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Record #12505
Name :
: Stanley SARSON (1895 - 1916)
  aka : S. Sarson, Private Sarson


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 10 Nov 1895

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 18 Nov 1916   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Eastbourne
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 12 Aug 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

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

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Stanley Sarson.

A birth record of a Stanley Sarson was registered in Jan Qtr of 1896 in Eastbourne.
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Stanley Sarson
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1896
Registration District: Eastbourne
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 73

1901 English Census record for the household of Sarah Moore. Possible match, although image does say Tarson as surname - Sarah E Moore, 56, and children Ellen S, 23, Edwin J, 40, stepson, and boarders Alice Hartfield, 11, Stanley Tarson, 5, in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: SARSON
Given Name: S.
Age: 9
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1905
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1905-08-03
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1905-08-12
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario
Comments: 433 children, males to Toronto and Winnipeg and the females to Peterborough. There were nine adults on the end of the list who were travelling with the group. Frederick Franks, a boy aged 7, was listed as going to Peterborough.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-485
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

In 1911 Canadian Census records for William Grainger, 32, wife Alice J, 26, and children Grace, 6, Florence, 4, Blanche, 3, Iva M, 1, and mother Margaret Grainger, 53, widow, and Stanley Sarson, 15, hired boy, in Portage La Prairie, Gosfield, Essex, Ontario. Stanley was born in Feb of 1896 and immigrated from England in 1905.

Attestation papers were signed on 17 Jan 1916 in Kingston, Ontario. Stanley Sarson's birth date was stated as 10 Nov 1895 in Hastings, England. He gave his Next of Kin as his Aunt, Mrs Rose Sarson of Hastings, England. He was a farmer from Kingston Ontario at the time. 5'8" in height with blue eyes and light coloured hair. His religion was listed as Church of England.

On 18 Nov 1916, Stanley Sarson was reported as Killed in Action while fighting for the Canadian Army, he is remembered on the Vimy Memorial.
Commonwealth War Graves Registers confirms he was killed in the area of Somme, Picardie, France. A Vimy Memorial form was sent to Miss Gertrude Sarson, his Aunt, of 13 Alfrey Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England on 17 Sep 1936.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56683288 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-07-24 07:00:54 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-11-30 09:01:16 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
23361 SARSON, Noel Cecil1897WAL, FLN, Rhuddlan Mar 1907 : Dominion USA Barnardos  
12505 SARSON, Stanley1895ENG, SSX, Eastbourne Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos