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Name & Birth

BHC Registry ID #: 17315
Surname
WAIN
Given Names
Fred Leslie
Born
20 May 1901
Gender
Male
Born at
Derby, Derbyshire, England
A.K.A. Given Names
Frederick

Death

Died
1960
Died at
Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, Main, United States

Emigration

Sending or Escorting Organization
Middlemore
Canadian Distribution Home Name/Address
Fairview Home, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Age at Emigration
11
Ship Sailed
Carthaginian
Departure Date
25 May 1912
Port of Departure
Liverpool
Arrival Date
8 Jun 1912
Port of Arrival
Halifax

Placements

Placed With / Indentured To: SurnameGiven NamePlacement LocationStart DateEnd Date
New Brunswick, Canada1912

Census

YearAddress, CityProv/StateCountryHead of HouseholdRel. to Head
191115 Richmond Road, DerbyDerbyshireEnglandAnnie WainSon
191115 Richmond Road, DerbyDerbyshireEnglandAnnie WainSon
1930Brewer, PenobscotMaineUnited StatesFred L WainHead
1940Brewer, PenobscotMaineUnited StatesLeslie F. WainHead

Siblings

Military Service

War: WW1
Country Served
Canada
Service Number
1030055
Regiment
236th Overseas Battalion (The New Brunswick Kilties, Sir Sam’s Own
Rank
Private
Attestation Date
1 Aug 1916
Attested at
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
City of Residence upon Enlistment
Canada
Discharged
22 Jul 1917
Discharge Reason
underaged
Next of Kin
Mrs. M. J. FIELDS
NoK Relationship
Grandmother
Next of Kin Address
49 Moar Street, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Spouse

Surname
WEBBER
Given Names
Vellie Elizabeth
Born
7 Apr 1906
Born at
Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Died
8 Mar 1992
Died at
Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Married
12 Jul 1924
Married at
Main, United States

Biological Parents

Biological Father

Surname
WAIN
Given Names
Anthony
Born
1848
Born at
Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
Died
1904
Died at
Derby, Derbyshire, England

Biological Mother

Surname
FIELDS
Given Names
Annie
Born
1872
Born at
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Died
15 May 1945
Died at
Ocean Park, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Biological Parents' Marriage Details

Married
1893
Married at
Derby, Derbyshire, England

Sources and Notes

In LAC BHC Index (travel) as Frederick Leslie WAIN, age 4

WAIN, FRED  LESLIE  ( COWPERTHWAITE ) (this was mother Annie Fields mother's maiden name) GRO Reference: 1901  J Quarter in SHARDLOW  Volume 07B  Page 528

Middlemore Children's Emigration Homes, Application Book: Frederick Leslie WAIN - Age: 11 - Date of Document on which the age was recorded: 1912-05-21 - Siblings: 1 sister, 2 brothers, 1 other - Address in United Kingdom: 20 Monk St., Derby - Guardian: Annie WAIN - Date of Application: 1912-04-27 - Notes: 2 brothers sent to Canada by Barnardo's. Father dead. Boy was in Barnardo's. --- Source: Library and Archives Canada - Database Item Number: 172409 

Middlemore Children's Emigration Homes, Settlement and reports of children sent to Canada: Frederick Leslie WAIN - Age: 11 - Date of Document on which the age was recorded: 1912-05-21 - Date of Departure: 1912-00-00 - Place of First Settlement: New Brunswick --- Source: Library and Archives Canada - Database Item Number: 179595 

Middlemore Children's Emigration Homes, Parents' Consent Forms and Care and Custody Orders: Frederick Leslie WAIN - Age: 11 - Date of Document on which the age was recorded: 1912-00-00 - Guardian: Annie WAIN --- Source: Library and Archives Canada - Database Item Number: 179173

Mr Annie Wain, a 48-year-old woman born about 1874 in Derby, England, arrived in Quebec in May 1922 aboard the Montcalm, departing from Derby, England. She was joining her son's in Canada and Destined to son Frederick Leslie Wain, c/o Mr. Bruce Cameron, South Devon, York Co., New Brunswick.

1923 Mother's remarriage in Canada: BRIDEGROOM Full name Lyons Joseph Occupation Labourer Bachelor Widower or Divorced Widower Age 54 Religious Denomination Baptist Persuasion Residence S. Devon Place of birth Oakham Name of father Eleanor Lyons (deceased) Place of birth England Maiden name of mother Annie Woodcock Can bridegroom read Yes Write Yes BRIDE Full name Wain Annie Occupation Widow Spinster Widow or Divorced Widow Age 51 Religious Denomination Church of England Residence England Place of birth Derby England Name of father Frederick Fields (deceased) Place of birth of father Lincs England Maiden name of mother Mary Jane Cowperthwaite Can bride read Yes Write Yes When married Thirtieth day of May 1923 Place of marriage St Mark’s Church Devon By license or banns License Signature of Groom Joseph Lyons his mark X Signature of Bride Annie Lyons Address N Devon NB Witnesses Dona Lyons Elton I certify that the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief Clergyman Chas Hailstone Address N Devon NB Religious Denomination C of England Registered No 89 Filed at this office 8th day of June 1923 Signature of Sub-Deputy Registrar M Duffy

