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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: punch on Friday 09 September 11 17:41 BST (UK)
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I am looking for any information regarding Eric Emerson born about 1902 in England. Unfortunately I do not know where in England. He emigrated to Canada ?? where he married Margaret Kidd in Ontario. Eric died in Shelburne, Ontario, Canada in 1995. In Eric's obituary he mentions his siblings which might help in finding him in England. He mentions a Ruby, Cora and Freda all of Bornmouth, England. He also mentions other siblings which are Claude, Clarence, Chrissie and Constance. I am estimating that all these children were born in the late 1890s through 1915. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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If the 1902 year of birth is accurate, there is only one possibility in the birth indexes (you can search this free at FReeBMD)
Jul/Aug/Sep 1902
Sheffield Reg District ref 9c 630
you can send for the birth cert from www.gro.gov.uk using the ref I have given.
But you may like to hunt around for the siblings first to see if this is likely. THere are other Eric Emerson births in other years.
Sheffield is a long way from Bournemouth!
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Have you tried looking for his siblings on freebmd
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
They look as though they were born in Yeovil reg district as Cora is born there and later marries in Bournemouth
Rosie
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I cant see anything consistant place-wise!
The only Cora is:
AP/May/Jun 1915
Cora Augusta Emerson
Yeovil ref 5c 336
maybe this is Clarence:
Clarence Augustus V Emerson
Jan/Feb/Mar 1894
Worcester ref 6c 294
Added - yes Rosie is right, there are 5 born between 1904 and 1915 in Yeovil, so looks like tghe family were living there then.
You would do well to look at 1911 for them
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1911 index has this
RALPH MALDO ERIC EMERSON age 4 Yeovil
Births Sep qtr 1906
Emerson Ralph Waldo E Yeovil 5c 345
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Not sure whether relevant, but the following were in a list of Barnardo's boys who sailed to Canada on the SS Corinthian in September 1913:
Claude EMERSON 10
Eric EMERSON 7
Intended future permanent residence: Canada
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I am not convinced about the Clarence I found earlier.
In 1901 he is with his grandfather, William Austin, in Oddington Gloucestershire
RG13 2455 25 14
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Martock is the place!
1911census.co.uk Free Index shows this family:
Emerson, Frederick Octavius Augustus
Emerson, Isabella Augusta
Emerson, Clarissa Pauline Ruby
Emerson, Ethel Cluissy Ausita - probably Chrissie Augusta?
Emerson, Clude Reginald - probably Claude
Emerson, Contance Dorio Joyce - probably Constance
Emerson, Cora Augusia
Emerson, Ralph Maldo Eric
And a death:
June qtr 1911
Yeovil district vol 5c, page 256
Emerson, Frederick O A age 39
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Not sure whether relevant, but the following were in a list of Barnardo's boys who sailed to Canada on the SS Corinthian in September 1913:
Claude EMERSON 10
Eric EMERSON 7
Intended future permanent residence: Canada
It would make sense
Deaths June qtr 1911
Emerson Frederick O A age 39 Yeovil 5c 256
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and Mums death
Name Isabella Augusta Emerson
Birth Date 13 Oct 1873
Sep qtr 1970
Age at Death 96
Registration district Christchurch
Volume: 6b
Page: 578
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In Oxfordshire in 1901
RG13 1399 32 11
Chipping Norton
Frederick Octavius 29 glove cutter bn Chipping Norton
Isabella Augusta 27 bn Gloucester Down Ampney
Clarissa Pauline Ruby 4 bn Worcester
Ethel C 2 bn Chipping Norton
(now my Clarence Augustus in Worcestrer does appear to be linked after all!)
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Marriage
Jan/Feb/Mar 1893
Worcester ref 6c 309
Frederick Octavianus A Emerson
one bride mising from page .......
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........which is Isabella Augusta Austin!
ref 6c 339 (one must be wrongly transcribed)
so Clarence was visitng her father in 1901
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Claude and Eric must have returned to England at some point - here they are en route back to Canada:
SS Empress of Canada
30 May 1923 Southampton-Quebec
[Among 2nd class passengers bound for Quebec]
Claude EMERSON, 20 and Eric EMERSON, 16, both employed in farming.
Last UK address: Bower Hinton, Martock, Somerset.
Intended future permanent residence: Canada
Edited: they had arrived from Canada on 16 April 1923, so the visit was just for a few weeks.
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1911 index has this
RALPH MALDO ERIC EMERSON age 4 Yeovil
Births Sep qtr 1906
Emerson Ralph Waldo E Yeovil 5c 345
Eric's namesake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
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A great big thank you to all of you for the information. Now the pieces are beginning to fit into place. One message referred to "a list of Barnardo's Boys". What is this in reference to? I have never heard of Barnardo Boys.
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It's a reference to children who were placed in residential homes established by Thomas Barnardo and continued after his 1905 death (the Barnardo's organisation still exists as a charity to assist needy children but has long since stopped operating children's homes).
You may find this link interesting:
http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/barnardo.html
Many children from such children's homes and orphanages (not just those under the Barnardo's umbrella) were sent to Canada (and elsewhere). Collectively such children are sometimes referred to as the "Home Children" or "British Home Children". There are numerous online links, e.g.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Children.
There are also numerous threads here on Rootschat on the topic.
See also: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/who_we_are/history/family_history_service/family_history_service_trace_your_family_history.htm
Anna :)
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Thank you Anna for the explanation. I have learned something new. Is there any way I can find out who the boys, Claude and Eric Emerson, were assigned to in Ontario when they came over with the large party of Barnardo children?
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The last link I included in the previous post shows that Barnardo's will (for a fee) look up for you the full history of children in their charge who were sent overseas. That is probably your best bet as the dates are too late for census returns etc.
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Both Claude and Eric are distant relatives. They are the nephews of my grand-father.
Their father committed suicide in 1911, leaving their mother Isabella Augusta Emerson with five girls and two boys to look after in Yeovil. The two boys Claude 7 and Eric 5 ended up with Dr Barnardos and thence to Canada a couple of years later. I've contacted Dr B. but they will not give me any details as I am not a 'close relative'. Could be you are closer? If so you could send for the file of documents and possible photographs for the sum of £80.
I wonder how you are connected to Eric and Claude.
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I am unrelated to the Emersons therefore I too would be unable to obtain any documents. My interest in them lies in a project - a book - that I am working on. I will be happy be happy to exchange any information with you. I will send a personal message with my email address.
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Hi
I am involved in a website called www.britishhomechildren.org where we are slowly building a website and database which we hope will eventually contain the details of all children sent overseas.
Please feel free to add the Emerson children to our database or claim them if they are already in there
George
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If people are still interested in the Emerson family I have just noticed on e-bay that there is a series of photo of many of the names of individuals that you mention. Just search under Martock or Bower Hinton. Hope that you find them of interest.
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Many thanks Rodney, I am pleased as punch. You must have a good memory joining the two together.
I got an email today from Root-Chat.
I've bought the photo, I think, as I'm not a regular follower of ebay and no pay-pal account.
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Will the photo is no longer listed so I hope that you did buy it. Did you see the other individual photos of Clarence and the group shot of Mother, Cora and Freda.