Robert Edwin William Hampton was born on July 7, 1905 in Summertown, Oxford, England. His birth was registered in the third quarter of 1905 in the Headington registration district. He was the oldest child of Edwin Hampton and Mary Amelia Cox, who had been married at Headington in 1904.
At the time of the 1911 England Census, Robert (age 5) was living at 287 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, with his parents and siblings, Alice (age 4), Gertrude (age 2) and Fanny (age 1). His father was working as a laundry carman.
At age 15, Robert was sent to Canada by the Church of England Waifs & Strays Society. He arrived at Quebec City on July 17, 1920 aboard the S.S. Melita. Upon arrival, he was taken with his travel party to Gibb's Home at Sherbrooke, Quebec. From there, he was first sent out on farm placement in South Stukely, Quebec. The following year, he was placed on the farm of Major W. L. McWilliams of St. Pierre-Charlesbourg, Quebec.
Sadly, Robert was fatally injured when he was kicked by a horse that had been stung by wasps. A note on his juvenile inspection report reads, "This boy died Aug 19th 1922 in the Jeffery Hill (sic Jeffery Hale) Hospital Quebec the result from a kick from a horse - Buried at Sherbrooke P.Q. - Funeral expenses met by Maj. McWilliams, who deeply regretted his death as he was an exceptionally fine boy"
A Gibb's Home Boy
At the time of the 1911 England Census, Robert (age 5) was living at 287 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, with his parents and siblings, Alice (age 4), Gertrude (age 2) and Fanny (age 1). His father was working as a laundry carman.
At age 15, Robert was sent to Canada by the Church of England Waifs & Strays Society. He arrived at Quebec City on July 17, 1920 aboard the S.S. Melita. Upon arrival, he was taken with his travel party to Gibb's Home at Sherbrooke, Quebec. From there, he was first sent out on farm placement in South Stukely, Quebec. The following year, he was placed on the farm of Major W. L. McWilliams of St. Pierre-Charlesbourg, Quebec.
Sadly, Robert was fatally injured when he was kicked by a horse that had been stung by wasps. A note on his juvenile inspection report reads, "This boy died Aug 19th 1922 in the Jeffery Hill (sic Jeffery Hale) Hospital Quebec the result from a kick from a horse - Buried at Sherbrooke P.Q. - Funeral expenses met by Maj. McWilliams, who deeply regretted his death as he was an exceptionally fine boy"
A Gibb's Home Boy
Robert Edwin William Hampton was born on July 7, 1905 in Summertown, Oxford, England. His birth was registered in the third quarter of 1905 in the Headington registration district. He was the oldest child of Edwin Hampton and Mary Amelia Cox, who had been married at Headington in 1904.
At the time of the 1911 England Census, Robert (age 5) was living at 287 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, with his parents and siblings, Alice (age 4), Gertrude (age 2) and Fanny (age 1). His father was working as a laundry carman.
At age 15, Robert was sent to Canada by the Church of England Waifs & Strays Society. He arrived at Quebec City on July 17, 1920 aboard the S.S. Melita. Upon arrival, he was taken with his travel party to Gibb's Home at Sherbrooke, Quebec. From there, he was first sent out on farm placement in South Stukely, Quebec. The following year, he was placed on the farm of Major W. L. McWilliams of St. Pierre-Charlesbourg, Quebec.
Sadly, Robert was fatally injured when he was kicked by a horse that had been stung by wasps. A note on his juvenile inspection report reads, "This boy died Aug 19th 1922 in the Jeffery Hill (sic Jeffery Hale) Hospital Quebec the result from a kick from a horse - Buried at Sherbrooke P.Q. - Funeral expenses met by Maj. McWilliams, who deeply regretted his death as he was an exceptionally fine boy"
A Gibb's Home Boy
At the time of the 1911 England Census, Robert (age 5) was living at 287 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, with his parents and siblings, Alice (age 4), Gertrude (age 2) and Fanny (age 1). His father was working as a laundry carman.
At age 15, Robert was sent to Canada by the Church of England Waifs & Strays Society. He arrived at Quebec City on July 17, 1920 aboard the S.S. Melita. Upon arrival, he was taken with his travel party to Gibb's Home at Sherbrooke, Quebec. From there, he was first sent out on farm placement in South Stukely, Quebec. The following year, he was placed on the farm of Major W. L. McWilliams of St. Pierre-Charlesbourg, Quebec.
Sadly, Robert was fatally injured when he was kicked by a horse that had been stung by wasps. A note on his juvenile inspection report reads, "This boy died Aug 19th 1922 in the Jeffery Hill (sic Jeffery Hale) Hospital Quebec the result from a kick from a horse - Buried at Sherbrooke P.Q. - Funeral expenses met by Maj. McWilliams, who deeply regretted his death as he was an exceptionally fine boy"
A Gibb's Home Boy
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