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Record #17083
Name :
: Samuel FARMER


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Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 7 Jun 1886
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Circassian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Fegan Homes for Boys
Notes1871
25 Sep
Birth
Bermondsey, Surrey, England
5 source citations
1877
3 Sep
Age: 5

Residence
75 Lichfield Road, Tower Hamlets, London, England
Address on school admission record.
Photos (1)
1 source citation
1877
3 Sep
Age: 5

Education
Olga Street School, Tower Hamlets, London, England
Olga Street School (0213) opened in 1874. Renamed John Bartlett School in 1951
Photos (1)
1881
3 Apr
Age: 9

Residence
21 Albany Building, Albany Rd, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England
Photos (1)
1 source citation
1881
3 Apr
Age: 9

Occupation
Scholar
Photos (1)
1886
28 May
Age: 14

Departure
Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
Samuel is listed as sailing on the SS Circassian which sailed from Liverpool on 28th May 1886. He is one of a party of boys from Fegan's Boys Home, Southwark, London.
Photos (2)
1 source citation
1886
7 Jun
Age: 14

Arrival
Canada
Information from Canadian 1911 Census return.
Photos (1)
1 source citation
1886
7 Jun
Age: 14

Arrival
Quebec, Canada
Arrives on board the Circassian. One of Mr Fegan's boys in the charge of Mr Bruce from the Boy's Home, Southwark, London. Samuel was one of the 'Home Children'
Photos (1)Stories (1)
1 source citation
1886
14 Jun
Age: 14

Occupation
Ballinafad Road, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
Starts working for a Mr W G Webster as a farm labourer.
Photos (1)
1901
22 Jun
Age: 29

Marriage to Emma Grace Abernethy
St. Andrew's Church, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
Photos (1)
2 source citations
1907
Sep
Age: 36

The Port Perry Star Newspaper
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Purchased the newspaper and became publisher/proprietor
Photos (1)
1910
15 Feb
Age: 38

Occupation
Editor of The Port Perry Star Newspaper. Occupation at the time of his daughter Marions birth.
Photos (1)
1911
Age: 40

Residence
Ontario South, Ontario
Photos (1)
1 source citation
1912
7 Aug
Age: 40

Occupation
Printer and Publisher. Information provided at the time of his son Williams birth.
Photos (1)
1913
Age: 42

"On the Shores of Scugog"
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Photos (1)
1948
30 Apr
Age: 76
Death
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-10-06 07:21:59 / From original database

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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  10 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
17064 FARMER, Amy E1900ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
17087 FARMER, Arthur1894ENG, LDN, London Aug 1907 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
19521 FARMER, Arthur1910ENG,     Jul 1926 : Celtic CAN Canadian Government Scheme  
13722 FARMER, Doris1900ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
26590 FARMER, Jack M1888ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20546 FARMER, James1875 Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
7939 FARMER, John1913SCT,    , Perth Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
17083 FARMER, Samuel ENG,     Jun 1886 : Circassian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
7441 FARMER, Thomas 1892ENG, ESX, Walthamstow Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20869 FARMER, Thomas1893 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos