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Record #3909

Name :: : Thomas DAVIES (1900 - 1977)
Father: :
Mother: :

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Date of Birth: : 26 Mar 1900
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 11 Oct 1977

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 29 Mar 1913
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Corinthian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesThomas Davies was born 26th March 1900 in Union St Wolverhampton. He was the only son and youngest child of Albert & Elizabeth Davies. Albert Davies & Elizabeth Davies (nee Jones) wed 17th November 1889 at St Georges Church Wolverhampton. Elizabeth was a galvaniser & Alberts occupation was an ironworker.

Unfortunately Thomas Grew up not knowing his father as Albert died of cardiac disease at the young age of 36 on 15th January 1901. Elizabeth then moved in with her mother Sarah Jones who was a widow also. On 1901 Census they were living 25 Brunswick st Wolverhampton. Thomas was aged one and His sisters Ethel age 4, Lavinia Ada age 6, Rosabella age 10, and my grandmother Florence who was aged 8 at the time. Also living with the family at the time was Lucy Ellen Hartill age 16 who was the daughter of Margaret Hartill (nee Jones).

Elizabeth struggled after the death of her husband, she maintained her family by charing & washing and later by factory work. At some point however, maybe due to the death of her mother she drifted into an unsatisfactory mode of life. The household effects were sold off and eventually the home was broken up. From 1907 until 1912 Elizabeth and the children had no home of their own. They lodged in furnished rooms or with Margaret Hartill or Lucy Langley (Elizabeths sisters). At some point Florence was admitted to Birmingham City Mission Laundry due to the poverty they were living in. Apparently Elizabeth had been neglecting the children and been missing for days spending time with men. Thomas and Ethel the two youngest were left to manage the best they could.

At the begining of July 1911 Elizabeth went to her daughter Rosabella Fletcher and took Thomas & Ethel with her. A Barnardos agent visited there and discovered Elizabeth was not working and Rosabella & John Thomas Fletcher were providing her with food and shelter. After the visit Elizabeth disappeared taking Thomas with her. She returned 6 weeks later saying she had been hop picking. She had no regular employment or fixed abode. Application for admission to Barnardos was made by Rev E Morgan Rees a Welsh Presbyterian Minister of 4 Salop St Wolverhampton. He ran a girls shelter & Mission with his wife in Wolverhampton and had known the family for years they had been looking after Lavinia Ada & Ethel. Thomas had not been going to school regularly but was well behaved & intelligent, he had been neglected and the school provided him with free breakfasts. The school mistress reports state he had the makings of a good man in him.

Thomas was sent on the SS Corinithian on the 13th March 1913 and arrived in St John Brunswick Canada on 29th March 1913. On the Corinithian there was 994 Children 406 were girls 588 were boys 154 were eligable for WW1 59 enlisted and 5 were killed.

Thomas went on to work on various farms and all of the people who owned them said he was a good worker & regularly attended church. He sent donations from his money to Barnardos. He was lucky to be one of only 4 boys to be chosen to be watched over by the masonic order so he was not mistreated by any of his employers.

He was in touch with his sister Florence but correspondence waned and she tried to trace him via the salvation army but had no joy. Thomas wed a Muriel Ann Mcutcheon when he was in his 40's. He eventually worked for the railways and then in later life for marathon Realty as an elevator operator. Considering he had an awful start in life he turned out a well respected man.

Thomas died October 11th 1977 four years before his sister Florence who had been unable to trace him.

