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Record #3862
Name :
: Henry DALE (1854 - 1938)
  aka : Henry Zebedee Dell


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 4 Feb 1854

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1938
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Fordingbridge
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Clare, Surrey Township
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 27 Jul 1871
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Prussian

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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for Henry Dale: Year of Registration: 1854; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Fordingbridge; County: Hampshire, Wiltshire; Volume: 2b; Page: 464. (Parents: Father Unknown; Mother: Fanny Dale.)

In 1861, the Zebedee family was residing with Fanny's parents, James Dale, 63, bricklayers labourer, and Hannah Dale, 55, at Shaftsbury Street, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. However, Henry does not appear with the family members. (Source: 1861 Census of England; Class: RG9; Piece: 669; Folio: 13; Page: 19; GSU roll: 542681.)

According to descendants, Fanny's parents along with two of her sisters, succumbed to smallpox early in the year 1868. John Zebedee died January 21, 1868, as a result of falling from a scaffold. Fanny was now 31 years old with little family, no husband and no means to provide for herself and her two sons. Fanny died from erysipelas in the Southampton Poor House several months later on September 28, 1868. This tragedy left Henry (James' older brother) and James orphans. They became wards of Southampton Board of Guardians.

The following is verbatim from "The Story of Henry John Dale" ({website}freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jdathey/story_of_henry_john_dale.htm):

James, age 12, was the first of the two brothers to be brought to Marchmont Home under the care of Miss MacPherson; departing Liverpool, England on May 4, 1871 via the SS Prussian and arriving at the Port of Quebec on May 15, 18715. James was one of 150 children brought to Belleville on that particular trip6. Why was James separated from his brother Henry? It is believed that Henry frequently ran away from his "Guardians" and subsequently he wasn't aware when his brother James had left England. But a couple months later, on July 27, 1871, he also departed Liverpool aboard the same ship under Miss MacPherson's care and arrived at the Port of Quebec on August 7, 18717. Although the records indicate Henry's ultimate destination was Niagara, Ontario, (EDITORS NOTE: The Prussian manifest lists Henry Zebedee, age 13, arriving at Quebec, Canada, on July 27, 1871, along with 143 children, en route to Miss Rye's, Niagra, Ontario) he was reunited with his brother at the Marchmont Home in Belleville. During his 11 day journey across the Atlantic, Miss MacPherson taught Henry how to sign his name. She may have misunderstood his pronunciation as she inadvertently taught him to sign it as Dell rather than Dale.


Henry stayed at Marchmont Home until he came of age and then moved to Glamorgan Township in Peterborough County (later Haliburton County in 1874), Ontario. He met Mary Elizabeth Hadley and they married on October 21, 1878 at Pine Lake Schoolhouse in Glamorgan Township. The marriage document is the first known record of Henry using the name "Henry Zebedee Dell". Mary was born on Scugog Island, near Port Perry, Ontario on February 13, 1862, the daughter of Sylvester Joseph Hadley and Mary Fr?lick. Their first child, tragically was stillborn in 1879, but in 1880 they celebrated the arrival of their first son, Hiram. Three more children were born to them while still in Canada; a boy, Reginald and two girls, Amy and Adelaide. His half brother, James stayed in the Belleville area and married Margaret Burton in 1878. They had seven children between 1879 and 1896. Margaret died in 1897 and James married two more times in 1900 and 1920.

In 1888 Henry, Mary and the four children packed up and crossed the border into Michigan and eventually came to stay on a piece of land in Surrey Township in Clare County. It was there that Henry cleared and farmed the land and he and Mary raised their family that included 8 more children between 1889 and 1906: Ethel, Willard, Jennie, Jean, Dewey, Nellie, Hazel, and Olga. Before his death, he had 49 grandchildren, lost his wife, Mary in 1930 and one daughter, Adelaide in 1934. Four years later, just shy of his 83rd birthday he joined his wife and daughter beyond. He was laid to rest in the Surrey Township Cemetery in Clare County.

Copyright 2007 Jon Athey

[EDITORS NOTE: There is dispute among the descendants that Henry Zebedee Dale is actually related to James Zebedee. This is an ongoing conflict and the information presented here is with the permission of Jon Athey and may not reflect that of other descendants.] 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-08 09:54:47 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-07-02 11:21:52 / alanmack

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4063 DALE, Daisy1893ENG,    , Aston Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
4062 DALE, Elsie1891ENG,    , Aston Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
12097 DALE, Harold 1917ENG, YKS, Hull May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
3862 DALE, Henry1854ENG, HAM, Fordingbridge Jul 1871 : Prussian CAN MacPherson Homes  
25932 DALE, Henry1892ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
16062 DALE, Joseph1870ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
4061 DALE, Lily1889ENG,    , Aston Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
24150 DALE, R.1855ENG,     May 1870 : Scandinavian CAN Boy's Home Great Queen Street, London  
7047 DALE, Robert1863ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3320 DALE, Rose1887ENG, ESS, Ilford Jun 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
25396 DALE, Susan1890SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
4064 DALE, Sydney1896ENG,    , Aston Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
11299 DALE, William1883ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
27552 DALE, William1863SCT, LKS, Glasgow 1881 : Manitoban CAN Marchmont Homes