Person:Edgar Durrant (1)
Edgar Horace Durrant
b.28 Jul 1884 Millwall, Middlesex, England
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m. Abt Dec 1875
  1. Clara Ellen Laverna  Durrant1876 - 1956
  2. Frank Victor Durrant1877 - 1944
  3. Percy William Durrant1878 - 1910
  4. Louis Sidley (Sidney) Durrant1880 - 1948
  5. Ethel Elizabeth Durrant1881 - 1963
  6. Mabel Durrant1883 -
  7. Edgar Horace Durrant1884 -
  8. Maurice William Durrant1886 - 1960
  9. Clare Durrant1888 - 1888
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Facts and Events
Name Edgar Horace Durrant
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 28 Jul 1884 Millwall, Middlesex, England
Alt Birth[2] Bet Jul 1884 and Sep 1884 Poplar Registration District, Middlesex, England
Death? Y
Other? 1891 Greenwich, London, England54 Coldbath Street

The Brandon Mail, 2 avril 1896, Page 7, Document Ar00708

Annoted Version


THE POOR BOY

Fatal Ending of an Overland Journey-Sydney Durrant’s Leg Amputated

Sydney Durrant a 15 year old boy was brought into the city on No. 1 express terribly mutilated condition and taken to the general hospital where he now lies hovering between life and death. He was very much bruised about the face and the left arm and left leg had each sustained a compound fracture. After thoroughly diagnosing the case the physicians found it necessary to amputate the leg. The story is rather a sad one. Young Durrant left his home near St. Jovite (Saint Faustin Rang 14 lot 9) near Ottawa in company with his 19 year old brother Frank (Frank Victor), with a view of walking to Whitewood. N. W. T. where they have a brother (Percy William) and sister (Nellie = Clara Ellen Laverna) and uncle residing. By stealing ride occasionally they reached near Barclay. Here the younger of the two jumped moving from a moving box car, stuck the side of a snow drift and rolled underneath the train, sustaining the terrible injuries which will probably cost him his life, although Dr Lawrence says there is yet a chance of recovery. The eider lad came along from Barclay his wounded brother and was allowed to sleep at the hospital. Bosh are destitute of finances – Nor’- Wester


Source: http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/BRM/1896/04/02/7/Ar00708.html?printable=true

References
  1. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class: RG12; Piece: 510; Folio: 63; Page: 5.

    Sub registration district: Greenwich West; Enumeration District: 17; Civil Parish: Greenwich
    Residence Place: Greenwich, Greenwich, London, England
    Street address: 54 Coldbath Street
    Frank T Durrant, head, mar, 40, foreman at factory (CRR Varnish & Paints), b Greenwich
    Ada S Durrant, wife, mar, 40, b Middx, Regent's Park
    Clara H S Durrant, dau, 14, b Kent, Deptford
    Frank V Durrant, son, 13, b Kent, Deptford
    Percy W Durrant, son, 12, b Kent, Deptford
    Louis S Durrant, son, 10, b Kent, Deptford
    Ethel E Durrant, dau, 9, b Kent, Deptford
    Mabel Durrant, dau, 7, b Kent, Deptford
    Edgar H Durrant, son, 6, b Middx, Millwall
    Morice Durrant, son, 4, b Middx, Millwall

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 FreeBMD
    Sep 1884 Poplar 1c 692.
  3. ↑ Ancestry.
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