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Record #10248
Name :
: Nicholas McMann THOMPSON (1911 - 1974)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1911

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1974
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Stockton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial, England, Cleveland
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 20 Jun 1924
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Nicholas Mcm Thompson: Year of Registration: 1911; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Stockton; County: Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding; Volume: 10a; Page: 51.

In 1924, Nicholas Thompson, 13, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 78 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario.

Lethbridge Herald
August 5, 1925

"ASSAULTS BARNARDO BOY

PORT HOPE, Ont., Aug 5--Everett Zeeland, a farmer, has been arrested on a charge of assaulting Nicholas Thompson, 14, a Barnardo boy, who was in his employ. The boy is said to have run away from the farm on July 30, but was brought back. He left again Sunday and it is stated that he was assaulted by Zeeland when again apprehended. A representative of the Barnardo Home is coming here to investigate the matter."

Winnipeg Free Press
August 6, 1925

"Alleged Assault on Barnardo Home Boy Leads to Charge

Port Hope, Ontario, Aug. 5 -- Provincial Constable Tom Cousans today laid a charge of assault occasional actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thomson, Barnardo boy, against Everett Zealand, who is being summoned to appear before Magistrate W. A. P. Campbell here on Monday morning. The Barnardo home authorities are taking an active interest in the case."


Toronto Star
August 11, 1925

"FARMER IS FINE $2 FOR STRAPPING BOY

Is Found Guilty of Assault Against a 15-Year-old Barnardo Boy

SAYS NO BLAME

Magistrate Says He Would Have Been Tempted to Strap the Boy

Special to Star Weekly by Staff Reporter

Port Hope, Aug. 11.--Everett Zealand, a Hope township farmer, was found technically guilty by Magistrate Campbell of committing a common assault on Nicholas Thompson, a fifteen-year-old Barnardo boy in his employ. He was fined two dollars and costs with the alternative of one month's imprisonment.

The magistrate agree with the contention of the defense that the evidence did not warrant conviction on the charge as laid, namely assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, and in which contention the crown concurred. The magistrate declared that it was only right that the case should be aired in court. He paid a tribute to the Barnardo Homes as an admirable institution which had the reputation of looking well after their charges.

'Some boys were easier to get along with than others, and some required severe treatment,' he said. 'This boy was not a bad sort on the whole. He has admitted being somewhat untruthful, but has given his evidence in a very frank manner, and on the whole I would fancy he was not such a hard boy to get along with.

'The boy,' continued the court, 'had laid himself open to punishment,' but according to the contract with Barnardo's Home he could not see that Zealand had the right to administer corporate punishment.

'If I were entering into an agreement with the homes for taking a boy, I would want a little more specific power. Some of these boys need punishment, and I think the best punishment for some of them is the strap. I don't blame Zealand one iota for what he did. I think had I been in his place I would have been tempted to do all he did an possibly a little bit more. But legally I don't think he he was justified in doing it.'

In imposing a conviction, the court said that no great harm was done to the boy. In his evidence Zealand denied licking the boy with a pulley belt, but said it was with one play of a leather trace. He said he had no more intention of strapping him for not finishing hoeing the turnips than he had of going to China, but he thought the threat would waken him up."


Winnipeg Free Press
August 11, 1925

"Ontario Farmer Fined for Beating Barnardo Boy

Port Hope, Ont., Aug. 10--Following conviction on a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thompson, a ward of the Barnardo Home, Toronto, Everett Zealand, farmer, of Hope Township, was today in police court fined $2 and costs or one month in jail.

In delivering sentence, Magistrate Campbell said Zeland's [sic] contract with the young Thompson did not imply the right to administer corporal punishment."

On June 18, 1927, Nickolas McM. Thompson, 16, farmhand, returned to England on the ship Minnedosa. His intended residence was to be Dr. Barnardos Homes, 18-26 Stepney Causeway, E.1., London, England. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-11-14 11:22:34 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-05 15:07:08 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26092 THOMPSON, A1894ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
14712 THOMPSON, Ada1907ENG,     Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
5715 THOMPSON, Agnes ENG,     Aug 1875 : - Unknown - CAN Louisa Birt  
26119 THOMPSON, Alfred1892ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
20802 THOMPSON, Alfred J1886ENG,     May 1904 : Dominion CAN Unknown  
7469 THOMPSON, Amy1874ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
9967 THOMPSON, Annie1890ENG,     Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
26753 THOMPSON, Arthur1903 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
16835 THOMPSON, Arthur William 1879ENG,     Mar 1892 : Carthaginian CAN Barnardos  
9758 THOMPSON, Charles1888ENG, LDN, London Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
12420 THOMPSON, Charles1893ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
19025 THOMPSON, Elizabeth1902ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
4287 THOMPSON, Emily1901ENG,     Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
9928 THOMPSON, Ephraim1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham 1903 : - Unknown - CAN Barnardos  
25657 THOMPSON, Eric1893ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
16169 THOMPSON, Ethel1883ENG,     Jun 1893 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
15452 THOMPSON, Findlay1895ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
8146 THOMPSON, Florence May1914ENG,    , Walsall Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
21016 THOMPSON, Frederick1887ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
23296 THOMPSON, George William1897ENG, YKS, Sheffield 1912 : - Unknown - CAN Barnardos  
21498 THOMPSON, Henry1895 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
24992 THOMPSON, Hugh1900 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
6053 THOMPSON, Hugh M.1895ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
12185 THOMPSON, Irene E P1920ENG,     Jun 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
24533 THOMPSON, Isabella1895 Jun 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
19509 THOMPSON, J. W.1872ENG,     May 1889 : Nestorian CAN Unknown  
12421 THOMPSON, James1892ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
16848 THOMPSON, James1887ENG, YKS, Hull Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
9549 THOMPSON, James H1900ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
6991 THOMPSON, Jane1860ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
5735 THOMPSON, John ENG,     Aug 1875 : - Unknown - CAN Louisa Birt  
8323 THOMPSON, Joseph1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool Apr 1928 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
15380 THOMPSON, Joseph1862ENG,     1872 : - Unknown - CAN Maria Rye  
15850 THOMPSON, Joseph1871ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
22045 THOMPSON, Joseph1892ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
11733 THOMPSON, Kate 1890ENG,     May 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
15137 THOMPSON, Louis1900ENG,     - Unknown - CAN Unknown  
7292 THOMPSON, Mary1913ENG, LAN, Liverpool Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
8039 THOMPSON, Mary1854ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
10248 THOMPSON, Nicholas McMann1911ENG, YKS, Stockton Jun 1924 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
27352 THOMPSON, Patricia Catherine1937 Dec 1947 : Asturias AUS Catholic Episcopal Migration & Welfare Assoc.  
7470 THOMPSON, Pauline1876ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
18890 THOMPSON, R. W1891ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
23561 THOMPSON, Reginald Arthur1916ENG, CAM, Chesterton Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
24700 THOMPSON, Robert1891 Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
26313 THOMPSON, Robert Charles1923ENG, NFK, Norwich Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
6582 THOMPSON, Stoker1914ENG,    , Tyne Dock Jul 1927 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
11183 THOMPSON, Thomas 1890ENG,     Apr 1899 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
24973 THOMPSON, Thomas1901 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
4550 THOMPSON, Violet1899ENG,     Oct 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
25608 THOMPSON, Violet1896ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
12933 THOMPSON, William1885ENG,     Apr 1897 : Vancouver CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
24857 THOMPSON, William1891 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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