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Record #9833
Name :
: George Richard ADLINGTON (1880 - 1976)


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Date of Birth
: 5 Jun 1880

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 26 Mar 1976
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Limehouse
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, Elgin, Bayham
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 17 Nov 1891
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesOn December 24, 1871, Thomas Wm Adlington, 23, Labourer, Bachelor, of 90 Cotton St. son of Thomas Adlington, Mast & Block Marker, married Ann Jane Adlington, 23, Needlewoman, Spinster, of 27 Edward St, daughter of Benjamin Adlington, Mariner.

A birth registration was found for George Richard Adlington: Year of Registration: 1880; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Stepney (To 1921); County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 427. Parents: Thomas William Adlington and Ann Jane Adlington, married 1871 in Mile End, London, England.

On 17 September 1882, George Richard Adlington was baptised at Saint Paul, Bow Common, to Thomas William and Ann Jane Adlington of 4 Farrant Terrace. His father was a Carman. His brother Percival Stanley was also baptised at the same time.

Other children born to the family were:

Thomas George baptised 8 Sep 1872
Hester Ann baptised 22 May 1877 (died 1877)
William Benjamin baptised 4 June 1877
Edgar Edward baptised 21 April 1878 (born 16 Feb)

On June 9 1890, George Richard Adlington born June 5 1890 started at Cranbrook Road School, his next of kin was given as Dr Barnardo and his address as 182 Grove Road. His last school attended was stated as Dempsey St. He left the school on 25 August 1890.

In 1891, George R Adlington, 10 (along with brother, P S Adlington, 9), arrived at Portland, Maine, in a group of 40 Barnardo boys en route to Montreal, Quebec, Canada and final destination Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On February 18, 1903, at Waterloo, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between George Addington, 22, farmer, born in England to Thomas Wm Addington and Annie Addington; and Jennie Dennis 25, born in Bayham, Ontario, Canada, to William B Dennis and Mary E Hagadorn.

Jennie Dennis Adlington died July 28, 1911, in Straffordville, Elgin, Ontario, Canada of abcess of tonsil and payemia (a type of septicaemia that leads to widespread abscesses of a metastatic nature).

On January 30, 1918, at Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between George Richard Adlington, 36, widower, farmer, born in England to Thomas Adlington and Annie Adlington; and Edith Garnham, 30, born in Bayham, Ontario, Canada, to Charles Garnham and Hettie Travis.

George Richard and Edith Garnham Adlington had at least one child: Mary Irene, born 1927 - died 1928.

George Richard Adlington died March 26, 1976, in Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. Edith O. Garnham Adlington died in 1972. George, Edith and Mary Irene Adlington are buried at Straffordville Cemetery with a headstone of red granite on white granite base. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-09-16 12:47:40 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-08-11 08:17:28 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
9833 ADLINGTON, George Richard1880ENG, LND, Limehouse Nov 1891 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
7340 ADLINGTON, Percival Stanley1883ENG, LND, Limehouse Nov 1891 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos