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Record #3683
Name :
: Walter SAYELL (1895 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1895 (approx.)

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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Bedfordshire, Leighton Buzzard
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 21 Mar 1906
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Walter Sayell; Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Leighton Buzzard; County: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire; Volume: 3b; Page: 366. (Parents: Harry Sayell and Sarah Lintaff.)

In 1901, Walter Sayell, 4 years of age, was residing at 67 South Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. Other family members included: Edith Sayell, 5; Harry Sayell, 28, basket maker; Sarah J. Sayell, 25; Thomas Sayell, 4 months. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 1508; Folio: 84; Page: 31.)

A death registration was found for Harry Sayell: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872; Year of Registration: 1902; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 30; District: Leighton Buzzard; County: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire; Volume: 3b; Page: 241.

In 1906 Walter Sayell, 11, arrived at Portland, Maine, USA, along with a group of 188 children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (His sister, Edith Sayell, 10, also arrived in August, 1906 on the Dominion; and his younger brothers, Thomas and Harry Sayell, arrived on the Corinthian in 1913.)

In 1904, in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, a marriage was registered between Sarah Jane Sayell and Frederick Mead. (Year of Registration: 1904; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Leighton Buzzard; County: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire; Volume: 3b; Page: 516.)

In 1911, Walter Sayell, 16, is shown as a hired boy / labourer for Walter Leonard and family in Pelham, Welland, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as October 1894 and his immigration year as 1906.

On August 2, 1915, Walter Sayell enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Leighton Buzzard, England; that his next of kin was Mrs. Fred Mead, who resided at Fitch Street, Welland, Ontario, Canada; that his date of birth was March 9, 1895; that he was a farmer; that he was not married; and that he had previous served in the 44th Regiment. He was described as 5 foot 3 inches in height; light complexion; blue eyes; brown hair. He was a member of the Baptist faith.

On April 6, 1916, Sarah Lantaff Sayell Mead, 40 years of age, died of shock and hemorrhage due to childbirth, at Welland County General Hospital, Welland, Ontario, Canada. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Shortly after the end of World War One, the Leighton Buzzard Observer published a list of men from Leighton Buzzard who had served during the conflict in either the army or the navy. The lists were published in consecutive editions of the paper from 18th March 1919 to 5th August 1919:

SAYELL Walter, Canada, late Beaudesert; Private, Canadian Machine Gun Section. 
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Last Updated : 2009-02-01 12:57:39 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3684 SAYELL, Edith1895ENG, BDF, Leighton Buzzard Aug 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3686 SAYELL, Harry1903ENG, BDF, Leighton Buzzard Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
3685 SAYELL, Thomas1900ENG, BDF, Leighton Buzzard Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
3683 SAYELL, Walter1895ENG, BDF, Leighton Buzzard Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos