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Record #4448

Name :: : David BLACK (1894 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 11 Jun 1894
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthIreland, Dublin

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 11 May 1907
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Smyly Homes of Dublin

NotesIn 1907, David Black, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of children in a MacPherson party and en route to the Smyly Home, Hespeler, Ontario, Canada. (Brother, Christopher Black, 12, arrived with a group of children en route to Hespeler, Ontario, Canada, in 1909.)

David was originally placed in the Smyly Home in Hespeler, Ontario, Canada. The Smyly sisters of Dublin, Ireland, opened a receiving home for children and placed them out mostly as farm laborers or domestics.

In 1911, David Black, 16, was shown as a labourer to Moses and Mary Syder of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 1894 and his immigration year from Ireland as 1907.

On December 28, 1915, at Guelph, Ontario, Canada, David Black, 21, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he resided at Rural Route No. 3, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; that his next of kin was his brother, Christie Black, who resided at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; that his date of birth was June 11, 1894; that he was a farmer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 2-1/2 inches in height; fresh complexion; blue eyes; brown hair. He was a member of the Church of England. He had one vaccination scar on his left arm and a mole between his eyebrows.

According to M. Kohli:

"[His name] was extracted from a journal kept by a local man who recorded the names of soldiers from Hespeler, Ontario (which is now part of Cambridge, Ontario). It is not know who created the book or why it was created. Some of the names [were] repeated, a few [were] left out, and some [were] there because they had a connection to Hespeler but may not have been living in the town at the time of the war."

The journal shows David Black as being with the Coombe Boys during the war.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-23 19:13:48 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 14:52:16 /

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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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