Death of Mother's second husband:  Joseph Allan Lyons Birth 16 JAN 1864 • Doaktown, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada Death 1932 • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mother's third husband: John James Amery Birth 28 AUG 1875 • Manchester, Lancashire, England Death 05 MAY 1954 • Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 

John James Amery in the British Columbia, Canada, Marriage Index, 1872–1935 Name John James Amery Gender Male Spouse Name Annie Lyons Spouse Gender Female Marriage Date 10 Jun 1935 Marriage Location Vancouver Registration Number 1935-09-425536 BCA Number B13769 GSU Number 2135988

Mother's death: The Province Wed, May 16, 1945 Page 17 AMERY On May 15, 1945 at her home Annie Amery of Howard Rd., Ocean Park, B.C., in her 71st year. Survived by her husband, John James; 2 sons in England, 1 son in Toronto. Funeral service Thursday, May 17, at 10:30 a.m. in the Funeral Home of S. Bowell & Son. Interment Mt. View Cemetery. 

Burial Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver Metro Vancouver Regional District British Columbia Canada GPS Latitude 49.2416725 Longitude -123.0954361 Plot HORNE2-*-11-030-0008 Memorial ID 25389810

UNDERAGED ENLISTMENT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

Son Fred Leslie Wain Jr in trouble with the Law: Sun Herald Tue, Jul 10, 1951 · Page 1 One Escapee Caught, Two Others Free Bobbier Ford, 24, one of three prisoners who escaped Sunday from the Harrison county jail at Gulfport, was captured at New Orleans last night. “Just temptation, I guess,” he told arresting officers. He tore his left hand while leaping a barbed-wire fence in his break for freedom. “After going over the fence, I walked about three blocks and mingled with the crowd,” Ford said. “I spent the night on the sea wall at Gulfport, then walked to Pass Christian where I hitch-hiked a ride to New Orleans.” Ford had been arrested about 10 a.m. Sunday. That afternoon he and two other prisoners, Fred Leslie Wain, 23, and Charles Eugene Crowley, 40, locked Jailer W. L. Ritter in a cell and fled. Wain and Crowley were uninjured. Ford was arrested in New Orleans when officers investigated a report of reckless driving. Ford has waived extradition and will be returned to the Gulfport jail by Harrison county authorities, it was stated. Meanwhile, Wain and Crowley remained at liberty today. No trace of their whereabouts has been received by officers since they fled the jail in broad daylight Sunday afternoon.

Hattiesburg American Thu, Feb 22, 1951 · Page 11 HOPE TO WRING CONFESSION FROM HIM BILOXI, Miss., Feb. 22—(AP)—A 23-year-old Bangor, Me., man has been arrested here and charged with the theft of $213 worth of clothing from a laundry. Police Chief Earl Wetzel said the man identified himself as Fred Leslie Wain, 23, of Bangor, Me. Peace Justice Norman Quave bound the man to the Harrison county grand jury and set bond at $100.

The Bangor Daily News Wed, Jan 22, 1964 · Page 18 Bangor Man Bound Over In Check Case Fred Leslie Wain Jr., 36, Bangor, pleaded innocent to three charges of uttering forged instruments, namely American Express Checks, when arraigned Tuesday before Judge Ian MacInnes in Bangor District Court. Judge MacInnes found probable cause and bound Wain over in $1,000 bail on each charge to the April term of the Penobscot County Superior Court. He was remanded to the county jail. Wain was arrested by Old Town Police following an investigation led by Lt. Clyde LeClair.

Death of son Raymond: The Bangor Daily News Sat, Dec 24, 1994 · Page 18 RAYMOND E. WAIN SR. BRADFORD – Raymond Earl Wain Sr., 58, husband of Ruth E. (Peterson) Wain, died Dec. 23, 1994, at his Bradford home. He was born in South Brewer, Sept. 27, 1936, the son of Fred L. and Vellie (Lord) Wain. Mr. Wain was a furniture salesman and was sales manager of Zeke’s Furniture and later Furniture World in Bangor. Surviving, in addition to his wife of Bradford, are six sons, Ray Jr., David, Fred, James, Timothy and Terry; two daughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca; four brothers, William, Robert, Fred and Walter; one sister, Ethel; 19 grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Helen. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, 1994, at the Hudson Baptist Church with the Rev. Garnett Chute, pastor, officiating. Friends are invited to visit with the family from noon until the funeral ceremony at 2 p.m. Private interment services for the family will be held at Pine Grove Cemetery, Bangor. Foley Funeral Service of Union Street, Bangor, is directing arrangements.

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