British Home Child Information Sheet
BHC Registry ID #: 60537Name & Birth
Surname: BUTTERWORTHGiven Names: Benjamin
Born: 1883Gender:Male
Born at:England
 
Surname Adopted: A.K.A. Surnames:BALLWORTH
Given Names Adopted: A.K.A. Given Names:John
Death
Died: 13 November 1898 Age at death: 16
Died at: Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
Cause: Injuries, Brain Concussion
Cemetery: Park Lawn Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cemetery Plot: Barnardo Home Plot Find-A-Grave ID: 135084104
Emigration
Sending or Escorting Organization: Barnardo's
Canadian Distribution Home Name/Address: Toronto
Age at Emigration: 9 Ship Sailed: Labrador
Departure Date: 16 March 1893 Port of Departure: Liverpool
Arrival Date: 25 March 1893 Port of Arrival: Halifax
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Sources and Notes
In LAC BHC Index (travel) as Benjamin BALLWORTH, age 9

NOTE: Two boys with BUTTERWORTH surname on this voyage

Ups and Downs (magazine published by the Canadian Branch of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, Toronto), January 1899: Benjamin BUTTERWORTH - Death - Emigrated March 1893. Died 12 November [sic] at 05:30 Sunday morning. Hit by a train.

Ups and Downs (magazine published by the Canadian Branch of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, Toronto), January 1899: Benjamin BUTTERWORTH - Death - Employed by Mr. Richard H. WIGGINS, milk dealer Fulton Ave. East Toronto.

Ups and Downs (magazine published by the Canadian Branch of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, Toronto), January 1899: Benjamin BUTTERWORTH - Death - Buried Humbervale Cemetery [aka Park Lawn].

Ontario Death Registration: John [sic] BUTTERWORTH - Age: 16 - Birth Place: England - Occupation: Milkman - Death Date: 13 November 1898 - Death Place: Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada - Cause of Death: Injuries, Concussion of Brain, 10 days - Informant: Toronto General Hosptial Staff - Stamped Entry Number: 026938

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