Samuel Hanchent (Ancient) Hornett

[michelew]

I'm looking for family of above - born abt 1862 Aston Near Willesden.    I believe this man emigrated to Canada with a wife Annie - and possibly two children. 

Can anybody assist -   I have several bits of info on them such as his marriage and the baptisms for three children but cannot find anything on their emigration.

Thanks
Michele

[jorose]

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php shows an "Alford Earnest Hornett" (indexed as such but appears to be actually Alfred Ernest Hornett) who served in WWI, he was b. 1889 in London and his mother is listed as Annie.

I can see this family in 1901, 1906, and 1911 but without the father in the household.
In 1911 there is a "Sam A Hornett" living by himself in the Red Deer area even though Annie in Calgary says she is a widow.

http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=9BNlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2YcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1092,5984901&dq=sam-hornett&hl=en
 - here there is a mention of the death of a Sam Hornett in 1920.

http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=WmhkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QXwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1097,1725218&dq=hornett+calgary&hl=en
 - and this looks like it may be about the same Annie?

I can't find an actual shipping list for them. Probably the name has been misspelt or mistranscribed.

[J.J.]

Nice finds jorose!
samuel married Annie Belton March quarter of 1889... Sam is listed in this book although suspect story may match what was found by jorose... ( If he had left his family, they may not have known a lot about him) There were other Hornett in Red Deer as well, so he may have had a relative already living there.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canab/lhb/alberta-lhb-Hockley-Hubele.html

Unfortunately Alfred Ernest Hornett) died in WW1 Mar 28, 1917
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=65451

Their date of immigration may be listed on the actual census images, but the site seems to be down lately...
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/

Annie Louisa Hornett was christened Dec.6th 1891 St. Andrew's Church, Willesden, Middlesex, Eng

[Jacquie in Canada]

There is a Samuel Hornett in Red Deer on the 1916 census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He was 55, born in England, immigrated in 1891, was a farmer and was living alone. The immigration year is consistent with the other census entries for Samuel in 1901 and 1911 which give it as 1892 (not unusual for it to be a year or two out).

It looks like Samuel returned to England at least once. There is an incoming Canadian passenger list for the Lake Erie which departed from Liverpool and arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick on 13 Mar 1910. He was 45, travelling alone and returning to Innisfail, Alberta. It also says he had been in Innisfail for 18 years. Here's a link to the passenger list at Library and Archives Canada:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0dgr/

Jacquie

[michelew]

Thanks to everybody who is helping with Samuel Hornett and his family.  I am trying to piece this family together bearing in mind there appears to be more Hornetts in Red Deer - Alberta./

I am processing the information already provided by you

Best wishes
Michele

[Jacquie in Canada]

I found an incoming Canadian passenger for the Sarnia which departed from Liverpool and arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 20 Mar 1893. On board are A. Hornett (26, wife), Alf Hornett (3) and A. Hornett (2, female). They were destined to Calgary. Here's a link to the passenger list at LAC:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0dgs/

I haven't been able to find Samuel's arrival.

Jacquie

[J.J.]

Good one Jacquie ! obit for Ralph Edward Hornett, son of Albert ( Albert & Jessie are in that list of Hornetts in publications I gave you earlier) ...I wondered if it was correct family, but thanks to jorose's newspaper find the place Alix cinched it...
http://web.bcnewsgroup.com/portals-code/obits.cgi?cmpRegion=&paper=107&name=HORNETT

[michelew]

Hello again

I found  this on a website :

 Index of Articles  1929 Calgary Herald

 Name Article Type Size

 GAHN, Annie Louise Divorce Action M

 GAHN, Carl W. Divorce Action M

 This Annie Louisa was Hornett before she married Carl William Gahn -  can anybody tell me how I can get access to the article -  I can purchase this apparently for 5 dollars but this is difficult living in the UK.

Michele

[J.J.]

Third time I post as rootschat keeps eating my replies...weird...
Divorce action listings would not likely have anything of value to your search anyway. Better to look for a marriage or obituary for her.
All I can find online is his death ( Carl) in 1958 Kelowna, B.C.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MN57-HNY/p1
and if that was the same fellow, his 1936 entry to the U.S. with his new very young wife... https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/KYX7-7W2/p1

other than newspaper entries, though, it would be hard to get information from Alberta, as BMD are not made readily available as in most other Provinces.