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Record #3940
Name :
: Bertie Oscar Victor Hugo PRYKE (1894 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 5 Jul 1894

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Suffolk, Hitcham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Kensington

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesMy late father?s cousin, Bertie Oscar Victor Hugo Pryke (yes it really was his name, I have his birth certificate) was born in 1894 at Barham Workhouse and came from Hitcham, Suffolk.

I found details of him in the Passenger & Immigration lists for Canada.

I contacted Barnados whoconfirmed that Bertie Oscar Victor Hugo Pryke arrived in Quebec on the 11th of April 1905. He had sailed from Liverpool and was one of a group of ?British Home Children?. Most of these children ended up as farm workers or in service.

He was living with a George Thompson in Florence, Ontario in November 1910.

An entry on Bertie?s records states ?boy writes and intends going out West where he hopes to take up a Homestead ? and this is dated 14th August 1911. By 1915 he is stated to be ?in the West?, but I cannot find any land registration for him.

There was a further entry dated 13th June 1919 stating ?Enlisted in the West and went overseas last summer- expected back in Canada anytime?.

I have searched available Canadian archives and can find no record in the Canadian Census?s for 1906 or 1911 of Bertie, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, or any other database.

So there is a mystery surrounding the adult life of Bertie. Can you help?

Barnados will give me no more information as he may have more direct descendants in Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-29 04:10:56 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-03-29 07:05:15 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3940 PRYKE, Bertie Oscar Victor Hugo1894ENG, SFK, Hitcham Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6306 PRYKE, William1897ENG,     May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt