records place George Mowforth as a Labourer in the household of Jennie and John Fergermon in Dereham, Oxford County, Ontario. He was listed as 19 years of age, born in Aug 1891 and having immigrated from England in 1904.

Attestation papers were signed 8 Jan 1916 in Tillsonburg, Ontario. George Robert Mowforth was born 12 Aug 1892 in Hull, England. He was a Labourer by trade, living at Broadway Street in Tillsonburg, Ontario. His Next of Kin was his Mother, Mrs. Louisa Mowforth of Hull, England. 5'6" in height with blue eyes and dark brown hair, he had a cross on the back o his right forearm (Assuming tattoo). His religion was listed as Church of England.

15 Mar 1916 in Oxford, Ontario a marriage between George Robert Mowforth and Edith Elizabeth Ball was recorded. George was born in Hull, England in about 1892, and lists his parents as Louisa Holdsworth and Robert Mowforth.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action in the trenches at Farbus, Nord Pas de Calais, France. His Next of Kin was his widow who had remarried, Mrs. E. E. Preccor of Tillsonburg, Ontario. He was buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus , Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot: II. B. 18.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56183318 
ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-27 13:32:51 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-27 13:43:45 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3007 ABBEY, Bertha1890ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
3006 ABBEY, John1887ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
3161 ABBEY, Thomas1892ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
3036 ABBOTT, George1894ENG, MDX, London Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
3168 ADAM, Isabella1897SCT,     Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
3172 ADAM, Margaret1899SCT,     Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
22563 ADDIS, Frederick1893ENG,     Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
5680 ALCORN, Margaret-Ann Irwin1897SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
11090 AMBROSE, Frederick Wm1895ENG,     Jul 1905 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
17069 ANDREWS, John 1888ENG,     Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
12637 ANGLIS, Philip George1886ENG, LND, Lewisham Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home  
10199 ANTRAM, Harold1893ENG,    , Islington Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
9063 ARNOLD, Arthur G1894ENG,     Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
16738 ARNOLD, Percy Alexander1894ENG, LND, Paddington Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
22885 ARNOLD, Thomas1890ENG,     May 1905 : Southwark CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
12638 ASHDOWN, Pitman W1890ENG,    , Edmonton Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home  
17306 AULD, Florence Christison1900SCT, MLN, Edinburgh Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
10015 AYRE, David1891ENG, DUR, Durham Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
22672 AYRES, Frederick1895ENG,     May 1905 : Southwark CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22019 BARKER, JOSEPH HENRY1893ENG,     Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
18459 BARNES, A E1892ENG,     1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
18517 BARNES, F1893ENG,     Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
18536 BARNES, Frederick1893ENG,     1904 : Southwark CAN Unknown  
11091 BARNES, Henry Barber1895ENG,     Jul 1905 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
18808 BARNES, William H1895ENG,     Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
23526 BARTLETT, Jessie Matilda1896ENG,    , Portsmouth, Hampshire, Nov 1904 : Southwark CAN   
10264 BEADELL, Frank1893ENG,     Jul 1905 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
18902 BEARD, Joseph C.1888ENG,     Jul 1905 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
20723 BEDDOW, Frank1891ENG,     Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
10919 BEDDOW, Stephen1899ENG,    , Lambeth Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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