Vontournhondt

[Keziah2]

Two boys (possibly brothers), David W & Louis E, with the surname Vontournhondt were boarded in Suffolk in 1911, later sent to Canada in 1923 through the Fegan Homes project. Many were sent to farming homes in southern Ontario.

Can anyone please help with more info on either of these?

K

I can see a David W Vontournhondt married an Alice Livingstone in the Leeds area, W Yorks in 1952 but nothing after that. Did he return to Canada?

[*Sandra*]

Perhaps this was your man in Newmarket Newspaper - The Newmarket Era - Thursday October 28 th 1937

Ravenshoe

The farmers are certainly hurrying along the crops ? to the cellars as the early snowfall
looks like winter.
Mr. David Vontournhondt, who working for Mr. Smith for the past two years, left Thursday
to embark on the Duchess of Atholl for England which sails on October 29

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jxx/

Sandra

[Keziah2]

Thanks Sandra

Yes almost certainly the same.  Their father Oscar was a Belgium national & the couple appear to have had 5 children.  Their brother Oscar ended up in a boys home in Bath in 1911.  It is the two boys that went to Canada that I am most interested in.

many thanks
K

[Christine53]

Alice Vantournhondt  b 15 Oct 1903 d Sep 1998 Leeds , Yorkshire F17C 0921F 275

David William  Vantournhondt b 10 Jun 1903 d Feb 1987 Leeds v5 p414

[*Sandra*]

Alice Vantournhondt  b 15 Oct 1903 d Sep 1998 Leeds , Yorkshire F17C 0921F 275

David William  Vantournhondt b 10 Jun 1903 d Feb 1987 Leeds v5 p414

The other thread Christine...............

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=769666.0

Cheers
Sandra

[Keziah2]

Many thanks Christine

Please see my post on the Yorkshire board http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=769666.0  , which has proved very successful.

If anyone can add anything more about Lewis I would be most grateful.  I believe from responses I have had he may have stayed in Canada.

K

[Christine53]

Thanks Sandra I hadn't seen that . I won't waste my time typing out the Voters List entries.

Christine 

[*Sandra*]

Lewis probably passed away between 1965 and 1968 Christine - he doesn't appear with wife Irene on that 1968 Voters List - 2116 Gerrard Street East Greenwood, Ontario.
Notice Vantournhondt surname at 2198 Gerrard Street E 1995 - 1999.

Sandra

[Keziah2]

Many thanks for following that up for me Sandra.  I now have plenty of info on the 2 boys who were sent to Canada in 1923.

K