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Record #10160

Name :: : Ernest Augustus ALEXANDER (1892 - 1972)
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Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 28 Oct 1892
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 27 Nov 1972

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Northumberland, Gosforth

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, Garden Hill

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 Jul 1900
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Ernest Augustus Alexander: Year of Registration: 1892; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Castle Ward; County: Northumberland; Volume: 10b; Page: 312. Parents: William Anderson Alexander and Mary Chisholm, married December 5, 1882, in Parish Church, Gosforth, Northumberland, England.

William Anderson Alexander died on December 8, 1896.

Ernest's mother, Mary Dinning, approached Barnardo's for his admission on June 8th, 1899. Ernest's mother had re-married Ernest's step-father, Edward Dinning. At the time of the approach to Barnardo's, Edward Dinning was in prison, having been sentenced to 6 months hard labour for ill-treating Ernest's brother, Thomas.

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children were involved with the family. There were concerns that, when his step-father came out of prison, the presence of Ernest in the household would cause trouble. Ernest's brother, Thomas, had been placed by the Court in the custody of his paternal aunt, Annie Lingwood, a widow. Unfortunately, she was unable to support him and the Court transferred custody of Thomas to Barnardo's when he was admitted in March 1899.

Some family history was recorded when the children came into Barnardo's. Ernest's relatives on both sides were at one time in respectable positions. Ernest's father was a builder's assistant working for his father. Ernest's paternal grandfather had been a builder in good circumstances and well-known in Gateshead, but his business had failed. His son Joseph (Ernest's uncle) was trying to retrieve the family fortunes. All Ernest's paternal aunts were described as highly respectable and were Sunday School teachers and mission workers.

Ernest's maternal grandfather had been a clerk to the Newcastle Corporation and described as a very good man. He had two daughters, Mary and her sister Margaret Chissom (Chisholm). Enest's mother, Mary, had been a bookeeper in a large confectioners in New Bridge Street, Newcastle. She had had a daughter before she married Ernest's father and then had Joseph, Ernest's oldest brother.

Mary was said to have a drink problem. When she approached Barnardo's in June 1899, Mary had another baby girl. Her only income was a grant of 7 shillings a week from the parish. She was far from strong and it was said that she would not be able to work, even if she could get it. It was thought that she would have to go into the workhouse with her children. When Barnardo's offered to admit Ernest some three months after his brother's admission, his mother signed for him to come into care and to be able to go to Canada.

On June 23, 1899, Ernest was moved to Sheppard House, 182 Grove Road, East London, England.

In 1900, Ernest Alexander, 7, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 162 Barnardo boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Due to violent diarrheoa, left in care of hospital in Quebec.

On March 2, 1921, at Hope Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Ernest Augustus Alexander, 27, laborer, born in England to William and Mary Alexander; and Florence Evelin Cann, 20, born in Hope Township to George Cann and Mary Jones.

Ernest Augustus and Florence Evelyn Cann Alexander had at least 3 children: Franklin Ernest Alexander, born September 15, 1921, in Hope Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada; Helen Mary Alexander, born May 12, 1923, in Elizabethville, Ontario, Canada; Loreen Alexander, born June 10, 1931, in Elizabethville, Hope Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Florence Evelyn Cann Alexander died in July, 1980, at Oshawa General Hospital, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Ernest Augustus Alexander died on November 27, 1972, at Garden Hill, Ontario, Canada. Both are buried at Port Hope Union Cemetery, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-11-03 20:01:20 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-11-03 20:57:18 /

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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 39 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3916	ALEXANDER, Agnes Barbour	1888	SCT, , Coatbridge	Aug 1906 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
6231	ALEXANDER, Albert	1890	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
10339	ALEXANDER, Beatrice Carlisle	1889	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
6417	ALEXANDER, Charles	1894	SCT,	Oct 1910 : Cassandra	CAN	Unknown
10413	ALEXANDER, Dorothy May	1903	ENG, LND, Shoreditch	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
6531	ALEXANDER, Edward	1913	ENG, LDN, London	Apr 1930 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
10218	ALEXANDER, Edward Bubbings	1901	ENG, SSX, Rye	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
23745	ALEXANDER, Ernest	1897	ENG,	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10160	ALEXANDER, Ernest Augustus	1892	ENG, NBL, Gosforth	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
16732	ALEXANDER, Frederick	1899	ENG, LDN, London	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
7961	ALEXANDER, George	1913	ENG, LAN, Fleetwood	Apr 1930 : Letitia	CAN	Church Army
20403	ALEXANDER, George	1893	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26031	ALEXANDER, Henry	1894	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
10220	ALEXANDER, Jack	1908	ENG, KEN, Hoo	Jul 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	MacPherson Homes
11556	ALEXANDER, James	1857	ENG,	Aug 1870 : Austrian	CAN	Father James Nugent
19952	ALEXANDER, James	1883	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3917	ALEXANDER, Janet Murray	1896	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1906 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
6640	ALEXANDER, John	1913	ENG, LDN, London	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
27143	ALEXANDER, John			Jul 1930 : Balranald	AUS	Barnardos
8850	ALEXANDER, Kate	1885	ENG,	Jul 1899 : Parisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
10219	ALEXANDER, Kathleen	1904	ENG, KEN	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10417	ALEXANDER, Kevin Ernest	1909	ENG, SSX, Littlehampton	May 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Father Hudsons Homes
10217	ALEXANDER, Leslie	1902	ENG, KEN	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3915	ALEXANDER, Mary Eliza	1897	SCT, , Coatbridge	Jul 1905 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
10414	ALEXANDER, Matilda Julia	1902	ENG, LND, Shoreditch	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
26974	ALEXANDER, Reginald Gordon	1917	ENG, LAN, West Derby	Jan 1928 : Barrabool	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
7834	ALEXANDER, Ronald	1863	ENG,	Jul 1870 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
8694	ALEXANDER, Rose	1898	ENG, LND, Hoxton	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
4743	ALEXANDER, Rose Mary	1873	ENG, LND, Kensington	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
3918	ALEXANDER, Sarah Stewart	1890	SCT, , Coatbridge	Jun 1906 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
26030	ALEXANDER, T	1895	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
6418	ALEXANDER, Thomas	1893	SCT,	Jun 1910 : Hesperian	CAN	Cossar (George Carter)
10161	ALEXANDER, Thomas Anderson	1888	ENG, NBL, Gosforth	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
10451	ALEXANDER, Thomas George	1891	ENG, , Glasgow Camlachie	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
23376	ALEXANDER, Walter	1906	ENG,	May 1920 : Minnedosa	CAN	Middlemore
6358	ALEXANDER, William	1893	SCT,	Apr 1906 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
14114	ALEXANDER, William	1885	ENG,	Aug 1899 : Laurentian	CAN	Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee
14398	ALEXANDER, William	1881	ENG,	Jun 1895 : Mongolian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
24838	ALEXANDER, William	1892		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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 39 Entries

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