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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: PaulBol on Saturday 14 July 18 09:39 BST (UK)
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Hi All,
Not sure if anyone can help, my GG father went to Canada in 1921
( He can't of been in the country for more a few weeks, arrived 10/03/ 1921 Canada,
arrived back in UK 26/04/1921 • Southampton)
Stated on arrival card "to open up a business" a few weeks later he was deported,
i am trying to find out why he was deported, would there have been any record of the reason he was deported.
Record Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924
David Edward Davidson
1887–1968
BIRTH 14/04/1887 • Edinburgh
DEATH 1968 • Liverpool, England
Record Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924
arrived 10/03/ 1921 Canada
Stated on arrival card "to open up a business"
deported
Arrival
26/04/1921 • Southampton
David Davidson age 33
address 75, Haymarket Terrace Edinburgh
occupation fish monger
Date of departure 1921
Port New Brunswick Canada
Arrival Southampton 26 April 1921
Ship Scandinavian
( the document says deport )
any help would be great
Regards
Paul
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Hi,
I am posting the image of the Form 30a...might be useful.
The front of the form is image 4362. The "back" of the form is the preceding image...4361. The "back" says that he was Detained ...and I can't quite make out the rest. There are a couple of words/ Ss and then the number 8930.
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/ocean-arrivals/Pages/item.aspx?EntryName=Danforth%2c+Leola+Frances+-+Davidson%2c+Jessie&PageId=3290749
RK
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I think "10th March" is not the date of arrival. He signed the card on the 10th, but that was filled out before arrival - he booked his ticket on the 10th (note that the card is countersigned by the booking agent). His ticket was for the Minnedosa, which left Liverpool on the 19th March and arrived on the 29th March, so he was not in Canada for that long.
The stamp in the top right corner of his card (front side) is cut off but is almost certainly "Rejected"
On the other side:
Sec (or Lec?) SS4 8920?
Also a stamp as rejected, 8th April 1921
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/Pages/thematic-guides-deportation-1893-1977.aspx
- it seems most of the individual case files have been destroyed but there might be some summary records
The "Sec ? SS4" note may be a reference to the immigration acts and the grounds on which he was removed, although I can't work out what this refers to exactly. It seems like it should be section 3, SS and then a letter
https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-history/immigration-act-amendment-1919
The manifest for the Minnedosa (separate from the cards) is also online:
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/passenger-lists-1865-1922/
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=CANIMM1913PLIST_2000908422-00189
- interestingly here he is not marked as detained as some other passengers are
He was also sailing cabin class!
On the same ticket with him are a Mary Sinclair Brown, housewife, and a Charles Brown, child (crossed through - did not sail?).
Mary Sinclair Brown's file (t-14973 pages 3504/5) shows she was also deported - her ref is Sec3 SSj which is section 3 subsection(j) - likely to become a public charge.
Her card makes some of his details more obvious - they both have "PC 2930" as the reference, this can be found here, it came into force in 1920:
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/politics-government/orders-council/Pages/search.aspx
I. and C. [Immigration and Colonization] - Immigrants of the mechanic artisan or labourer classes landing in Canada must have $250.00 and transportation etc - Min. I. and C. [Minister of Immigration and Colonization] 1920-11-27
So the answer is fairly simple - he said he had $200 but had $170 on arrival, and possibly did not have a pre-purchased train ticket across to Winnipeg. They decided he was covered under the above order and deported him for not having enough funds.
She had even less, although she did say she had a husband in Winnipeg... but possibly they were unable to contact him or get him to send money for her train ticket.
But why are they listed together?
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Thanks very much, thats a big help.
Regards
Paul