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Record #13178
Name :
: George Benjamin DUNFORD (1875 - 1966)
  aka : Benjamin George Dunford,


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Date of Birth
: 8 Jan 1875

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1966
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Somerset, Bath
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Sturgis
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 Mar 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for George Benjamin Dunford: Year of Registration: 1875; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Bath; County: Avon, Somerset; Volume: 5c; Page: 679. Parents: Maurice Dunford and Puah Collins, married 1871, Bath, Somerset, England.

A death registration was found for Morris Dunford: Year of Registration: 1885; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 53; District: Bath; County: Avon, Somerset; Volume: 5c; Page: 497.

In 1887, Benjamin G Dunford, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 209 Barnardo boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On April 30, 1902, at Russell, Manitoba, Canada, a marriage was registered between Benjamin George Dunford, 26, farmer, born in Bath, England, to Morris Dunford and Sarah Collins; and another home child, Julia Agnes Anderson, 27, born in Sunderland, England, to Charles Anderson and Margaret Greener. Witnesses: James McKay and Mary McKay, Russell, Manitoba, Canada.

Benjamin George and Julia Agnes Anderson Dunford had at least 4 children: Florence "Emily" Dunford, born February 7, 1904, in Russell, Manitoba, Canada; William "Garnet" Dunford, born March 28, 1906, in Russell, Manitoba, Canada; Patricia Dunford, born July 25, 1909, in Manitoba, Canada; and Harold Dunford, born about 1913 in Saskatchewan, Canada.

On March 22, 1916, at Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, Benjamin George Dunford, 29, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he resided at Wroxton, Saskatchewan, Canada; that he was born in Bath, Somerset, England; that his next of kin was his wife, July Dunford, who resided at Wroxton, Saskatchewan, Canada; that his date of birth was January 8, 1877; and that he was a barber. He was described as 5 foot 9 inches in height; dark complexion; blue eyes; black hair. He was a member of the Church of England.

From:

Sturgis History Committee, 2000. Harvest of Memories: Sturgis & district - a century of memories, Sturgis and District History Book Committee, Sturgis, Saskatchewan, viii, 894p.: illus., ports.; 29cm. University of Toronto Library FC 3549 S87H37 2000 c.1 ISBN: 1-894022-56-4

p.343

"DUNFORD, Benjamin George and Julia

They both emigrated to Canada from England in 1886 [sic] and met at Russell, Man. where they were married in 1902. George and Julia moved to Wroxton, Sask. in 1911 where Mr. Dunford was a barber. George served in the First World War overseas with the 188th battalion. He hauled supplies to the front line with a team of mules. They left Wroxton in 1919 and moved to the [Goldbank district north of] Stenen where they farmed until retirement in 1958 when they moved to Sturgis. George and Julia had four children Emily (Lloyd Chase); after Lloyd died, she later married (Clary Jones), Garnet (Eva), Pat (Stan Feader), Harold (Verna). George died in 1966 and Julia in 1975." 
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15460 DUNFORD, Annie1889ENG,     Oct 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
20294 DUNFORD, Benjamin G1875 Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
13178 DUNFORD, George Benjamin1875ENG, SOM, Bath Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
25084 DUNFORD, Winifred1894 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos