Alfred Albert Taylor - Comox, BC

[grlune]

Michelle, Brilliant, thank you !

[michelle43]

Home children are notoriously difficult to track. There's a possibility he was adopted and his name was changed.

[dbree]

Hi,

An assumption on my part, I thought perhaps you knew he was a BHC. Sorry.

With BHC there were inspection report cards carried out on most of them. There is usually one page per child showing name, age, year of arrival and ship name. I think this is the one for Alfred. It appears he remained in and around Ottawa Ontario until 1929 whereby his address become unknown.

Page 1899
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t15426/1899

DB

[grlune]

Hi Michelle and dbree, really appreciate your interest and help..

Do you think there is any way of finding Alfred's whereabouts for the time between 1929 to his death in 1968.

Since his name was the same at time of death that would suggest perhaps that he didn't assume another name, but can't be ruled out altogether I guess ?.  Also, the report card, I can't quite read the name of his placement but it looks like Wm. Moriarty, would you agree and could this be a lead perhaps.

I was also thinking if an obit. may provide more info about his life in Canada?  As he was single (according to death cert) it's highly unlikely to be any descendants which is a pity. May be with a bit of luck he can be found somewhere in between the places between Ottawa and Comox. I can only hope.

Thanks again
Graham

[grlune]

Sorry, really apologise for my lack of geographical knowkedge, I didn't realise BC was so far from Ottawa. I guess it'll be virtually impossible 😣

[Lisa in California]

Possibly the death certificate informant was incorrect but it was stated that Alfred had been in Canada (and the province) 33 years and in the municipality 19 years - so c1935 for his arrival.  Possibly he arrived in Canada in 1922 and arrived in British Columbia c1935, he left Canada at some point and returned in 1935, or the information was just wrong.

Since he supposedly had been in the province for decades, it would be time consuming, but perhaps he might be listed in one of the city directories, as mentioned previously.

It would be a long shot, but depending upon how long he lived in one of the homes, could he have picked up a slight accent (from someone in the home) after he arrived in Canada, making his accent less British?    This might account for the New Zealand “birth”.  I’ve known a few people who have acquired slight accents after living in a different country.

He was not in Comox in 1955.  The site has directories for 1955 and prior years.
https://bccd.vpl.ca/title/1955/Victoria_City_and_Vancouver_Island_Directory.html
[Click on “Towns”, C, and Com]

[michelle43]

I wonder if this might be him in 1931: https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/1561583:62640?tid=&pid=&queryid=71f68301-b62d-432d-8ab5-7fb52fda5cff&_phsrc=CBq19762&_phstart=successSource.

This is Seymour, Ontario, which is now called Trent Hills, Ontario. It is about 237 km from Ottawa.

[dbree]

Hi,

Yes that could be him. He is headed in the right direction to the west of Ontario.

1929 was the stock market crash followed by the depression, so a terrible time. Perhaps Alfred felt Western Canada held more opportunity for him and slowly worked his way across Canada.

Not having any luck with his obit.

Yes, I think it is William Moriarty on the inspection report. I can see him on the 1931 census
with his family in Stormont. He was born in Ontario and when he married in 1918 he was a farmer
in Stormont. He dies in 1973 and is buried in Stormont.

DB

[Lisa in California]

I wonder if this might be him in 1931: https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/1561583:62640?tid=&pid=&queryid=71f68301-b62d-432d-8ab5-7fb52fda5cff&_phsrc=CBq19762&_phstart=successSource.

This is Seymour, Ontario, which is now called Trent Hills, Ontario. It is about 237 km from Ottawa.

Can anyone read what was written under Seymour (his residence place)?  Could it have been his last residence?