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Record #15415
Name :
: John ROBERTS (1888 - 1938)
  aka : John Walter Donovan


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1 Nov 1888

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 25 Nov 1938   Notes : Heart Attack
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland

939 Western Rd., Birmingham, England
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, York, Fredericton
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 27 Jun 1896
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corean

Placement Family
: James Hobb Donovan
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Birmingham Workhouse

Agency
: Middlemore
NotesJohn was the 5th. of 6 children born to Walter & Phoebe (Lane) Roberts in Birmingham, Warwicks, England. His mother died of bronchitis at the age of 39 when he was 4. For a few years the father and older sisters kept the family together but the father was a Gun Action filer and poorly paid. John and his older brother Ben were frequently truant from school and the father was fined money he could not pay. This appears to have been the reasoning behind signing John and Ben to the Middlemore Home in 1895 and they arrived in Fredericton, New Brunswick in June of 1896. John was fortunately taken in by the family of J.H. Donovan as he was rather small for an 8 year old and not suited for farm work. Instead he was educated, taught the printing trade and learned to play a number of musical instruments. Eventually he ran his own printing business in Fredericton, married and raised 4 children before dying on November 25, 1938 of a heart attack. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
12401 ROBERTS, Albert1893ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
18325 ROBERTS, Albert1896ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
11634 ROBERTS, Alfred1898ENG,     Aug 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
12904 ROBERTS, Alfred1881ENG,     May 1897 : State of California CAN Waifs & Strays  
15746 ROBERTS, Alfred1899ENG,     Jul 1912 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
19177 ROBERTS, Alfred James1901ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
15716 ROBERTS, Alfred T1898ENG,     Apr 1913 : Virginian CAN Dakeyne Boys Farm  
7408 ROBERTS, Alice1873ENG,     Jun 1879 : Moravian CAN Middlemore  
18996 ROBERTS, Alice1901ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
26345 ROBERTS, Alice1891ENG,     May 1902 : Dominion CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
3877 ROBERTS, Arthur1889ENG,     Apr 1902 : Ionian CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
19620 ROBERTS, Arthur 1880ENG,     Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
2902 ROBERTS, Benjamin David1901ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
15416 ROBERTS, Benjamin George1886ENG,    , Aston Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
26026 ROBERTS, C1895ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
3600 ROBERTS, Charles1897ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
3601 ROBERTS, Charles Edward1895ENG, LIN, Lincoln Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
13399 ROBERTS, Charlotte1885ENG, HAM, Portsmouth Oct 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
6080 ROBERTS, Edith1880ENG,     Aug 1895 : Numidian CAN Maria Rye  
4535 ROBERTS, Edith Alice Irene1905ENG, STS, Handsworth Jun 1920 : Scotian CAN Barnardos  
27295 ROBERTS, Edward Albert1918ENG,     Jun 1929 : Largs Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
18080 ROBERTS, Edwin1891ENG,     Apr 1899 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
7756 ROBERTS, Elizabeth1864ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
13223 ROBERTS, Emma P1882ENG,     Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
11206 ROBERTS, Evan1884ENG,     Mar 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
27243 ROBERTS, Evelyn 1928ENG, LND, Kensington Nov 1935 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23054 ROBERTS, Frederick J.1893ENG,     Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
24399 ROBERTS, George1856 May 1870 : Peruvian CAN Annie MacPherson Homes  
5138 ROBERTS, Harry1917ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1930 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
7409 ROBERTS, Harry1871ENG,     Jun 1879 : Moravian CAN Middlemore  
12062 ROBERTS, Howard C1910ENG,     Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Barnardos  
3249 ROBERTS, James1889ENG,     Mar 1901 : Dominion CAN Louisa Birt  
9504 ROBERTS, James G.1891ENG,     Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
13916 ROBERTS, John1877ENG,     Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
15415 ROBERTS, John1888ENG,     Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
18693 ROBERTS, John1881ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
13915 ROBERTS, John D.1891ENG,     Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
10567 ROBERTS, Louisa1901ENG,     Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
19093 ROBERTS, Mary1900ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
6117 ROBERTS, Mary E.1885ENG,     Aug 1895 : Numidian CAN Maria Rye  
7830 ROBERTS, Nairy1861ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
8237 ROBERTS, Robert 1912WAL,     Sep 1928 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Barnardos  
14117 ROBERTS, Robert1888ENG,     Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
8939 ROBERTS, Stanley 1918ENG, YKS, Hull Apr 1931 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
19833 ROBERTS, Stanley1902ENG,     Apr 1913 : Teutonic CAN Hurst House Training Home  
10549 ROBERTS, Sydney1913ENG,     Oct 1927 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
21535 ROBERTS, Treloyan1914ENG, CON, St Austell, Fowey Jun 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
18278 ROBERTS, Victor Reginald1909ENG,     Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
5804 ROBERTS, Violet M.1893ENG,     Jun 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
21471 ROBERTS, Walter Ernest1893 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
18361 ROBERTS, Walter Henry1889ENG,     Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
22533 ROBERTS, Wilfred1909ENG,     Jul 1923 : Pittsburgh CAN Salvation Army  
5334 ROBERTS, William1912ENG, LAN, Liverpool Aug 1930 : Duchess of York CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
26784 ROBERTS, William1924ENG,     Dec 1934 : Baradine AUS Fairbridge Homes  
18360 ROBERTS, William George1886ENG,     Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
18081 ROBERTS, Willie1889ENG,     Apr 1899 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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