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Record #10486
Name :
: Ernest Adolphus ANDERSON (1904 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1904

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Lanark, Glasgow

4 Doncaster Street
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Apr 1920
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Scandinavian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesA birth registration was found for Ernest Adolphus Anderson: Date: April 12, 1904, at 7:30 a.m.; Place: 4 Doncaster Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parents: James Anderson, Butcher (Journeyman) and Elizabeth Madeline Towers Bennie, married August 31, 1897, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

A death registration was found for Elizabeth Anderson (married to James Anderson, Butcher's Salesman): Date: October 7, 1912, at 7:25 p.m. at Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow (usual residence 4 Doncaster Street); Age: 39 years; Cause: Septicemia; Acute Cellulite R. Arm; Whiltors L. Thumb; Childbirth 25 hours. [EDITORS NOTE: Family lore states that Elizabeth obtained the infection from her husband's butchers apron.]

A death registration was found for James Anderson, Butchers Assistant, Widower of Elizabeth Madeline Towers Bennie: Date: November 6, 1912, at 10:05 a.m.; Place: Western Informary, Glasgow (Residence 4 Doncaster Street); Cause: Pneumonia, 4 days. [EDITORS NOTE: Family lore states that James was so overcome with grief that he would not leave Elizabeth's grave and became ill while mourning there.]

On October 3 1920, Ernest Adolphus Anderson, 15, arrived in Canada, he declared that his aim in coming was to settle and do farm work; his destination was given as Fairknowe Home, Brockville, Ontario; that he had no known family in his home country. He stated he was born in Glasgow [Scotland].

His sister, Grace, who remained in Scotland, received a letter from Quarrier's upon her writing to them saying that Ernest was doing well in business in Canada. [EDITORS NOTE: At the age of 14, Grace went to Canada to visit her siblings.] 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-11-28 03:36:25 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-12-09 20:19:53 /

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