British Home Child - William Allen LAYFIELD

[Mr. MIGKY]

You might be lucky like me , our records only took a month or too.
Migky

[gemmee]

Migky.... thanks for the tips; I just dropped a note to Mr. Davidson... keeping my fingers crossed.   I don't dare entertain the possibility of getting a report from Barnardo's in that short a time---I would drive myself absolutely nuts checking for it every day!!! 

[gemmee]

Darn... my message to Toby Davidson bounced back...

[J.J.]

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
This is likely the Openshaw birth from the 1901 for Manchester...
Births Dec. Q  1898
Layfield, Walter  Chorlton  vol. 8c  page 753 The name does not seem that widely
used...Maybe they weren't registered, either...but they should be on the 1901!

So some help from the U.K. / U.S. Troops needed, huh....   J.J.

[KarenM]

Hopefully once you get the military files there will be a clue in them.  It would be great to find a marriage certificate for William or Walter and if it had their father's name you could pinpoint them in the 1901 census.

Karen

[KarenM]

It looks like Walter may have served in WWII as well for the USA, although he has Canada as his place of birth....

Walter William Layfield
Date of Birth:  May 26, 1896
Place of Birth:  Peterborough, Canada
Name of Person who knows your address:  Mrs. Mary Layfield, Pittsburgh, PA

Karen

[KarenM]

Gem,

Just a few questions....

When was William's first child born and was it in Ontario?

When was the last child born?

When did Ethel die?


Karen

[indiapaleale]

Hi everyone,

I have the border crossings for Walter. He crossed from Canada to the US twice in 1922 and itl looks as though he stayed after the 2nd crossing.

Ist time was July 26 and he crossed at Buffalo, New York.
He gave his address as Niagra on Lake and his next of kin as his brother William A. living in Ticksone? (can't read) Ontario. He is a salesman and his destination is Lewiston New York. He has $45 dollars on him.

He is 5'6" medium complexion with light brown hair.  He was born in Manchester, England and came to Halifax, NS in April 1907.

The second entry is from a log book and just gives his name and the date of crossing - August 1922 in Lewiston, New York. He is a salesman who is going to stay permanently in the US.

Indi

[KarenM]

Hi Indi,

Had a look and I think it's Timmons, Ontario

Karen