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I found a large photo of this man on Ebay. It is for sale in Canada.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW1-WWI-soldier-Hunter-Armstrong-RFA-family-Newbiggin-Newcastle-/263047477790?hash=item3d3ed9fa1e:g:CJUAAOSwd~RZOzPH
Hunter Armstrong survived WW1 and won a military medal for Bravery in the field.
I have put this on a Newbiggin remembered Facebook page in the hope that a direct family member sees it.
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Strange that it ended up in Canada.
For info
Hunter Armstrong
Age in 1911: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Newbiggin By The Sea, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Newbiggin by the Sea
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street address: 10 Marine St Newbiggin By The Sea
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Miner
Registration district: Morpeth
Registration District Number: 564
Sub-registration district: Ashington
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Piece: 31048
Hunter Armstrong 28
Annie Mary Armstrong 27 - c1884 Amble, Northumberland,
Thomas Hunter Armstrong 2 - c1909 Newbiggin By Sea, Northumberland,
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Hunter Armstrong's army records does list another child
ARMSTRONG, ALBERT MONS mmn ROBSON
GRO Reference: 1914 D Quarter in MORPETH Volume 10B Page 904
Unfortunately it seems as if he may have died in 1917
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Name: Thomas Hunter Armstrong
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1909
Birth Country: England
Date of Arrival: 17 Jan 1931
Vessel: Scythia
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
He had been in Canada before 1925 - 1930 and gave a friends address in Smith Falls, Ontario as his destination.
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Have you checked All members trees - top right under Search to see if any of his family are listed? If they are, send the tree owner a message. 9 members list Hunter Armstrong in their trees. There's still a chance that they can contact the seller as the photo wasn't sold.
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There is an obituary in BC that might match by age
http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=armstrong%2Bthomas%22&type=Keyword&Start=100
ARMSTRONG, Thomas Hunter; 93; Victoria BC; Victoria T-C; 2002-1-26; zac
ARMSTRONG, Thomas Hunter; 93; Victoria BC; Victoria T-C; 2002-1-27; zac
aged 93 in 2002 = 1909 if born before 26 Jan.
Oddly, there were two births reg in that name in 1909 in Morpeth:
ARMSTRONG, THOMAS HUNTER mother ROBSON
1909 M Quarter in MORPETH Volume 10B Page 458
ARMSTRONG, THOMAS HUNTER mother HUNTER
1909 S Quarter in MORPETH Volume 10B Page 484
... he would be the first one, March quarter.
Death certs are not yet available on line for 2002 unfortunately.
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy
The obituary was in the Victoria Times-Colonist:
http://www.timescolonist.com/
His is not available on line ... but there is this:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=pauline-armstrong&pid=157447711
ARMSTRONG Pauline, died peacefully on July 28, 2003 in Victoria. She was born on June 2, 1911 in Beausejour, Manitoba and was pre- deceased by her first husband, Robert Munn and her second husband, Thomas Hunter Armstrong on January 22, 2002. ...
[names family members, some of whom have unusual names and could possibly be located e.g. through canada411.ca]
There is a link to the funeral home:
http://www.mccallgardens.com/
a record of her death is still at that site:
http://www.mccallgardens.com/obituaries/pauline-armstrong
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Originally posted Find Ancestors and was advised to post on Military Chat
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1366839
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thanks greyghost ... better late than never to know that research has been duplicated.
If someone is advised to post on a different board then they should also be advised to give a link to the existing thread, so people aren't drawn into doing work that has already been done.
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I wonder whether Thomas was a Home Child, if he had first gone to Canada in 1925 and stayed 5 years
edited --
this is the correct Thomas travelling to Canada in 1926
-- address given is on the passenger list image at Ancestry is:
7 Moor View, Newbiggin
occupation: hawker
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/immigration-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=113770
Given Name(s): Thomas
Surname: ARMSTRONG
Gender: M
Age: 17
Year of Arrival: 1926
Ship: MONTCALM
Date of Departure: 1926-03-26
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Date of Arrival: 1926-04-04
Port of Arrival: Saint John
Party: Salvation Army
Destination: Montreal, Quebec
Return to England in 1930
Name: Thomas Armstrong
Birth Date: abt 1909
Age: 21
Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival Date: 27 Sep 1930
Port of Arrival: Glasgow, Scotland
Ship Name: Athenia
Shipping line: Anchor Line
Official Number: 146330
his address given as:
7 Moor View, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
occupation: machinist
country of last permanent residence: Canada
country of intended future permanent residence: Other parts of the British Empire (i.e. not England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, or Irish Free State -- so, Canada)
but no departure address in Canada given.
and returning to Canada
Name: Thomas Armstrong
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1909
Departure Date: 10 Jan 1931
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Halifax, Canada
Ship Name: Scythia
Shipping Line: Cunard Line
Official Number: 143730
Master: Geo Gibbons
same address given in Newbiggin, no address in Canada given
Too many Thomas Armstrongs to try to identify him on voters lists.
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