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Record #4857
Name :
: Albert Hazel WAYLING (1912 - 1989)
  aka : Bert


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 17 Feb 1912

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 4 Apr 1989   Notes : Bone Cancer
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey, Oxted
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Middlesex, Appin
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 4 Apr 1925
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Montclare

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesI believe his parents were Sydney Austin Wayling and Frances Sarah Strudwick. Both parents died in the spring/summer of 1924 and all other siblings were already deceased except for an older sister Minnie Elizabeth Wayling whom I believe was ill with TB and at a sanitarium. She later married a William Wilson Gardner, I believe, in 1930, and had at least one child, a daughter Joan.

Next of kin given on passenger record as Dr Barnardo Homes, Stepney Cause Way, London, intended occupation given as farming.

After a few tough go-rounds, Bert was fortunate to become a member of the MacLean family of Appin, Ontario.

Bert served as a member of the Canadian Army, mostly in Montreal, in World War II after enlisting at Melbourne Ontario. I believe he worked on airplane engines but I am not absolutely positive.

Bert and Eileen did travel back to Oxted and did make contact with some surviving family members (maybe a sister or an aunt) who had been in a sanitarium. This must have been Minnie.

He was interviewed by Kenneth Bagnell for his book The Little Immigrants: The Orphans Who Came to Canada (1987). One of his placement misadventures is touched on there as well as a meaningful few hours spent with a Mr. Hopday (?).

Bert remained an avid golfer up until the summer before his death when his cancer prevented walking the distance to play even just 9 holes! 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-21 13:15:30 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-07-24 09:24:21 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4857 WAYLING, Albert Hazel1912ENG, SRY, Oxted Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos