Just wondering

[AdeleE]

Hi Lesley,

Where on the 1881 Canadian census do you find John Marke? The person living with the Gamble family in Huron County in 1881 is a female Jane Marke born c1873, not a male John Marke born c1858.

[Mary Anne]

catwoman2

I can find only three likelies on INCOMING passenger lists:

1) John Marks (est birthdate 1858), a labourer, travelling on the Thames, 21 June 1874, from London to Quebec. He is not with a typical sort of group that would indicate Home Children.

2) John Mark (est. birthdate 1858), a joiner, travelling 22 July 1877 on the Phoenicain from Glasgow to Quebec,m with final destination Toronto. He doesn't seem to be travelling with a typical Home Children group, either.

3) John Marks (est birthdate 1853), a labourer, travelling in the Scandinavian, 16 May 1870, from Liverpool to Quebec. This boy is one of a long list of young men aged 14-20, all listed as "labourers" and with different destinations. There are about 80 of them on the page, and the list is headed "Town Agents", but I have no idea what that means -- presumably that their passages were paid by "town agents" either at destination or at disembarkation point.

Anyone any ideas about this last?


Mary Anne

[cntrygrl]

I saw that too, Mary Anne - no idea either.
Catwoman, I'm having trouble seeing John's birth. Do you have the GRO document for John's birth in 1858? There's a John Marke's birth on FreeBDM 2nd quarter of 1858 vol 1b. page 33. Just wondering if it could be the John b 13 Mar 1858 to JOHN and MARY Marke, St. Pancras.
There are a few family trees on Ancestry following James and Eliza's family from 1861 through 1901. Oddly, there's no mention of a son John. Maybe a different family??

cg

[catwoman2]

Hi All,


It is definitely John, I have copied and pasted info I got ages ago


Census Crown © www.nationalarchives.gov.uk


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Re: Home children
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 25 September 08 18:44 UTC (UK) »
O.k. if we are looking for children of the original couple, might these be they?
1881 Howick, Huron North, Ontario
Robert Gamble... Irish age 41 born Ireland is a Farmer Church of England
Hanah 32 2
son Isaac J. b. Ontario is 4
in household is a
James MARKE Male 8 born England with no relationship to household given

IMAGE:
https://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e329/e008203605.pdf

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1881 Humberstone, Welland, Ontario
George Ramey age 31 / head of Boarding House
There is a John Marke...No age (p.o.b.) given...labourer....

IMAGE:
https://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e328/e008187233.pdf





Hope this helps


Lesley

[catwoman2]

Hi again,


May I ask who has trees on A*******y regarding the Markes? Can I contact them?


Thanks


Lesley

[cntrygrl]

Hi Lesley,

I'll send you a pm. Oh, I couldn't get your first link to open.
At least we've ruled out the Huron "James".