Sent to Canada

[Suzy W]

Hello

I was wondering if someone can pick up from this thread?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,578364.0.html

Looks as if Tommy Tew may of been sent to Canada at the age of 6.
I have checked through a number of Tom's and Thomas living in Canada and came across a couple, but not sure if any are him.  One dying during the Great War in 1916.
Any help please,

Suzy W

[vbain]

Worldconnect;
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=tweetay&id=I456

[Suzy W]

Not them.
Some of my Tew's lived in Islington and before then Leire England.

Suzy W

[valeriec]

I read the other thread that you have posted here and hope that this information will give you something to follow up on. I am going to give you a list of websites that you can check for info on British Home Children in Canada. There were thousands over a period of several years. Peterborough and Simcoe were areas that Barnardos sent boys for farm labour and I have found a Thomas Tew that could fit into your other info. Many of the passenger lists for the children no longer exist so it becomes hard to find them. I will give you info from census and attestation papers and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. You will need to follow up on the information but if you think it is possible that the Thomas I have found could be yours, I would order his complete military file as it is worth every penny of the cost. Military files include pay allotments, next of kin, medical info, death info, etc.

If the screen starts to bounce I will continue on new posts.
Val

http://automatedgenealogy.com
1901 Census of Canada/Ontario/Simcoe South/Tecumseh
Tew, Thomas, b. Oct 18, 1883, age 17, immigrated 1894, single, domestic (farm labour)
he is in the household of
Graham, R. John, head
Graham, Thomas, brother
Graham, Rachel, mother
Johnston, Margaret, sister
Johnson, Herbert, Nephew
Johnston, Edna, niece

It is entirely possible that this Thomas Tew could have been a British Home Child.

http://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/index.html
This is the best site that I know for researching home children in Canada so I hope that it helps you.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html
Tew, Thomas
b. 14/10/1884
born in Scotland
Regiment # A18924
give his Next of Kin as Frederick Tew, brother
the address of his next of kin is hard to make out but you can view the original attestation papers and perhaps make out more than I could but the address of Frederick is in England.
He enlisted in Montreal, Quebec -  May 21, 1915

www.cwgc.org/
Tew, Thomas
Lance Corporal
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Division)
42nd Battalion
date of death - 16/09/1916, age 32
Service # 418924
Son of the late Mr and Mrs F. Tew
Vimy Memorial

This Regiment number didn't match the other one listed above but at the beginning of the was all Reg. # began with A and 5 numbers and later were changed to 6 digit numbers. I went to the CEF Regimental numbers and A18924 belonged to M.D.4, 42nd Battalion, that number was in a range of numbers that were changed to 418,001-420,000 so I am quite sure that the two Reg. #'s belong to the same Thomas Tew.

Don't get too hung up on birth dates and years as there was little documentation and the dates weren't important as they are now. A fair bit of the info matches what you have already given so I would definitely follow up on this soldier.

Hope that htis has helped in some way.
Val

[Suzy W]

Wow Valeriec, so much information.

Yes I wondered about the WW1 death. 
He did indeed have a brother named Frederick, but not born in Scotland. Everything else seems to fit quite nicely.
His father another Frederick was born in Leire, Leicestershire, mother was born Essex.
It will take me a couple of days to have a good read of the information you have given.

Thanks for all that.
Suzy W

[Annette7]

I agree that Thomas Tew mentioned above in Canada is yours.

Do not understand at all why Glasgow Scotland, is given as his birthplace - the details at his enlistment also show he was a Fireman, not married, with the added details that he had served in the 48 Hylanders (as spelt on document) 6 yrs. and 20th Batt. 1mo).   The address of his brother Frederick was 24 Pedwin St, Guernsey.  (Confirmed on SP that no Thomas Tew born in Scotland at this time).

So, from this document we have his birthdate as 14 October 1884.

I then checked Tommy's baptism 4/1/1885 and this also shows that he was born 14 October 1884.

His brother Frederick was born 27/1/1880, bp.21/11/1880 Islington St. Mary and is a plain Frederick.   (The Frederick George suggested as him on another thread was the son of a Frederick George and wife Susan).   Frederick later gives his birthplace as Upper Holloway, London.

Frederick Tew went to Guernsey at some point and was married with 2 sons living at 24 Pedwin Street by 1911 (free search of 1911 census shows just the 4 of them in Guernsey).

Like Valeriec I can't trace Tommy/Thomas Tew's arrival in Canada c.1894 though.

So, Thomas Tew wasn't married in 1915 so no issue there.   His brother, Frederick, had at least 2 children by 1911.

Annette 

[valeriec]

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/index-e.html
under
Home Children 1869-1930 and Passenger Lists 1865-1922

I think I found Thomas under Thomas Pow

Pow, Thomas
age 9
Sardinian, year of arrival 1894
Departure Port - Liverpool 1894/06/28
Arrival Port - Quebec 1894/07/09
Party - Barnardo Homes
Destination Toronto and Manitoba
202 children sent to Toronto, 22 to Manitoba
The child's name was illegible or difficult to decipher.

I went to the passenger lists and they are very difficlut to read but I really do think that Thomas Pow is your Thomas Tew.

You can view the passenger lists (10 pages that you will have to sroll through) at the site above.

Val

[valeriec]

It may be possible that Thomas left Canada for awhile and lived back in England or Scotland. I haven't found him in the 1911 Canada census so I would look for him in incoming passenger lists back to Great Britain. (ancestry)

You also may find him on passenger lists at the Ancestorsonboard site at Find my Past.

[valeriec]

I had a quick look at Ancestors On Board and there is a Thos Tew, b. 1883 traveling 1907 Liverpool to Montreal so I would follow up on that lead as well. I don't subscribe so can't help you with that one.