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Record #4621
Name :
: Harry WAPSHAW (1899 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1899

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Aug 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

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Homes / Agencys
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Harry Wapshaw: Year of Registration: 1899; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: West Derby; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 279. Parents: William John Wapshaw and Mary Eliza Watts, married 1886 in West Derby, Lancashire, England.

In 1901, Harry Wapshaw, 1 year of age, was shown residing at 58 Arthur Street, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England. Other family members included: Mary Wapshaw, 31; Ruth Wapshaw, 11; James Wapshaw, 8; Margery Wapshaw, 4; and boarder, Thomas Watt, 49. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 3452; Folio: 77; Page: 26.)

[EDITORS NOTE: Another child, William Wapshaw, 13, was shown as a boy under detention at Boys Industrial School, Sunderland, Lancashire, England. William George Wapshaw went on to serve in World War I in the Border Regiment, 2nd Battalion (service number 34051, where he was killed in action at Aldershot. He was awarded the Victory medal posthumously. No one claimed his medal.]

In 1910, Harry Wapshaw, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 95 Barnardo boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (His sister, Marjorie Wapshaw, 11, arrived on the ship Dominion in 1908 at Halifax in a group of 244 Barnardo girls; and his brother, Thomas Wapshaw, 7, arrived in 1909 at Quebec on the ship Corsican in a group of 161 Barnardo boys.)

In 1911, Henry Wapshaw, 11, was shown as a boarder with Fred Darvcan, 41; and Susan Darvcan, 36, at Hope, Durham, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth was shown as August 1899 and his immigration year as 1910.

Harry Wapshaw married another Barnardo child, Florence Emily Ward, in Ontario, Canada, before 1927.

On January 2, 1930, in Ontario, Canada, the death of a stillborn female child was recorded, the parents being Harry Wapshaw and Florence Emily Ward. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-09 15:55:05 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 16:37:01 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4621 WAPSHAW, Harry1899ENG, LAN, Liverpool Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
4622 WAPSHAW, Marjory1897ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4623 WAPSHAW, Thomas1901ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos