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Jesse Samuel Freeman 1908

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Maisy

Maisy Report 14 Feb 2020 08:57

Looking for any information on Jesse Samuel Freeman b.1908 who went to Canada. I have him on a ships manifest going to Canada and I have been told that he married Anna May Hood. I don't know when he died and hoping somebody can look up his marriage for me.His wife died in 1947 and I think he may only have been married a short while, not sure if he was married before though. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank hou.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Feb 2020 09:29

Ahh he was a BHC

Have you joined the British home children group on Facebook

They will have access to Canadian records of his placement etc



View UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
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Name: Jesse Freeman
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Birth Date: abt 1908
Departure Date: 22 Mar 1924
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Halifax, Canada
Ship Name: Lancastria
Search Ship Database: Search for the Lancastria in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Cunard Line
Official Number: 145943
Master: William H Hossack

Part of a large group of children from the national children’s home

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Feb 2020 09:34

Records for the national children’s home ps are held by Action For Children .london

Maisy

Maisy Report 14 Feb 2020 09:36

I'll have a look at that, thank you.

It looks like he went when he was 16 and again when he was 23

He's on the Laurietic going to Canada in 1931.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Feb 2020 09:42

Anna Mae Freeman
[Anna Mae Hodd]
Gender: Female
Race: English
Age: 47
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1900
Birth Place: Huron County Ontario
Death Date: 20 Apr 1947
Death Place: London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Father: Josep Hodd
Mother: Jane Hodd
Spouse: Jesse Samuel Freeman
Certificate Number: 014677
Reference Number: RG 80-08-0-2557
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Source Citation
Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: Registration of Deaths
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data:
Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1947 (MS 935, re


They were living at 9 pearl street London Ontario


According to a tree on ancestry they married in 1945

Canada are very closed with records past 1930 so the marriage isn’t online

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Feb 2020 09:48

Anna May Hood
Birth Date: 1898
Age at Death: 49
Death Date: 1947
Cemetery: Baird's Cemetery
Burial Place: Huron County, Ontario, Canada
URL: http://geneofun.on.ca/cems/ON/...


She was actually born 1898

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Feb 2020 09:53

He has been back to the U.K. to see his sister Lavinia address 5 Worsley road East Moseley .london

Jesse S Freeman
Gender: Male
Arrival Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1908
Birth Country: England
Departure Port: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 20 Mar 1932
Arrival Port: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Vessel: Baltic
Search Ship Database: Search for the Baltic in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

His employer was Alton Johnston. Briarsfield .Ontario

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Feb 2020 10:03

When he wen to Canada t his sister lived in Welwyn garden city and he was going to that address on arrival in 1931


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Name: Jesse S Freeman
Arrival Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1908
Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival Date: 6 Dec 1931
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: Quebec; Belfast; Greenock
Ship Name: Laurentic
Shipping Line: White Star Dominion Line
Official Number: 149642
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He stayed then for about 3 months before returning to Canda

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Feb 2020 10:11

His death isn’t online

Maisy

Maisy Report 14 Feb 2020 10:33

Thank you for that information. Is there a way to find his death at all.

Can I ask how you found his sister living in Welwyn Garden City in 1931 please?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 14 Feb 2020 12:46

The image of the 1924 arrivals record on Ancestry gives his nearest relative in UK as:

Miss L Freeman, sister, Harmes (Hermes ??) Green End, Welwyn, Herts.


Jesse Freeman
in the Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924
Name: Jesse Freeman
Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1908
Age: 16
Date of Arrival: 30 Mar 1924
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ship Name: Lancastria

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 14 Feb 2020 13:05

FREEMAN, JESSE SAMUEL HAWKSWORTH
GRO Reference: 1908 M Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 378


FREEMAN, LAVINIA ALICE HAWKSWORTH
GRO Reference: 1903 J Quarter in ROMFORD Volume 04A Page 596

Record set Essex Baptism Index 1538-1920
First name(s) Lavinia Alice
Last name Freeman
Baptism year 1903
Birth year 1903
County Essex
Country England
Place Great Ilford, St Mary the Virgin
Mother's first name(s) Alice Louisa
Father's first name(s) James John
Father's last name Freeman
Birth date 08 May 1903
Baptism date 05 Jul 1903
Father's occupation Platelayer
Residence 7 Robin Hood Terrace
Archive
Essex Record Office

First name(s) LAVINIA ALICE
Last name WILKES
Gender Female
Birth day 8
Birth month 5
Birth year 1903
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1994
District Surrey Northern
District number 7571A
Register number ESA4
Entry number 110
Date of registration mm/yy 0794
County Surrey

1939
20 Pemberton Road, Esher U.D., Surrey, England
George R Wilkes 13 Apr 1877 Male General Labourer Heavy Worker Married 206 1
George William R Wilkes 12 Sep 1904 Male Gardener (Private) Married 206 2
Lavina A Wilkes 08 May 1903 Female Domestic Work Married 206 3

Marriages Jun 1933 (>99%)
Freeman Lavinia A Wilkes Kingston 2a 1409 S
Wilkes George W R Freeman Kingston 2a 1409

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 14 Feb 2020 13:06

The 1931 travel record posted by Shirley says he was going to 21 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City.

The return journey record in 1932 also gives that address.

Neither of them says it was his sister's address, but as she was living in Welwyn in 1924, it's a reasonable assumption.

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Feb 2020 16:19

It’s on one of the return journey manifests of 1932

Says his contact in U.K. is sister and the address I posted

Pity we can’t copy and paste over the image