Bardess Posted 29 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2018 Love it! Chuck some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyhistoryman Posted 29 December , 2018 Share Posted 29 December , 2018 The Thomas’ (born 1900) mother’s maiden name was Newsome Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 29 December , 2018 Share Posted 29 December , 2018 Having followed Frederick James it may be a red herring but... in the CEF and promoted Lieutenant Nova Scotia Regiment, wounded at Cambrai. Looking for emigration details George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 29 December , 2018 Share Posted 29 December , 2018 (edited) The address is too much to be coincidence! One of your four family members! George Edited 29 December , 2018 by George Rayner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 29 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2018 Oh...my...goodness!!!!! That is just brilliant. I've just found Oscar Cyril Bonner born in 1889 and living in Birmingham with wife and son in 1939 Thanks to ALL contributing. Are there any other children born before Clara and John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 29 December , 2018 Share Posted 29 December , 2018 Hmmmmmmm…. there is a John Bonner b 1898 in Nova Scotia. Canada Census 1911 District 41 Colchester. It does say he is Canadian though...but only been there since 1910 George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 30 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2018 Hmmm, indeed. I wonder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 30 December , 2018 Share Posted 30 December , 2018 Editing above...he lived in Nova Scotia not born there. Evidence on immigration etc for John going over to Canada but cant find him coming back! George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 30 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2018 The only John I found went over with loads of children under 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 30 December , 2018 Share Posted 30 December , 2018 That's the same then. The few details there are appear to tally though...and as his brother is there, and he's not in England... George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 30 December , 2018 Share Posted 30 December , 2018 19 hours ago, George Rayner said: The address is too much to be coincidence! One of your four family members! George Re: The medical report. "S.W. Knee R. T.&.T." [ Shrapnel Wound Knee (Right), Through & Through]. It only mentions a wound to the knee, no mention of a wound to the arm. Yet it mentions the entrance and exit wounds on the thigh just above the knee, and adds "Foreign body passed posterior to the humerus". I assume the writer meant 'femur' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 30 December , 2018 Share Posted 30 December , 2018 (edited) You would surmise it is an error in identification of bone. Alternative explanation for visiting 37 Unett Street and having mother listed as Fitzpatrick? I still think it is the same man... Edited 30 December , 2018 by George Rayner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 30 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2018 1 hour ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: I assume the writer meant 'femur' ? Yup, I spotted that too. I haven't looked at his file yet [hope it's there to be read] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 30 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2018 George, I looked for a passage back to the UK and didn't find it but I don't doubt that he went to Canada. Would be nice to see some concrete evidence. Will look a Census shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyhistoryman Posted 30 December , 2018 Share Posted 30 December , 2018 Hi The 1911 Canadian census shows that John was born in England in January 1898. The birth that was registered in Birmingham in 1898 in the March quarter. It could be worth getting a copy of the birth certificate to ascertain when the birth took place. Interesting no other John Bonner was registered in the March quarter in 1898 Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 30 December , 2018 Share Posted 30 December , 2018 What I have come across with two NY record of military service cards is that the person's place of birth is recorded as NY, even though they were immigrants. I wonder if there was something similar with the 1911 census return? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 30 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2018 Quite happy to accept the Canadian 1911 Census as John. He's employed as a Domestic and attending School and living in the same District as Frederick [although I haven't found his Census Return/1916 Marriage/1945 Death] Great news is that both Lieut Frederick and Sgt Oscar received DCM's. Other news - I haven't found any other children to either partnerships [I must stop posting after 3am. This is getting to be a habit lately ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 30 December , 2018 Share Posted 30 December , 2018 It says this for his death Name: Frederick James Bonner Death Date: 15 Nov 1945 Rank: Lieutenant Unit: 85th Battalion Cemetery: Loyal Hill Cemetery Burial Place: Summerville, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 30 December , 2018 Share Posted 30 December , 2018 I see that Oscar is an "inmate" on the 1901 Census at what was then a charity, Blue Coat School in Birmingham. Could it be that his brother was sent to Canada under an orphan scheme? Such circumstances could be embarrassing, so perhaps he told the census enumerator he was born locally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 31 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 31 December , 2018 Thank you, George I do believe so, Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyhistoryman Posted 31 December , 2018 Share Posted 31 December , 2018 Just to confirm that oscar’s mother’s maiden name was Newsome Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 1 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 1 January , 2019 Thank you, Tony and Happy New Year to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyhistoryman Posted 1 January , 2019 Share Posted 1 January , 2019 Greeting from England and best wishes with your research in 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 1 January , 2019 Share Posted 1 January , 2019 Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 1 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 1 January , 2019 This has been a most enlightening thread and am very happy with the resulting information. Many, many thanks to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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