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Record #13441
Name :
: Arthur WOODING (1873 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1873

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, St. Pancras
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Sep 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Nipigon

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Board of Guardians (Various)
NotesA birth registration was found for Arthur Wooding: Year of Registration: 1873; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Pancras (1837-1901); County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1b; Page: 12. Parents: William Archibald Wooding and Frances Bourne, married in 1868 at Kensington, London, England.

A death registration was found for William Archibald Wooding: Year of Registration: 1880; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 42; District: Pancras (1837-1901); County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1b; Page: 80.

A death registration was found for Frances Wooding: Year of Registration: 1885; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 38; District: Pancras (1837-1901); County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1b; Page: 72.

In 1887, Arthur Wooding, 13 (along with brother, William Wooding, 15), arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in a group of 10 boys from Barton Regis, Bristol, England.

"From the Reports of Inspection of Pauper Children sent out to Canada made by Immigration Officers of the Dominion Government and received from the Colonial Office on the 12th December 1888.

Report of Mr. Samuel Gardner, Government Immigration Agent at St. John, New Brunswick.

Arthur Wooding, aged 15. From parish of St. Pancras. Placed with J. F. Tabor, Hansford's Brook, King's County.?Has a good home. Liked very much by Mr. and Mrs. Tabor. Lad well contented; would not go back again; change too good for that; looks well; has not been sick a day; neither party has any fault; he is a good milker, so says Mrs. Tabor, and a good boy, quick to learn, promises well for the future. Mrs. T. a good mother to the boy." 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
13441 WOODING, Arthur1873ENG, LND, St. Pancras Sep 1887 : Nipigon CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
21719 WOODING, Ernest1879ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
13442 WOODING, Walter1876ENG, LND, St. Pancras Sep 1887 : Nipigon CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
25930 WOODING, William H1889ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home