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Record #11510

Name :: : Alexander Angus BLACK (1899 - )
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Mother: :

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Date of Birth: : 16 Dec 1899
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Manchester

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 8 Jun 1912
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Carthaginian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

Notes[POSSIBLE MATCH] A birth registration was found for Alexander Black: Year of Registration: 1899; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Salford; County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire; Volume: 8d; Page: 194.

In 1912, Alexander Angus Black, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 154 Middlemore children.

On February 25, 1916, Alexander Angus Black, who stated he was 18 years of age, registered for the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was residing in Melville, New Brunswick, Canada; that he was born in Fifeshire, Scotland; that his next of kin was his brother, Arthur Black, who resided in Birmingham, England; that his date of birth was December 16, 1893 (along with a notation that reads: birth certificate shows date of birth as 16/12/1899 that his occupation was farming; and that he was not married. The attestation denotes that he was not to be sent overseas until he reached the age of 19 years. He was described as 5 foot 3 inches in height; dark complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith. He had four vaccination marks on his left arm.

106th Battalion. Yet another of the British home children included among the WWI Boularderie soldiers, Alexander Angus Black was born in Scotland and came to Canada as a 12-year-old in 1912. He lived at Mill Pond, Boularderie, with the family of John William Urquhart. In his enlistment document he gave his occupation as farmer and listed his brother Arthur of Birmingham, England, as his next-of-kin.

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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 27 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
13156	BLACK, Agnes	1891	SCT,	Jun 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
13155	BLACK, Aitken	1895	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
6785	BLACK, Alexander	1868	SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
11510	BLACK, Alexander Angus	1899	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
22224	BLACK, Annie	1900	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	May 1888 : Corean	CAN	Quarriers
4449	BLACK, Christopher (Christie)	1897	IRL, , Dublin	Aug 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	Smyly Homes of Dublin
4448	BLACK, David	1894	IRL, , Dublin	May 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Smyly Homes of Dublin
16090	BLACK, Edward	1877	ENG,	Jun 1884 : Polynesian	CAN	Catholic Protection Society
17215	BLACK, Florence	1876	ENG,	Jul 1899 : Laurentian	CAN	Louisa Birt
25047	BLACK, Florence	1898		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
6961	BLACK, Francis	1865	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
19269	BLACK, George	1897	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
23256	BLACK, Hugh	1871	ENG,	Jun 1876 : Austrian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
13157	BLACK, Isabella	1898	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers	tlupinski
13398	BLACK, Isabella	1882	SCT,	Jun 1893 : Carthaginian	CAN	Quarriers
19313	BLACK, James	1900	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
25347	BLACK, Jeanie	1886	SCT,	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
25388	BLACK, Lizzie	1889	SCT,	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
25406	BLACK, Lizzie	1891	SCT,	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
18665	BLACK, Llewellyn J	1900	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
5852	BLACK, Margaret	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Barnardos
13397	BLACK, Martha	1883	SCT,	Jun 1893 : Carthaginian	CAN	Quarriers
16091	BLACK, Mary	1875	ENG,	Jun 1884 : Polynesian	CAN	Catholic Protection Society
6833	BLACK, Peter	1868	SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
25471	BLACK, Philip	1898	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos	annabananaphone
6964	BLACK, Rachel	1863	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
16450	BLACK, William	1884	SCT,	Jun 1886 : Caspian	CAN	Emma Stirling
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 27 Entries

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