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Record #23817
Name :
: George Robert MOWFORTH (1892 - 1917)
  aka : Private Mowforth


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 12 Aug 1892

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 11 Apr 1917   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Hull
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Farbus
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Oct 1904
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Southwark

Placement Family
: Fergermon
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private George Robert Mowforth. Not listed in LAC.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: George Robert Mowforth
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1890
Registration District: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire East Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 276

1891 English Census records place the family of Louisa and Robert Mowforth in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. In residence were their children Hannah E (3) and George R (3 months). Robert was a Rulleyman by trade.

1901 English Census records place the family of widowed Louisa Mowforth in Holy Trinity, Yorkshire, England. In residence were children George R (11), John C (8) and Ernest (4). Louisa worked as a Charwoman.

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Geo Mowforth
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Birth Date: abt 1893
Departure Date: 29 Sep 1904
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Quebec, Canada
Ship Name: Southwark
Master: J O Williams
Traveled to Canada with his brother, Ernest Mowforth, although they were not recorded on the same page.

1911 Canadian Census records place George Mowforth as a Labourer in the household of Jennie and John Fergermon in Dereham, Oxford County, Ontario. He was listed as 19 years of age, born in Aug 1891 and having immigrated from England in 1904.

Attestation papers were signed 8 Jan 1916 in Tillsonburg, Ontario. George Robert Mowforth was born 12 Aug 1892 in Hull, England. He was a Labourer by trade, living at Broadway Street in Tillsonburg, Ontario. His Next of Kin was his Mother, Mrs. Louisa Mowforth of Hull, England. 5'6" in height with blue eyes and dark brown hair, he had a cross on the back o his right forearm (Assuming tattoo). His religion was listed as Church of England.

15 Mar 1916 in Oxford, Ontario a marriage between George Robert Mowforth and Edith Elizabeth Ball was recorded. George was born in Hull, England in about 1892, and lists his parents as Louisa Holdsworth and Robert Mowforth.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action in the trenches at Farbus, Nord Pas de Calais, France. His Next of Kin was his widow who had remarried, Mrs. E. E. Preccor of Tillsonburg, Ontario. He was buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus , Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot: II. B. 18.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56183318 
ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-27 13:32:51 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-27 13:43:45 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
23818 MOWFORTH, Ernest1897ENG, YKS, Hull Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
23817 MOWFORTH, George Robert1892ENG, YKS, Hull Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
23819 MOWFORTH, John Charles1893ENG, YKS, Hull Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos