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Record #10291
Name :
: John William WILLIAMSON (1909 - )


Father
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1909 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 20 Jun 1924
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesIn 1924, John William Williamson, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 78 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario.

"Lethbridge Herald
September 15, 1926

Harvesters Were Hungry, Broke Into Barber Shop took $4

Two Youths Sent to Jail for Calgary and Lethbridge Burglaries.

With only ten cents between them, and driven by hunger, as they stated, John Williamson and William aird, youths of between 17 and 18 years, broke into the Westbrook barber shop and stole the sum of $4 from the till on the night of September 8 last. The Assiniboia music store was robbed the same night of $20, but this was not the work of the youths, according to what they said. both youths came from the cast to work in the harvest fields. Williamson was formerly in the Dr. Barnardo home in England and aird is a student in Toronto University, to which he won a scholarship and had gone through the first year's course, he said. His parents lived in Ottawa and he has lost both of them.

Arrested at Calgary

The two youths were arrested at Calgary for breaking into a beauty shop there, and were given 60 days in the Lethbridge jail. On their arrival in the city they were met by Chief Harris and Inspector Wallis, who suspected them of being the theives [sic] who broke into the Westbrook barber shop and Assiniboia music store. They confessed to the former and appeared on the charge before Magistrate Hamilton on Wednesday morning, being remanded for sentence for 30 days.

Entered by Window

to the police the prisoners said that, with only ten cents between them, and with no money to get food, they broke into the barber shop by taking off the screen by cutting around the edge with a pocket knife and breaking the window. Aird went in, and Williamson kept watch outside. He had an old revolver in his pocket, which he said he intended "to stick into the ribs of the boss if he turned up so that they could laugh seeing him run."

Went to Calgary

After taking the money Aird left by the beauty parlor door, about half past eight and the two of them went to a restaurant and had a meal costing 75 cents each. They then went to the freight yards and hung around for two or three hours. Getting cold they left and had another meal, and then going back to the station jumped the blind baggage car of the passenger train, getting out at Macleod and into a freight at nine in the morning of the ninth, arriving at Calgary, where they broke into three stores but found no money in any of them." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-11-15 17:01:53 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-04-27 11:52:43 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
22332 WILLIAMSON, Arthur1878ENG,     Apr 1894 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
2929 WILLIAMSON, Blanche1884 Mar 1895 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
20451 WILLIAMSON, Florence1898 May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
23891 WILLIAMSON, George1895ENG,     Apr 1911 : Tunisian CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
25322 WILLIAMSON, Grace1881SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
16400 WILLIAMSON, Harry ENG,     Mar 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
16399 WILLIAMSON, Herbert J ENG,     Mar 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
6351 WILLIAMSON, James Henry1900ENG,     Mar 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20470 WILLIAMSON, John1896 May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
23268 WILLIAMSON, John1858ENG,     Jul 1872 : St. David CAN MacPherson Homes  
10291 WILLIAMSON, John William1909ENG,     Jun 1924 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
21201 WILLIAMSON, Thomas McGregor1916SCT,     Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes