Notes A birth registration was found for James Edward Mcdermitt Crapper: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1909; District: Sheffield; County: Yorkshire; Volume: 9c; Page: 554. [EDITORS NOTE: Possible parents: Frederick Crapper and Beatrice Wigglesworth, married 1900, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Beatrice E. Crapper died in 1918 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.]
In 1921, James Crapper, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 134 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He declared that his intended occupation was to do farm work; that he was born in Northumberland, England; that his passage was paid by Dr. Barnardo's Homes; that he was destined to his friend, Mr. J. W. Hobday, 50-52 Peter Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; that his nearest relation was his friend, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 18-26 Stepney Causeway, London, E.1., England.
Juvenile Inspectors Report:
CRAPPER, James, 12, from Sheffield Union / Minnedosa 1921 Barnardo's:
From 22-23 with Forest C. MacFarland, Huntsville, Muskoka; Mrs Wm Loughran, RR3, Listowel, Perth Co. -- "a severe situation"; Fredk. N Hida, RR1, Belmont, Middlesex Co.; (no name) , RR6, Springfield, Elgin Co.; Mrs Jas McFarland, Huntsville, Muskoka Co. [T-15421]
James Crapper married Winnifred Irene Marks, daughter of John Marks and Sarah Elizabeth Wilson.