He is buried in Park Lawn Cemetery in an unmarked grave along with Muriel who died August 7th 1994.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-22 14:16:29 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-09-13 20:13:48 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
19606	DAVIES, A H	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
6264	DAVIES, Albert	1897	ENG,	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
12622	DAVIES, Albert	1881	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
18420	DAVIES, Albert	1894	ENG,	Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
25538	DAVIES, Albert	1895	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
19289	DAVIES, Alex	1875		Mar 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
6171	DAVIES, Alice	1879	ENG,	May 1892 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
6969	DAVIES, Alice	1861	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
14090	DAVIES, Amy J	1889	ENG,	Jun 1900 : Cambroman	CAN	Barnardos
6970	DAVIES, Ann	1863	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
22366	DAVIES, Anna M	1877	ENG,	Sep 1883 : Polynesian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
24861	DAVIES, Bertie	1893		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
22638	DAVIES, Charlotte	1890	ENG,	Apr 1906 : Friesland	CAN	Barnardos
4905	DAVIES, Desmond	1915	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1925 : Aurania	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
8448	DAVIES, Dorothy	1906	ENG,	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
22116	DAVIES, Eliza	1869	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3348	DAVIES, Elizabeth Jean	1892	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Louisa Birt
10092	DAVIES, Emily	1892	ENG, , toxteth park	Feb 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Louisa Birt
22566	DAVIES, Emily	1894	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Feb 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Louisa Birt	joycebibi
9335	DAVIES, Ernest	1909	ENG,	Jul 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
24580	DAVIES, Ernest	1895		Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3349	DAVIES, Ethel	1895	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Louisa Birt
4904	DAVIES, Eva F	1909	WAL, , Swansea	Mar 1925 : Aurania	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
25537	DAVIES, Frederick	1891	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
8744	DAVIES, Frederick J.	1913	ENG,	Apr 1928 : Andania		Waifs & Strays
26177	DAVIES, G R	1892	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
3926	DAVIES, George	1880	ENG, KEN, Deptford	Sep 1894 : Laurentian	CAN	Barnardos
6665	DAVIES, George	1911	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
3878	DAVIES, George Acquila	1899	ENG, STS, Handsworth	Jun 1910 : Mongolian	CAN	Middlemore
12235	DAVIES, Gustave	1921	WAL, MON, Pontypool	Nov 1932 : Balranald	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
6999	DAVIES, Hannah	1860	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
3205	DAVIES, Henry	1891	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
25477	DAVIES, Henry	1898	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
25988	DAVIES, Henry	1893	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
7048	DAVIES, Henry A.	1863	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
24084	DAVIES, Horace	1906	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3207	DAVIES, James	1889	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
11916	DAVIES, James	1908	ENG,	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
14316	DAVIES, James	1888	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Lake Megantic	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
20548	DAVIES, James	1872		Mar 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
22659	DAVIES, John	1891	ENG,	May 1903 : Bavarian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18295	DAVIES, John J	1878	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
13161	DAVIES, Leah Jane	1883	ENG,	Jul 1897 : Assyrian	CAN	Middlemore
12145	DAVIES, Lillian	1917	ENG,	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
6998	DAVIES, Mary A.	1863	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
5861	DAVIES, Mathilda	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Barnardos
3350	DAVIES, May	1894	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Louisa Birt
15458	DAVIES, Peter	1887	ENG,	Feb 1896 : Laurentian	CAN	Louisa Birt	ladrondee
21273	DAVIES, Reginald	1918	ENG,	Jun 1929 : Berrima	AUS	Barnardos
5253	DAVIES, Ronald	1915	ENG, GLS, Coleford	Mar 1930 : Scythia	CAN	Salvation Army
22639	DAVIES, Ruth	1885	ENG,	Jun 1900 : Cambroman	CAN	Barnardos
22568	DAVIES, Samuel	1895	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Feb 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Louisa Birt
25728	DAVIES, Selina	1893	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
5287	DAVIES, Sidney	1912	ENG, , Plymouth	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
13464	DAVIES, Susannah	1873	ENG,	Jul 1887 : Sardinian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
24085	DAVIES, Sydney	1904	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3909	DAVIES, Thomas	1900	ENG, STS, Wolverhampton	Mar 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
20852	DAVIES, Victor Albert	1887		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
3879	DAVIES, Victor Lester	1903	ENG, STS, Handsworth	Jun 1910 : Mongolian	CAN	Middlemore
7086	DAVIES, Walter	1851	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
12480	DAVIES, William	1887	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	ladrondee
12982	DAVIES, William	1882	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)	ladrondee
22567	DAVIES, William Thomas	1892	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Feb 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Louisa Birt
21708	DAVIS, Charles	1885	ENG,	May 1895 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
4628	DAVIS, James	1893		Jul 1906 : City of Vienna	CAN	Ellinor Close
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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