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Record #23289
Name :
: Duncan Blair TOPE (1895 - )
  aka : Private Tope


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 6 Aug 1895

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cornwall, St. Germans
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 31 May 1908
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Farrell
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Duncan Blair Tope. Son of Sarah Pollard and Edwin Tope.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Duncan Blair Tope
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1895
Registration District: St Germans
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume: 5c
Page: 30

1901 English Census records for Lily Pollard (29 years of age born in Kingsand, Cornwall, England) was in Kinsand, Cornwall, England. In residence were her Newphews, William (15), Sidney (13), Duncan (5) and Blair (3), as well as a boarder, Alfred Tope who was 25. Lily works as a garden labourer.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: TOPE
Given Name: Duncan
Age: 11
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1908
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1908-05-21
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1908-05-31
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario
Comments: Mr. Lloyd in charge of 109 girls and 219 boys, girls to Peterborough
Notes: The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-493
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place Duncan Tope as a single male born in Aug 1894 Scotland. He arrived in Canada in 1903. He's a Domestic in the household of Bertha Helena and Robert Tilbert Farrell.

Attestation papers were signed 4 Jan 1916 in Guelph, Ontario. Duncan Blair Tope states he was born in Abredeen, Scotland on 6 Aug 1895. His Next of Kin is his brother, Blair Tope of Ripley, Ontario. A later written address was 123 Curtis Street, St. Thomas, Ontario. 5'5 1/2" in height with blue eyes and light brown hair, he had an oval scar 1 1/2" long on the right side of his neck and 3 large and 3 small vaccination scars on his left arm. His religion was listed as Methodist.

25 Dec 1916 in Elgin County, Ontario, Duncan Tope married Carrie Ada Abel. He lists that he was born in Aberdeen, Scotland about 1895 and that his mother's name was Mary Annie Pollard and his father was George Albert Tope.

He survived the War.

The Elgin County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has a photograph of the Saint Thomas Fire Department from 21 Dec 1929 that includes Duncan Blair Tope.

Lilly Spencer Blair Pollard is listed in the England & Wales National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations in 1951. Of Armada Road, Cawsand, Corwall. A spinster, she died 24 May 1951 in Lamellion Hospital in Liskeard. She left her estate to Lily James, wife of Charles James.

Find A Grave Memorial# 119437809 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-10-28 13:16:02 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-28 13:20:50 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16790 TOPE, Blair1897ENG, CON, St. Germans Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23289 TOPE, Duncan Blair1895ENG, CON, St. Germans May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos