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Record #4425
Name :
: Leonard Percy POPE (1907 - 1994)


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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1907

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 18 Aug 1994
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Maidstone
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ottawa
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 22 Oct 1921
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Father Hudsons Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for Leonard Percy Pope: Year of Registration: 1907; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Maidstone; County: Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 920. Parents: Percy Norman Pope and Florence Emily Gunton, married September 7, 1895 in Grays Thurrock (Orsett Dist), Essex, England.

Percy Norman Pope died on April 22, 1916, in Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.

In 1921, Leonard Pope, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 61 Catholic children in care of Father Hudson and the Catholic Emigration Association and en route to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

On October 22, 1932, at Ottawa (Ste-Th?r?se-de-l`Enfant-J?sus), Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Leonard Pope, of age, son of Norman Henry Pope and Florence Chamberlin; and Ida Archer (another home child from the Catholic Emigration Association), of age, daughter of Francis Archer and Nora Stalk.

Leonard Percy and Ida Archer Pope had six children.

Leonard Percy Pope died August 18, 1994, aged 87 years, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ida Archer Pope died April 4, 1986, aged 76 years, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-20 19:49:06 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 16:24:24 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3251 POPE, Albert Edward1888ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
3558 POPE, Daisy Lillian1890ENG,     Aug 1901 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
4272 POPE, Eliza1875ENG,     Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
7747 POPE, Eliza1863ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
6191 POPE, Ellen L.1881ENG,     May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
3814 POPE, George Henry1896ENG, LAN, Fallowfield Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3993 POPE, Gertrude Alice1882ENG, MDX, London Aug 1893 : Oregon CAN National Childrens Home  
27282 POPE, Gladys1924ENG,     Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
8559 POPE, Harry1889ENG, LDN, London Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
10642 POPE, Ivor G1899ENG,    , Swindon Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
4425 POPE, Leonard Percy1907ENG, KEN, Maidstone Oct 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Father Hudsons Homes  
6217 POPE, Mary Ada1883ENG, LND, Lambeth May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
7844 POPE, Susan1865ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
23122 POPE, William1897ENG,     Apr 1912 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys