HOME      FORUM      HELP      SEARCH      
News : The Surname Interests Table (SIT), the Database for Special Interests Groups (DBSIG) and Ancestral Anniversaries
are now "mobile friendlier" more here ...
The RootsChat Reference Library

RootsChat.Com »  RootsChat Reference Library »   Database for Special Interest Groups (DBSIG) »   British Home Children : Quick Search

Record #16708
Name :
: Sidney Lee GREGORY (1875 - )


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 27 May 1875

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:   Notes : cardiovascular degeneration
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Islington
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Jun 1888
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sarmatian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesSidney was born on May 27th 1875. He was the son of Alfred GREGORY 1846 ? 1880 and Ellen LEE.


Notes on Sidney:

Married May GIBBONS in Wokingham. Son: Howard Lee. Daughter: Ellen Lee. Brother: Nelson. Spent some time in Canada as a Mountie. Very fond of drink and violent when drunk.

Married Emily May GIBBONS in Swallowfield May 1 1919, aged 42. A widower resident in Swallowfield. Employed as a boilermaker.

Father: Alfred GREGORY. Marriage witnessed by Ernest Stanley GIBBONS and Marjorie Kate GIBBONS.
Son: Howard Lee (b. 1921). Then resident at Risely Banks in Swallowfield. Described as a boilermaker, ex sapper RE.
Died Oct 18 1952 at the West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth. Sidney GREGORY, male, 83 years old, of no fixed abode. Other particulars unknown. Cause of death - cardiovascular
degeneration.


Dear Mr Gregory:

This is in reply to your letter of September 2 1982 in which you request information regarding your grandfather, Sidney GREGORY.

A check of our records indicates that one "Sidney Kinnaird GREGORY" joined the Royal North West Mounted Police on November 30 1907 at Winnipeg, Manitoba. All of his service was in Saskatchewan and Yukon Territory. He served until August 31 1910 at which time he purchased his discharge.
Sidney Kinnaird GREGORY's application for the Force indicated that at the time he applied, that is November 1907, he was 25 years of age. He claimed to have been previously employed as an undertaker and farmer. His height was given as 5 feet and
10 inches and his weight 165 pounds. His place of birth was shown as England and his next of kin Mrs E M Gregory, 61 Preston Road, Brighton, Sussex, England.
We could not locate any record on a member of the Force named Nelson GREGORY for the period in question.

His application form stated that he understood the care and management of horses but had never ridden. Had he at any time served in any Military or Police Force:
If so, when and why was he discharged? Yes, his time was up, A.M.C. (Vol)
His chest measurement was given as 35 inches (the minimum permissible). He was single.
He would have earned around 60c per day but agreed to repay his rail fare from Winnipeg to Regina (viz $7.14) by two stoppages of $3.57 per month from his pay.

He served as a constable and his conduct during service was described as Fair at the time he purchased his discharge.

The Officer CommandingDawson Y.T. Feb 14 1910
"B" Division
R.N.W.M.Police
Dawson, Y.T.

Sir,
I have the honor to request that I may be permitted to purchase my discharge from the Police Force about the end of September of this year owing to a recent trouble in the family. I consider it necessary for me to return to England to live. I therefore request that I be allowed to leave before navigation closes this coming season.
I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
S.K. Gregory Const.
Reg. No. 4667 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-13 18:46:55 / From original database

Last Updated :

Family History ResearchersRootsChatters with family connections to Sidney Lee GREGORY:



 
Readers Comments

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  17 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
7726 GREGORY, Annie E. 1855ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
15400 GREGORY, Arthur1880ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
22395 GREGORY, Benjamin1890ENG,     May 1898 : Parisian CAN Southwark Catholic Emigration Society  
24161 GREGORY, Daniel1852ENG,     May 1870 : Scandinavian CAN Boy's Home Great Queen Street, London  
26073 GREGORY, Ellen1876 Jun 1881 : Parisian CAN Middlemore  
27053 GREGORY, Ernest1917ENG, YKS, Sheffield Oct 1928 : Beltana AUS Fairbridge Homes  
14227 GREGORY, Eva1885ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
25735 GREGORY, Florence1895ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
13633 GREGORY, Hannah1907ENG,     Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
20541 GREGORY, Henry Charles1874 Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
7674 GREGORY, Matilda1858ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
6086 GREGORY, Rachel1897ENG,     Aug 1909 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
26072 GREGORY, Sarah1873 Jun 1881 : Parisian CAN Middlemore  
16708 GREGORY, Sidney Lee1875ENG,     Jun 1888 : Sarmatian CAN Barnardos  
14003 GREGORY, William1887ENG,     Sep 1901 : Parisian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
26043 GREGORY, William1874 Jun 1881 : Parisian CAN Middlemore  
4488 GREGORY, William Douglas1892ENG, LAN, Manchester Mar 1909 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home