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Record #9255
Name :
: Frederick Brian TAWS (1934 - 1990)
  aka : Brian TAWS
  aka : Brian SMITH


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Q1 1934   Notes : Source: FreeBMD

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1990
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Durham, South Shields
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Dec 1947
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Asturias

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Nazareth House (Cumberland)

Agency
: Catholic Episcopal Migration & Welfare Assoc.
NotesA birth registration was found for Frederick B Taws: Mother's Maiden Surname: Hedley; Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1934; Registration district: S Shields; Registration county: Durham; Volume Number: 10a; Page Number: 1192. Parents: Edward Best Taws and Catherine Hedley, married 1919, South Shields, Durham, England.

Catherine Hedley Taws died at Ingham Infirmary South Shields on February 26, 1936. Edward Taws remarried Vera Frances Hodgson on July 27, 1936.

In 1947, Brian Taws, 13, arrived at Fremantle, Australia, in a group of 16 children from Nazareth House (Cumberland). He arrived with a group of child migrants under the auspices of the Catholic Episcopal Migration and Welfare Association (CEMWA). In Western Australia, CEMWA was the state-based receiving agency for post-World War II child migrants who were sent to WA under the Catholic child immigration scheme.

Brian was placed at Bindoon, Western Australia.

It was said that became a 'rover' and never married or had any family prior to his death in 1990.

Any information regarding Brian would be gratefully received by his niece, Donna at
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ContributorsCreated : 2009-08-09 13:09:29 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2015-07-02 11:30:36 / alanmack

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
9255 TAWS, Frederick Brian 1934ENG, DUR, South Shields Dec 1947 : Asturias AUS Catholic Episcopal Migration & Welfare Assoc.