Edwin Arnold/Elizabeth mERCHANT

[serra]

Also it struck me that if Elijah had given his mother as Surname Oliver when he got Married - how would Elijah have known the name Oliver - was he still in some sort of contact with his mother at that time - I wonder if the brothers and sisters that were sent to Canada had contact with each other.

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Also it struck me that if Elijah had given his mother as Surname Oliver when he got Married - how would Elijah have known the name Oliver - was he still in some sort of contact with his mother at that time - I wonder if the brothers and sisters that were sent to Canada had contact with each other.

I asked myself the same question - had Mr Oliver perhaps been on the scene before Elijah and his siblings were sent away?

I noticed that when Keziah Elizabeth married in Canada (as Elizabeth Arnold) details of her father, but not her mother, were given.

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Do we have a date for when the children were sent to (or taken in by) Dr Barnardo’s?

[serra]

I will compile a list and post asap

[serra]

I also found this

Also names Edward Merchant Arnold born 19 November 1894 n 3 Sliketts Hill, Chatham, Kent. Died 1971 n Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, Married to a Valerie Pratt 21 Sept 1915 Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. Edwards parents given as Edward Maggie Arnold and Brown Arnold.

The name Brown  -  she was living with a Thomas Brown alleged father to her Daughter Faith around 1892

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I also found this

Also names Edward Merchant Arnold born 19 November 1894 n 3 Sliketts Hill, Chatham, Kent. Died 1971 n Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, Married to a Valerie Pratt 21 Sept 1915 Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. Edwards parents given as Edward Maggie Arnold and Brown Arnold.

The name Brown  -  she was living with a Thomas Brown alleged father to her Daughter Faith around 1892

A couple of corrections: 19 November was his baptism date, not his birthdate.


He married as Edward Ted Arnold.  Parents were named on his marriage as follows:

Father: Edward
Mother: Maggie Brown

[serra]

Thanks for clarifying this for me and rectifying the mistake

[serra]

OK, so today I received a death cert confirming that the children's father Edwin Arnold died in 1914 In Kent.

We know that the final Arnold child is Arthur Thomas Arnold, mmn Merchant-Barnes, birth reg Sep qtr 1903 Medway.

Elizabeth, his wife then appears on 1911 census without husband Edwin. Living at Brompton Gillingham.

So I am looking for any information on where the children's father Edwin Arnold was between 1903 when the couple were still together  and 1914 when he passed.


Serra

[riley64]

Hi serra
Arthur Thomas Arnold was my husbands grandfather.  I have been looking for Edwin's death for a while.  Where and when did Edwin die and what off.  I was told he drowned in the Thames!