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Record #2749

Name :: : Robert ELLIS (1898 - )
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Date of Birth: : 24 Sep 1898
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool

37 Orry Street

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Jun 1913
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Corsican
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Liverpool Sheltering Home

NotesA birth registration was found for Robert Ellis: Year of Registration: 1898; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Liverpool (1837-1934); County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 26. Parents: Thomas Ellis and Ellen Roberts, married 1897 in West Derby, Lancashire, England.

In 1901, Robert Ellis, 2 years of age, was shown residing at 32 Benledi Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Other family members included: Elizabeth Ellis, 6; Ellen Ellis, 38; and Thomas Ellis, 46, stationers engine driver. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 3408; Folio: 206; Page: 35.)

His mother had died his father had deserted the family when Robert Ellis and his brother James were placed in the Nash Grove Boy`s Home. They stayed for a year and then Robert was sent to the Liverpool Sheltering Home for 9 months before being sent to Canada. He did not go to Knowlton, Quebec, as there had been a fire just before he left for Canada, and he was sent to Montreal.

Robert was placed on a farm in Minton, Quebec.

He left behind an 18 yr. old sister a 9 year old brother. Both siblings, older sister Elizabeth and younger brother James, stayed in Liverpool. Elizabeth never married.

In 1913, Robert Ellis, 14, arrived in Quebec, Canada, in a group of 64 children from the Liverpool Sheltering Home, accompanied by Mrs Ridd, and en route to Knowlton, Quebec, Canada.

On October 28, 1915, at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Robert Ellis, 18, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Liverpool, England; that his next of kin was his sister, Miss Elizabeth Ellis, who resided at 120 Queens Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; that his date of birth was September 24th; that he was a farmer; that he was not married; and that he had previously served in the 54th Regt. He was described as 5 foot 4 inches in height; brown complexion; brown eyes; brown hair. He was a member of the Church of England.

His father, Thomas Ellis died May 28, 1916, of pneumonia, at Kirkdale Home, Vine Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

After the war, Robert returned to Canada, disembarking in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on February 8, 1919. He gave an address on leave as 130 Broad St., St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, and again gave that address for a War Service Gratuity and when he was discharged in Toronto.

Robert returned to England to be married.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-11 19:21:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-17 16:12:05 /

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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 30 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3842	ELLIS, Albert	1893	ENG, STS, Tamworth	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
6662	ELLIS, Albert	1897	ENG,	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
24132	ELLIS, Arthur	1911	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1920 : Metagama			Orangebliss
3769	ELLIS, Clifford	1898	ENG, YKS, Leeds	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	Gillian Ellis
20628	ELLIS, Doris	1902	ENG,	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
18607	ELLIS, Edith	1884	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
15988	ELLIS, Elizabeth		ENG,	May 1885 : Parisian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
6661	ELLIS, Ernest	1898	ENG,	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3843	ELLIS, Ethel	1889	ENG, STS, Tamworth	Jul 1905 : Bavarian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18633	ELLIS, Florrie	1889	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
17011	ELLIS, Frances Ann	1884	ENG,	Oct 1897 : State of California	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18441	ELLIS, Frank	1898	ENG,	Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3840	ELLIS, Frank Edwin	1894	ENG, STS, Tamworth	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
12488	ELLIS, George	1892	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
24131	ELLIS, George	1908	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Apr 1920 : Metagama			Orangebliss
3376	ELLIS, Hilda	1892	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3841	ELLIS, James	1897	ENG, STS, Tamworth	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
12957	ELLIS, James W	1881	ENG,	Apr 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
7316	ELLIS, John	1864	ENG,	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
24090	ELLIS, John William	1906	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3377	ELLIS, Leah	1900	ENG,	Oct 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10570	ELLIS, Lilian	1900	ENG,	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
18812	ELLIS, Nellie	1887	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
27200	ELLIS, Nellie	1924		May 1933 : Otranto	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
15987	ELLIS, Owen John	1872	ENG,	May 1885 : Parisian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
2749	ELLIS, Robert	1898	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jun 1913 : Corsican	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
15312	ELLIS, Sarah E.	1876	ENG,	Sep 1884 : Sarmatian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
5318	ELLIS, Thomas	1913	ENG, , Liversedge	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
18977	ELLIS, Thomas O	1893	ENG,	May 1905 : Bavarian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3999	ELLIS, William	1896	ENG,	Apr 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Waifs & Strays
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 30 Entries

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