Canadian 1901 census

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:01 am

Hello
please can anyone help me with the 1901 Canadian census
i'm looking for a Henry Peach who arrived Ontario in 1891 as a child emigrant from Birmingham age 14.
i have tried on line indexes but can't find Henry Peach or even just the name Peach.
Any help much appreciated
kind regards
maggie

Muriel · Post by **Muriel** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:22 am

Hi Maggie

Have you tried the Automated Genealogy site - www.automatedgenealogy.com . If you search the 1901 census for the surname Peach there are quite a number, including a Harrey Peach, aged 24 (d.o.b. 24/03/1876) in Ontario. I haven't gone through the full list of Peaches (

) but he looks a possibility - you could have a look at the census page & see if he fits. They also give a list of possible alternative names.

Muriel

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:14 pm

Hello Muriel
thankyou for replying to my message i have tried the link but end up on something called Tomcat
before i proceed any further is that what you get?
kindest regards
maggie

Post by **AndrewP** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:49 pm

Hi Maggie,

That's the link above edited - separated the full stop from the link.

All the best,

AndrewP

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:53 pm

Hello Andrew
thanks for sorting the link out
your help is appreciated
kind regards maggie

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:32 pm

Thanks so much for the link Muriel. I managed to find part of my family that I knew were in Canada but could never find them on a census and when they immigrated and how many were born in Scotland and how many in Canada. Found them on the 1911 census living in Quebec (I only knew about them living in British Colombia).

Post by **paddyscar** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:05 pm

Hi Maggie:

The only male Peach of the correct age:

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/Vi ... ghlight=27

Province: Ontario District name: Perth North Subdistrict: Stratford Description: Hamlet Ward
Line 27 Peach, Harrey / Male / Boarder / Single / Birthdate March 24, 1876 / Age 24 / Country of Birth English / Racial origin English / Religion Methodist

I would say that the person responding to the census taker was not that familiar with Henry/Harrey as many responses are missing.

Here is his arrival record:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/data ... _nbr=33579

Name: PEACH
Given Name: Henry
Age: 13
Sex: M
Ship: Parisian
Year of Arrival: 1891
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 04 June 1891
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 13 June 1891
Destination: Stratford, Ontario
Comments: Middlemore children from Birmingham sent to the Macpherson Home in Startford
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG76 C 1 a
Microfilm: C-4538
Type of Record: Passenger Lists
Group of Children Traveling Together

Frances

Muriel · Post by **Muriel** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:22 pm

Thanks Andrew, I thought I had omitted the full stop but must have put it in automatically.

Glad others found the link useful, I've found a number of relatives who "disappeared" from Scotland.

Muriel

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:55 pm

Hello Frances
using Muriels link i was able to see the census for Henry it's interesting that you pointed out the informer didn't seem to know much about him i didn't pick up on that at all, i wonder if that was his new family

thankyou for the link to all the children who arived on the Parisian i will compare it with the 1891 census record of Middlemore home where all of the childen are listed as emigrant so obviously just waiting to move on to their new life.
I hope that Henry found a good life in Canada from googling some of the stories behind the children who went where really sad both before leaving England & afterwards I know some of his half siblings went on to have good lives.
I have applied to Birmingham archives to see if any record exists of his admissison /time spent in there.so fingers crossed when they clear their backlog as the email response put it i will find out more .
I'm going to try to find him in the 1911 census i tried Ontario this afternoon before going to work with no joy so i will go throughthe rest of the states over the weekend.
kind regards
maggie

Post by **SarahND** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:07 pm

maggie wrote: I'm going to try to find him in the 1911 census i tried Ontario this afternoon before going to work with no joy so i will go throughthe rest of the states over the weekend.

Hi Maggie,
I was looking through some old posts and wondered if you ever found him in 1911. I didn't, but I found him crossing into the U.S. in 1915 at Detroit, Michigan, still there to fill out a WWI Draft card, and still there in the 1920 census. Then I lose him... If you don't already have them, I'd be glad to give you the details.
All the best,
Sarah