Who is this boy?

[chinakay]

Well, drat. I was getting rather attached to my Alpha Centauri theory 

Looking at the subsequent 1901 census page I see a couple of capital B's that have to be R's. With Herr Holtzmann's penchant for mixing up his consonants (as well as vowels) I wondered about Rupert. Or even Robert. Didn't find much in 1911 except a Rupert Berry b 1891 England who arrived Canada in 1905...arrival dates usually being suspect...so nothing more than a maybe.

This is driving me nuts 

[dbree]

Hi,

Really reaching here....perhaps as far as Alpha Centauri

With the mention of Gordon and Gaetan......

David had a sister Rebecca b. 1890, she is on the 1911 census in London, Ontario with
a lodger named Gordon Tongate b. 1892 England, imm. 1901, an oven loader.

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=152027&highlight=42&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Gordon+Tongate

Cheers,
DB

[chinakay]

Gordon looks attractive, doesn't he. Ancestry has him as Gordan Tungate. Can't really squeeze To/ungate into the 1901 writing but with this enumerator every entry's a flight of fancy

The 1901's birthday is 19 July 1892.

Tongate's birthday is May 1892.

Found him immigrating, he's transcribed as Tangak, Lpool to Que 29 Jul 1901. Haven't found him in 1921 yet.

[dbree]

Hi,

Gordon looked attractive last night and being a Barnardo boy.....but this morning I think
too far of a stretch. Back to the drawing board.....

Cheers,
DB

[MaureeninNY]

Wouldn't Gordon have arrived too late for the 1901 census anyway??

I had another go at this today for a few hours and stopped when I realised I was starting to make up nonsense names.

Maureen

[Rosinish]

I was sent this message from a chatter who had found this via genforum.....

Michael Henry Reuben-England/Canada/USA
Posted by: m booth (ID *****5257)   Date: August 10, 2004 at 19:48:07
     of 24

MICHAEL HENRY REUBEN/RHEUBEN,b.conflicting-aug.1,1889/aug.1,1893,NEW CASTLE-ON-THINE,NORTH UMBERLAND, ENGLAND. Believed orphaned at birth? MIGRATED AROUND 1900 TO CANADA. Married-LULU TANNEY NOWLAN-

I wonder.........the dates seem to coincide. Aug 1 1889/Aug 1 1893 (that 3 could well have been a 9 with the top part faded)?

So............Orphaned would mean......... mother/parents died at time of his birth in Newcastle, UK

Did she die in childbirth?

I'm away to search for deaths 

What about the marriage cert?

It may give at least fathers name unless illegitimate....mothers name if he knew those answers?

Annie

ADDED............. 1889 is a problem so back to square 1 as he would not have been 9 yrs old in 1901 :-/

[KarenM]

Thanks everyone for all your help, this is great!

I tried looking for the marriage but couldn't find it?

[Rosinish]

No..............I will check deaths for 1893 Newcastle, UK as the 1889 could be an error.

Where was the date 1889 written & when?

To me that info. does kind of look to be him     

Annie

[Rosinish]

1930 

Name:   Michael Reuben
Birth Year:   abt 1890
Gender:   Male
Race:   White
Birthplace:   England
Marital Status:   Married
Relation to Head of House:   Head
Home in 1930:   Watertown, Jefferson, New York
Map of Home:   View Map

Street address:   S Massey
Ward of City:   5th Ward
House Number in Cities or Towns:   466
Dwelling Number:   40
Family Number:   41
Home Owned or Rented:   Rented
Home Value:   32
Radio Set:   Yes
Lives on Farm:   No
Age at First Marriage:   28
Attended School:   No
Able to Read and Write:   Yes
Father's Birthplace:   England
Mother's Birthplace:   England
Language Spoken:   English
Immigration Year:   1912
Naturalization:   Naturalized
Able to Speak English:   Yes
Occupation:   Fireman
Industry:   N Y C railroad
Class of Worker:   Wage or salary worker
Employment:   Yes
Neighbors:   View others on page

Household Members:   
Name            Age
Michael Reuben  40
Lulu Reuben      38


Would be good to know more about the posting re marriage to Lulu, where, when etc 

Not sure this is same person 

Annie