Notes 1896 Pancras London England marriage of George Anness and Eliza Gratton.
1897 Pancras March quarter birth Winnifred Stella
1899 Pancras December quarter birth George Henry
1901 Pancras March quarter birth James Edward
1901 Census St. Pancras, London, England George, Eliza, Winnifred, George and James Anness
1904 Pancras September quarter birth Alfred Henry
1908 Pancras March quarter birth Amy
1911 Census St. Pancras London, England George, Eliza, Winnifred, George, Alfred and Amy. Don’t know where James is.
1913 March quarter death of George Anness Sr.
21 Apr 1913 James Edward and Alfred Henry Anness are admitted to the St. Pancras Workhouse
24 July 1914 James Edward Anness sailed on Empress of Britain to Canada with the Salvation Army
1921 Census Peterborough, Ontario “George” Anness age 21 immigration year 1914
1923 Border Crossing to Buffalo, New York. George Henry Anness born circa 1900. Arrived Canada on Empress of Britain 1914. Contact Mother Eliza Anness, 23 Victoria Road, Kentish Town, London, England
1927 Border Crossing to New York. Robert Odiam (see his listing in Database) going to friend Geo. Anness
1930 Census Hamburg, Erie, New York. George H. Anness age 26 with wife Leona A. and her father and brother Carl Knaus Sr. and Jr.
It appears that James Edward Anness began to use his brother's name George Henry Anness between his 1914 arrival and Canada and the 1921 Census. Perhaps he ran away from his placement and did that to avoid detection.