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Record #17250
Name :
: George John PICKUSGILL (1895 - 1920)
  aka : PICKERSGILL


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 15 May 1895

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 8 May 1920   Notes : accidental drowning
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 16 Mar 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Canada

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: National Childrens Home
Notes1895
15 May
Birth
Nottingham, England
See his military file-but no parents identified
4 source citations
1901
Age: 6
Residence
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1 source citation
1907
Feb
Age: 11

British Home Child sent to Canada
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
George became a ward of the British Home Children program and was sent to Canada. He was taken into a home in Nothingham, passed on to London and then went to Liverpool to sail for Canada.
Photos (1)Stories (2)
1907
16 Mar
Age: 11

Arrival
Portland, Maine
Arrived on SS Canada as a part of the Children's Home resettlement. George was destined for Hamilton Ontario and had a ticket provided for that destination. He was listed as a farm hand in good health and 11 years old.
Photos (1)
1 source citation
1917
22 May
Age: 22
Residence
Welland, Ontario, Canada
Living with George and Sara Lee at the time of his enlistment in May of 1917. Their address at the time was 27 Finch Street.
1 source citation
1917
22 May
Age: 22

Enlistment Canadian Mounted Rifles
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
George volunteered for overseas service with the Canadian Mounted Rifles. His regimental number was #225482. At the time of his enlistment he was living with George and Sara Lee at 17 Finch Street in Welland. His occupation was 'mechanic'
Photos (1)
1917
20 Oct
Age: 22

Departure: Sailed from Halifax to England
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sailed to England as a member of the 11th Draft of soldiers for WWI
Photos (1)
1918
12 Apr
Age: 22
Served with Fort Garry Horse Regiment- France
France
Transferred from the 102d BN to the Fort Gary Horse Regiment in France. He remained with the FGH until he left France for England on 23 Feb 1919. He returned to Canada as a member of the FGH until he was discharged at age 23.
Stories (1)
1919
5 May
Age: 23
Return Home: Liverpool to Halifax
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Return to Canada after the end of WWI
1919
31 May
Age: 24
Discharged from the Canadian Army
Toronto, Ontario
Discharged from No.2 Discharge Depot, Toronto at 24 years of age.
1920
8 May
Age: 24
Death
Capreol, Ontario, Canada
He was visiting George Lee's son, Art Lee whom he had grown up with at the Lee farm in Perry Station, Wainfleet Township, Welland County. Art and his wife Clara lived in a converted box car. George drowned in Lake Capreol and was buried in the Lee plot. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-10-09 14:58:48 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-09 15:02:46 /

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17250 PICKUSGILL, George John1895ENG,     Mar 1907 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home