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Record #2881
Name :
: James AUSTIN (1879 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Nov 1879

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 2 Jun 1894
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Siberian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesWilliam and Lucy (Shelton) Austin were living in the slums of Birmingham, with seven children aged from three to twenty. Two other children were not living at home. William was a labourer and had been brought up in Owston, a small rural village in Leicestershire. He married Lucy Shelton on March 2, 1868 in Parish Church Prestwold, Leicestershire. It appears that poverty drove him to the city to try and get a better living.

The family moved to Birmingham, where William worked for 16 years at the Corporation Water Department as a tester. In June of 1892, he died of pneumonia and pleurisy at the age of 48. His wife Lucy then worked as a scrubber at the Queens Hospital.

By February 1893 an approach had been made to the Middlemore Home to take in 13-year-old James Austin, as he didn't like to be a burden to his mother and wanted to go to Canada.

No records between 1894 and 1900 for James. He is found living, still unmarried, as a lodger with Charles Higgs in 1901 in Sunbury & Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. He states that he is a servant.

Nothing more has been found at this time for James Austin. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-01-19 14:06:56 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-17 13:56:09 /

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