Walter Eccles Alcock

[greatGrandson]

I am looking for information on Walter Eccles Alcock who emigrated to Canada.

Here's what I know about him:

He was born in 1887 in Cheadle, Staffs, England, son of John and Alberta Annie Alcock.

There is a record of a Walter E. Alcock arriving 16 Aug 1915 in New York. He was 28 years 8 Months, port of departure Liverpool, England. Est. birth year listed as 1886. Born in Cheadle. He is single and occupation is listed as commercial traveller. Last residence was Stoke on Trent. Next of kin listed as Father John Alcock from 23 Woodhouse Street, Stoke on Trent. The ship's name was the S.S. New York.

When his father died in 1927, Walter was living in Canada.

That's all I know. I'd be very interested if anybody could come up with more information.

Thanks in advance.

[cosmac]

An online Ancestry tree shows Walter with the same parents as you gave with a death in 1969 in Staffordshire, a 1925 marriage to Rose Maud Plant and a son's birth in 1926 in Staffordshire.   Son was Ralph Edwin Plant Alcock whose death was given as 2003 - also in Staffordshire.

Not sure how accurate the tree is.  If Walter was a commercial traveller might he have been in Canada on business in 1927 rather than emigrated?

Debbie

[polarbear]

A possible sighting?

There is a 1917 US Draft Reg'n for a Walter E Alcock b. 25 Mar 1887 in Great Britain. He is a Travelling Salesman living in Great Falls Montana. He is working for a company based in New York State.

I have not been able to find a border crossing for Walter, nor can I see him in the 1920 US census.

The 1921 Canada census is due to be released in 2013 so if he is in Canada the day it was taken you may find him there.

PB

[Jacquie in Canada]

An online Ancestry tree shows Walter with the same parents as you gave with a death in 1969 in Staffordshire, a 1925 marriage to Rose Maud Plant and a son's birth in 1926 in Staffordshire.   Son was Ralph Edwin Plant Alcock whose death was given as 2003 - also in Staffordshire.

That tree is definitely wrong. There is a marriage for a Rose M. Plant in 1925 in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire in the FreeBMD but the person she married was Edwin R E Alcock. And the only death in the FreeBMD for an Alcock born about 1887 in Staffordshire was for a William Alcock. There is a death for an Edwin Alcock in 1969 but he was born abt 1890 and another tree at Ancestry indicates he was the one married to Rose.


The LDS site has a marriage for a Walter Eccles Alcock to Audra Gladys Brink on 13 Aug 1918 in Bingham, Idaho:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWDY-6TG
*I've corrected the spellings of their names since my next post does confirm this is the right couple.

Jacquie

[Jacquie in Canada]

I've found an article from the Adams County Free Press in Corning, Iowa dated 21 Jun 1919 regarding a divorce and custody case involving Fred M. Brink and his former wife Audra (maiden surname Woods). The Iowa courts had granted Fred custody of their daughter, Wilma Helen, when he filed for legal separation from Audra. Audra re-married to Walter and they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where they had a child together. She returned to Iowa to visit her daughter and returned to Salt Lake City with her. Once Fred discovered her whereabouts Audra was arrested for kidnapping their daughter. The court documents referred to in the article indicate that Walter and Audra had used various surnames besides Alcock including Alcott, Eccles and Lawrence. It appears the Utah courts refused to extradite Audra back to Iowa but they did later award custody of Wilma to Fred.

If you can't access Ancestry's newspaper section I would be happy to forward the article to you if you PM me your email address.

Jacquie

[Jacquie in Canada]

I think I found them on the 1920 census in Logan, Cache County, Utah as follows:

Walter E Alcott, head, 33, born England, immigration year 1914, has filed for naturalization, parents born England, occupation salesman (road)
Gladys Alcott, wife, 25, born Iowa, parents born Iowa
Robert W Alcott, son, 10 months, born Utah, father born England, mother born Iowa

Here is the transcript of the British Columbia death registration for Robert who died 10 months after the 1920 US census:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLKN-84M

Jacquie

[greatGrandson]

Thanks for all your replies. Jacquie, you have found some very fascinating info.

To clear up a bit, my grandfather was called Edwin Robert Eccles Alcock. He stayed in England, married Rose Maud Plant in 1925 and died in 1969 in Staffordshire.

Walter Eccles Alcock was my grandfather's brother.