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Record #12817
Name :
: Arthur Burns SCULTHORPE (1890 - 1958)
  aka : Sculthorp; Salthorp; Salt


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 21 Feb 1890

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 24 Dec 1958   Notes : Heart Attack
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Leeds
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Enderby
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Mar 1901
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
: Clarke; Preston; Osbourne
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Leeds Union Infirmary

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesArthur Burns Sculthorp died surrounded by his family on December 24, 1958 in Enderby BC. He was in his 69th year. Arthur had come to Canada on his own as a child immigrant through the Barnardo Society out of London England, arriving in Canada in March 1901, a month past his 11th birthday. Arthur was typical of children deported to Canada from Britain in that he had living parents and a sister, but due to the laws of the time his unwed mother, while seen to be of good character, was deemed unsuitable to raise him with his older sister. After removal from his abusive father's home at the age of 2.5 years, Arthur spent nearly 9 years in various state sponsored work houses and boarding out placements. At age 11 he was sent to Canada as an indentured servant to a farm near Baldur, Manitoba. His first placement was abusive (the conclusion of the magistrate) and the 2nd, a neighbouring farmer seemingly treated him well and as one of the family. His 3rd placement was also poor upon which he returned to the home of his 2nd placement Solomon Preston.

Arthur had his named changed from Arthur Burns Sculthorpe to John Burns (when he was first taken into care with NSPCC at age 2.5): then back to Arthur Sculthorpe when entering Barnardos age 6 and then to Arthur Salthorpe (age 11) when he was deported by Barnardos to Canada in 1901. It is my opinion that the name changes were to ensure that family who were looking for him had little chance of locating the boy over the 9 years he spent in care in and around London, under a false identity and the name change on the even of deportation was ensure his whereabouts were untraceable once he was safely on the boat to Canada. On the census records in Manitoba his name was further mangled into Salthrop. Arthur eventually settled on Sculthorp as an adult.

Little is known of his young adult years after leaving the Barnardo program at age 19 except that Arthur returned to Britain and renewed contact with his mother, who had married. His only sister, Eleanor had died at 15 years, 2 years after he arrived in Canada. By 1913 Arthur had returned to Canada, bringing with him his mother and the age of 23 he married Mary Fleming Gilchrist in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Family lore has it that they met while he was back in Britain, she being a native of Glasgow. Their first child, a son, Arthur was born the next year. The young family settled in Medicine Hat and Arthur senior (aka AB) was known to have been employed by the city as a dog catcher and that he was a talented musician (playing many of the brass instruments) who joined the city band. On August 26th 1916, Arthur enlisted in the Canadian Army with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and spent the remainder of the war in the trenches of France.

After the war Arthur and Mary produced another child, Isabell in 1920 and then Robert in 1926. Mary and baby Thomas died in childbed in May 1930 and 10 year old Isabell and Rob were sent to live with family in Pennsylvania, a brother and sister of Mary. AB and Art left Medicine Hat and moved to the northern bush near Edson, Alberta. Upon their return to Canada in 1933, Isy and Rob joined their older brother and father and lived and worked as trappers, until the mid-1940's. AB served as a bridge guard in the Edson area during the war, being too old and having been gassed during the Great War to qualify for overseas service. In the late 1940's AB remarried and that union produced a 2nd daughter Faye. By the late 1950's Isabell had 6 children and the extended family had settled in the Shuswap area of British Columbia's interior. AB kept a small holding in the Enderby area that his grandchildren remember fondly and upon his death in 1958 AB was living with his daughter Isy and her family. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-09-05 08:19:50 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-05-18 09:14:33 /

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5599 ABERNETHY, Henry1897ENG, CUL, Whitehaven Aug 1914 : Tunisian CAN Sailing Alone  
3101 ABRAMS, Ada1894ENG, ESS, West Ham May 1912 : Tunisian CAN Unknown  
6354 ABREY, William Roger1901ENG,    , Croydon Aug 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3130 ACKERS, Frederick1893ENG,     Mar 1911 : Tunisian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
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8886 ADAMS, Henry1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
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22562 ADAMS, William1895ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
23862 AGAR, Horace1888ENG,     Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
4319 AIKEN, William1891ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
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17057 AITKIN, William1891ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
5391 AKERMAN, Martha Rosina1891ENG, MDX, St. Giles Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
9843 ALBON, Frank Baldwin1889ENG, MDX, Staines Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
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