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Looking for Stanwicks Harwood in 1911
« on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:02 BST (UK) »
Hello Everyone,

I'm trying to make sense of a situation going on with my ancestors the Harwood family, who were living in Sunderland in the late 1800s. It's all quite complicated and I've got several threads on the matter, but what I'm now trying to look in to is the life of Stanwick Harwood.

I know that Stanwick was born sometime in January, probably early January, in 1879 in Sunderland. He was baptised on 8 Jan 1879. His parents were Ralph Harwood and Elizabeth Benson.

He appears in Sunderland on the 1881 census living with Ralph and Elizabeth. Confusingly his forename isn't given properly - it just appears to say F S. I can find no other evidence however that he ever went by a name beginning with F. The writing is poor, so it might not say FS at all anyway.

I suspect at some point after this there was a family breakdown. It's a long story but his Dad Ralph joins the army again in 1885 and lies about being married and on the 1891 census his wife Elizabeth is living with two other men who could potentially be her new parter and is pregnant with a child that potentially isn't Ralph's as he was quite likely to be in India at the time. (Unfortunately I'm not 100% certain of when he was in India as he could have in theory come back on leave - but that's another issue).

Anyway, clearly something was happening to the family because in 1891 Stanwick was taken into care in Sunderland and eventually sent to Canada by the Annie Maphearson agency. I am going to apply for his records, which I am told may reside with Bernados but apparently due to COVID you can't apply at the moment?

He travelled from Liverpool on the 19th March 1891 and arrived in Halifax, Canada on the 29th March 1891. He went to the Marchmont home in Belleville and was still living there when he was 13, on a census that was taken sometime in 1891.

The next record I have for him is his marriage in Northumberland, Ontario, Canada on 23 October 1901. He married an Alice Taylor, who was Canadian, and was apparently working as a farmer.

Frustratingly I can't find him or Alice in 1911. I've no evidence to show he ever left Canada. One issue might be his name. He's been written down as Stanwicks, Stanwick, Stan, Stanwise and I've tried those variants with no joy.

He does reappear in 1921 with Alice living in Northumberland Ontario and working as a carpenter.

After that I have no further trace of him. I've no idea if he and Alice ever had children or what happened to the after that point.

I would be grateful to anyone who could point me to further information about what his life in Canada might have been like.

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Re: Looking for Stanwicks Harwood in 1911
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:08 BST (UK) »
Name:   Stanwix Harwood born 1878 England - aged 30 years - also a female aged 30 years  residence year 1908
Application Date 11 Nov 1908 - Homestead Place Alberta, Canada. previous occupation :- cheese - maker.
Residence Place Codrington, Ontario, Canada
File Number 1764273
Coordinates NE Section 7 Township 40 Range 5 Meridian   5

Not sure if this site would help ?

https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/explore-paa-research-resources/homestead-records

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers

Name:   Stanwix Harwood Application Date:   11 Nov 1908 Alberta, Canada
Homestead Number 318016
Part:   NE - Section   7 - Township   40 - Range   5 - Meridian   W5

Didn't come across any Canadian Attestation papers for him.

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Re: Looking for Stanwicks Harwood in 1911
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:21 BST (UK) »
The marriage entry gives Alice as Tyler not Taylor. I think it still looks like Tyler on the certificate

Name:   Alice Tyler born 1878 Brighton. Aged 23 years.
Marriage Date 23 Oct 1901 - Marriage Place Northumberland, Ontario
Father John Tyler - Mother Rachel Montgomery - Spouse Stanwick Harwood.

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Re: Looking for Stanwicks Harwood in 1911
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:22 BST (UK) »
I think this could be his burial, 1964. He seemed to have re married.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154977960/stanis-harwood



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Re: Looking for Stanwicks Harwood in 1911
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:26 BST (UK) »
Canada Voters List - Name Stan Harwood and Mrs Dtan Harwood.
Residence Date:   1940    Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
Street Address:   Codrlngton Northumberland
Occupation Labourer

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:33 BST (UK) »
This seems to confirm Kloumann find  :)  20 May 1879 Durham - 31 May 1964

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LD17-4XR

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Re: Looking for Stanwicks Harwood in 1911
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:35 BST (UK) »
Alice Gertrude Harwood nee Tyler apparently died 3/10/1955.

Picture of Stanwick:

https://vitacollections.ca/brightonarchives/3301502/data?dis=ex
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Re: Looking for Stanwicks Harwood in 1911
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:36 BST (UK) »
Alwilda Barridge Harwood

FIND A GRAVE  (also with obituary attached)

Oshawa Union Cemetery Oshawa, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
PLOT   Section North IV, Range/Unit 42, Grave/Row 141

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154973696/alwilda-harwood

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Re: Looking for Stanwicks Harwood in 1911
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 13 May 21 12:39 BST (UK) »
Alice Gertrude Harwood nee Tyler apparently died 3/10/1955.

Picture of Stanwick:

https://vitacollections.ca/brightonarchives/3301502/data?dis=ex

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