George came to Canada in 1913 at age 18 as a resident of the Fegan Homes. He was part of the British Home Children immigration scheme. George arrived in Quebec City aboard the steamer "Lake Manitoba" on 27 Apr 1913. Approximately 110 boys were on the ship, aged 8 to 18 and all destined for Fegan's Home in Toronto. George's life in the Cartwright area starting in 1914 is told in the local history book.
George's parents were John Thomas Westcott Ackland and Bessie Anne Knight. They were married in 1893 in the Taunton Registration District of Somerset England. George was their oldest child, with sisters Alice Emily and Violet May rounding out their family. In the 1901 UK census, Thomas and Bessie and the girls were living at Haywood Farm near Taunton where Thomas was working as a farm carter. George was living with his paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth Knight in Taunton.
Thomas died at age 40 in 1904 and Bessie was left with three children. According to George's biography, the family moved closer to London where George went to school for two years. However, by the 1911 UK census, George was living in the Standon Boys Home in Staffordshire UK. From there, George would be gathered up and sent to Canada as a farm labourer.
George's mother remarried and then died in 1939. His two sisters never married. Alice Emily died 1972 whereas Violet May died in 1983. George rarely communicated with his family after he arrived in Canada. He died in the local hospital after being a fixture in the town of Cartwright for almost sixty years. As his biography states: "George never demanded much in life, nor did he get a great deal, but he managed to live without any great amount of labor".
George's parents were John Thomas Westcott Ackland and Bessie Anne Knight. They were married in 1893 in the Taunton Registration District of Somerset England. George was their oldest child, with sisters Alice Emily and Violet May rounding out their family. In the 1901 UK census, Thomas and Bessie and the girls were living at Haywood Farm near Taunton where Thomas was working as a farm carter. George was living with his paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth Knight in Taunton.
Thomas died at age 40 in 1904 and Bessie was left with three children. According to George's biography, the family moved closer to London where George went to school for two years. However, by the 1911 UK census, George was living in the Standon Boys Home in Staffordshire UK. From there, George would be gathered up and sent to Canada as a farm labourer.
George's mother remarried and then died in 1939. His two sisters never married. Alice Emily died 1972 whereas Violet May died in 1983. George rarely communicated with his family after he arrived in Canada. He died in the local hospital after being a fixture in the town of Cartwright for almost sixty years. As his biography states: "George never demanded much in life, nor did he get a great deal, but he managed to live without any great amount of labor".
George came to Canada in 1913 at age 18 as a resident of the Fegan Homes. He was part of the British Home Children immigration scheme. George arrived in Quebec City aboard the steamer "Lake Manitoba" on 27 Apr 1913. Approximately 110 boys were on the ship, aged 8 to 18 and all destined for Fegan's Home in Toronto. George's life in the Cartwright area starting in 1914 is told in the local history book.
George's parents were John Thomas Westcott Ackland and Bessie Anne Knight. They were married in 1893 in the Taunton Registration District of Somerset England. George was their oldest child, with sisters Alice Emily and Violet May rounding out their family. In the 1901 UK census, Thomas and Bessie and the girls were living at Haywood Farm near Taunton where Thomas was working as a farm carter. George was living with his paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth Knight in Taunton.
Thomas died at age 40 in 1904 and Bessie was left with three children. According to George's biography, the family moved closer to London where George went to school for two years. However, by the 1911 UK census, George was living in the Standon Boys Home in Staffordshire UK. From there, George would be gathered up and sent to Canada as a farm labourer.
George's mother remarried and then died in 1939. His two sisters never married. Alice Emily died 1972 whereas Violet May died in 1983. George rarely communicated with his family after he arrived in Canada. He died in the local hospital after being a fixture in the town of Cartwright for almost sixty years. As his biography states: "George never demanded much in life, nor did he get a great deal, but he managed to live without any great amount of labor".
George's parents were John Thomas Westcott Ackland and Bessie Anne Knight. They were married in 1893 in the Taunton Registration District of Somerset England. George was their oldest child, with sisters Alice Emily and Violet May rounding out their family. In the 1901 UK census, Thomas and Bessie and the girls were living at Haywood Farm near Taunton where Thomas was working as a farm carter. George was living with his paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth Knight in Taunton.
Thomas died at age 40 in 1904 and Bessie was left with three children. According to George's biography, the family moved closer to London where George went to school for two years. However, by the 1911 UK census, George was living in the Standon Boys Home in Staffordshire UK. From there, George would be gathered up and sent to Canada as a farm labourer.
George's mother remarried and then died in 1939. His two sisters never married. Alice Emily died 1972 whereas Violet May died in 1983. George rarely communicated with his family after he arrived in Canada. He died in the local hospital after being a fixture in the town of Cartwright for almost sixty years. As his biography states: "George never demanded much in life, nor did he get a great deal, but he managed to live without any great amount of labor".
Gravesite Details
Died at age 77. Burial information obtained from Cartwright Cemetery Records transcribed in the local history book. Addtional information from various online databases incuding Library & Archives Canada, FreeBMD and ancestry.com.
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