Sidney Townley (abt. 1897)

Born about 1897 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Died [date unknown] in Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Sidney Townley was a British Home Child and was one of many Children Transported to Canada.

Sidney was born circa 1897 in Manchester, England. He was a son of Henry Townley.

By 1905, Sidney was in the care of a Middlemore Children's Immigration Home in Birmingham. These homes, operated by John Throgmorton Middlemore, were philanthropic homes operated in order to provide for the poor children of England with the stated goal of sending them abroad to begin a better life. Many Middlemore children ended up in Canada and other Commonwealth countires, working homes or on farms with a promise of vocational training. Sidney arrived aboard the ship Siberian. 142 children in total were transported that day, bound for Fairview Home, a home operated by Middlemore's organization.^[1]

Thereafter, he appears to have settled in Halifax. In 1911, he was living in the home of Alexander and Florence MacAuley. Alexander was a Butcher. By 1919, Sidney was trained as a brickman.

He married Florence Mary McDougald on Nov 17, 1919 in Halifax. She was a daughter of Duncan McDougald and Jane (Rylan) McDougald of Newfoundland and was a Clerk living in Halifax.^[2]

Census Records

• 1911 Census, Doherty Creek, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• 1921 Census, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sources

1. ↑ Immigration Record, Library and Archives Canada
2. ↑ Marriage Registration, Nova Scotia Archives