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Willie Nobbs

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Terence

Terence Report 21 Jun 2015 14:03

I am trying to find info on Willie Nobbs born Kensington London 1881 in1901 census still in London next I can find him is when he Join the ww1 Canadian over-seas expeditionary force signed on 15/8/1915 as William nobbs with wrong birth date2/6/1884 service No.163474 and got a military medal. I would like to know when he went to Canada,what he got Military Medal for and what happen to him after WW1.

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 21 Jun 2015 14:11

Possible?

Name: William Nobb
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: Apr 1907
Event Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year (Estimated): 1882
Birthplace: England
Ship Name: Dominion

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 21 Jun 2015 14:18

I wonder if this is him in 1921? Says he was born London, England and immigrated 1907:

William Nobbs

in the 1921 Census of Canada
Record Image View

Name: William Nobbs
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1885
Birth Place: England
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Father Birth Place: England
Mother Birth Place: England
Year of Immigration: 1907
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Toronto South
District Number: 133
Sub-District: Ward 2
Sub-District Number: 5
City, Town or Village: Toronto South
Street or Township: 463 Queen St E
Municipality: Ward 2
Occupation: Shoe Maker
Income: 250
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Amy Doyle 38
John Doyle 18
Christopher Doyle 16
Edmund Paul Doyle 11
John Burrows 36
William Nobbs 36
Nick Bodnaruk 26

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 21 Jun 2015 17:28

This is him, on a Nominal Roll of Men returning to Canada after the war.

Can't read the initials of his reserve unit - C something.
Original Unit: 109
Category: A
Reason for return: transferred to CEF Canada (CEP ? Print is blurred) from OEFC.
Dependant: mother
Destination: Toronto
Number: 163474


William Nobbs
in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Private William Nobbs
Date of Arrival: 5 Mar 1919
Vessel: Megantic
Search Ship Database: Search for the Megantic in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England


So that 1921 census record posted by Margee will be the right one.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 21 Jun 2015 18:20

. which fits in with the immigration record arriving on the 'Dominion' to Halifax as William Nobb.

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

Terence

Terence Report 21 Jun 2015 21:28

All I can say ihttp://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1352799#s THANK you for all your help. :-)