Ignatius Walter Buckley (1881 - 1967)

Born 29 Jul 1881 in Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 1967 at about age 85 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Known as Walter or I.W. //.

Born 29 Jul 1881. Salford, Manchester, England. ^[1]

Buried 1967 Holy Cross Cemetery, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^[2]

Census: 1891 Salford, Lancashire, England. ^[3] 1901 Salford, Lancashire, England. ^[4] 1911 Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. 1 Jun 1921. 200 Brookland(corner of Whitney Ave), Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^[5]

Emigration: to Sydney, Nova Scotia via Montreal on the Virginian. 15 Aug 1907. Liverpool, Lancashire, England. ^[6][7][8][9]

Occupation: Night Superintendent of mills of Sydney Steel. 5 Sep 1910. Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. ^[10] part time chicken farmer. 1920 200 Brookland (corner of Whitney Ave), Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^[11] Mining Engineer.

Residence 5 Sep 1910. 62 Argyle Street, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. ^[12][13]

Notes

I.W. had a Model T(car) and drove people to the Sydney Steel Plant when he was going himself. House burned down in Iona, Cape Breton - lost everything.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S6
2. ↑ Source: #S54 Certainty: 4 Note: BPB viewed gravestone in about 2000
3. ↑ Source: #S102 RG12 , Piece 3226, Folio 112, page 8, GSU roll 6098336 Certainty: 4 Note: Age 9 Scholar Walter Ignatius
4. ↑ Source: #S127 RG13 Piece 3719, Folio 15, page 22 Certainty: 4 Note: Age 19 Mechanics Fitter
5. ↑ Source: #S189 RG31, Folder 40, Sydney, Cape Breton South and Richmond, Nova Scotia, Page 18 Certainty: 4 Note: (transcribed as Desvaux)
6. ↑ Source: #S54 Certainty: 4 Note: to work at the Sydney Steel Plant, having the status of Mechanical Engineer which he acquired where he grew up in Lancashire, England
7. ↑ Source: #S69 http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1911a/e079/e001967074.pdf Certainty: 4 Note: District 40 SubDistrict 18, Ward 3, City of Sydney, Residence 15, Family 15 with wife Margaret and Cassie Gilles servant age 19 Emigrated from England in 1907
8. ↑ Source: #S130 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Roll T-4741 Certainty: 0 Note: Ship Victorian from Liverpool, England Age 30 Returning Canadian - previously 4.5 years in Sydney, Nova Scotia -first arrival 1907
9. ↑ Source: #S199 Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 on findmypast.com Certainty: 3 QUAL Source: 1 2 EVID 1 First name(s) WALTER Last name BUCKLEY Gender Male Age 26 Birth year 1881 Marital status S Occupation LAB Departure year 1907 Departure day 15 Departure month 8 Departure port LIVERPOOL Destination port QUEBEC Destination QUEBEC Country CANADA Destination country CANADA Ship name VIRGINIAN Ship official number 0 Ship master's first name A H Ship master's last name VIPOND Shipping line ALLAN LINE City LIVERPOOL Ship destination port MONTREAL Ship destination country CANADA Ship square feet 27622 Ship registered tonnage 6843 Number of passengers 1432 Record set Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Category Immigration & Travel Subcategory Passenger lists Collections from Australia & New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States & Canada
10. ↑ Source: #S33 Certainty: 4 Note: newsclip on p35 of CD copy
11. ↑ Source: #S54 Certainty: 4 Note: Dad had chickens in a chicken house down by the brook. He used lights to fool the chicks into a longer day and fed them on schedule. His hens laid eggs on schedule within a 1/4 hour each morning. He really didn't like hens and eggs because whenever took it up again when he could have or was it lack of "capital".
12. ↑ Source: #S33 Certainty: 0 Note: newsclip on p35 of CD copy bride and groom will reside on Argyle Street upon returning from honeymoon at Eucharistic Congress in Montreal, Quebec
13. ↑ Source: #S69 http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1911a/e079/e001967074.pdf Certainty: 0 Note: District 40 SubDistrict 18, Ward 3, City of Sydney, Residence 15, Family 15 with wife Margaret and Cassie Gilles servant age 19

• Source: S102 1891 Census of England and Wales The National Archives of the United Kingdom Publication: Census Returns of England and Wales, Public Records Office,Kew, Surrey, England Repository: #R123
• Source: S127 1901 England Census The National Archives Publication: Census Returns of England and Wales 1901, Kew, Surrey, England Repository: #R123
• Source: S130 Canadian Passenger Lists 1865-1935 Library and Archives of Canada Publication: Passenger Lists 1865-1935, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Repository: #R123
• Source: S189 1921 Census of Canada Library and Archives Canada Publication: Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Repository: #R123
• Source: S199 UK Outward Passenger Lists 1890-1960 Board of Trade Commercial and Statistical Dept Publication: The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England Repository: #R123
• Source: S33 Scrapbook Leo O'Connell Father Leo O'Connell Repository: #R11
• Source: S54 Bernard Patrick Buckley handwritten notes Bernard Patrick Buckley Note: often wrote down persons ages (I calculated birthdate by subtraction) Repository: #R6
• Source: S6 hand-written notes(could be from family bible) photocopied and attached to Gerard Buckley March 1985 notes-source unknown
• Source: S69 1911 Census of Canada Library and Archives of Canada Publication: Census of Canada, 1911, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2007 Repository: #R123