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Record #11622
Name :
: Frank Benjamin LEFORT (1900 - 1951)
  aka : Frank Marshall La Forte


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Date of Birth
: 1 May 1900

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1951   Notes : Coronary Thrombosis and Pneumonia
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Hackney
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Oxfordshire, Oxford
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 May 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Frank Benjamin Lefort: Year of Registration: 1900; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Hackney; County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1b; Page: 584. Parents: William Victor Lefort and Amelia Miller, married April 12, 1891, in Bow, London, England.

William Victor Lefort died on April 18, 1907, at Edmonton Workhouse. He died of paraplegia & medical exhaustion caused by a blow to the head after a fall off an icy step.

In 1909, Frank Lefort, 8, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 161 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On February 28, 1916, at Barris, Ontario, Canada, Frank Benjamin Le Forte enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he resided in Barris, Ontario; that he was born at 22 Morville Street, Bow, East London, England; that his next of kin was his mother, Aggie Head, who resided at 22 Morville Street, Bow, East London, England; that he was a farm labourer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 4-3/4 inches in height; dark complexion; brown hair; brown eyes. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Frank changed his name to Frank Marshall La Forte. He married Verna Evelyn Olive Poole on March 15, 1925, at Aldershot, Hampshire, England. they had two children: Edward James La Forte, born November 6, 1927, at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England; and Frank Richard La Forte, born March 21, 1926, in March, Cambridgeshire, England.

A death registration was found for Frank M La Forte: Death Registration Month/Year: 1951; Age at death (estimated): 51; Registration district: Oxford; County: Oxfordshire Volume: 6b; Page: 686. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-05-05 19:44:02 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-05-05 20:12:10 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
11622 LEFORT, Frank Benjamin1900ENG, LND, Hackney May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos