Thread: Lawrence Gordon Proctor

[quote name='Pauline1' date='13 February 2010 - 03:23 AM' timestamp='1266031387' post='214163']

Hi. Can anyone help in tracing Lawrence Gordon Proctor born 1897 in Macclesfield Cheshire.

I believe that he Joined the Canadian Army 1914-1918 before settling down in Buffalo U.S.A.

Thanks.

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here he is in 1901



Lawrance G Proctor

Age: 4

Estimated birth year: abt 1897

Relation: Grandson

Gender: Male

Where born: MacClesfield, Cheshire, England



Civil parish: MacClesfield

Ecclesiastical parish: Macclesfield St George

Town: MacClesfield

County/Island: Cheshire

Country: England



Street Address:



Occupation:



Condition as to marriage:



Education:



Employment status: View image



Registration district: Macclesfield

Sub-registration district: Sutton

ED, institution, or vessel: 2

Neighbors: View others on page

Household schedule number: 25

Household Members: Name Age

John Worthington 47

Sarah Worthington 47

Jane Worthington 16

Lawrance G Proctor 4 <<<------ GRANDSON



Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3314; Folio: 27; Page: 3.

[quote name=&#39;milford_lass&#39; date=&#39;13 February 2010 - 07:59 PM&#39; timestamp=&#39;1266091162&#39; post=&#39;214210&#39;]

here he is in 1901



Lawrance G Proctor

Age: 4

Estimated birth year: abt 1897

Relation: Grandson

Gender: Male

Where born: MacClesfield, Cheshire, England



Civil parish: MacClesfield

Ecclesiastical parish: Macclesfield St George

Town: MacClesfield

County/Island: Cheshire

Country: England



Street Address:



Occupation:



Condition as to marriage:



Education:



Employment status: View image



Registration district: Macclesfield

Sub-registration district: Sutton

ED, institution, or vessel: 2

Neighbors: View others on page

Household schedule number: 25

Household Members: Name Age

John Worthington 47

Sarah Worthington 47

Jane Worthington 16

Lawrance G Proctor 4 <<<------ GRANDSON



Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3314; Folio: 27; Page: 3.







ALSO FOUND THIS



Name: Laurence Proctor

Birth Date: abt 1899

Age: 30

Port of Departure: Montrã©AL, Quã©Bec, Canada

Arrival Date: 13 May 1929

Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England

Ship Name: Duchess of York

Search Ship Database: View the &#39;Duchess of York&#39; in the &#39;Passenger Ships and Images&#39; database

Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Steamship Line

Official Number: 161202

[quote name=&#39;Elsabels&#39; date=&#39;13 February 2010 - 08:22 PM&#39; timestamp=&#39;1266092571&#39; post=&#39;214214&#39;]

Hello Pauline1



Did you know there is a marriage and death entry for the MAcclesfield area



Name: Lawrence G Proctor

Spouse: Ethel Bullock

Marriage: Jul-Aug-Sep 1932 - Macclesfield, Cheshire married, Sutton St James







Lawrence G Proctor

Death: Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Death: 1945

www.cheshirebmd.org.uk shows age 46



Is this your guy?



Elsabels

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I found this but birth date and place of birth are wrong and I don&#39;t know if his mothers name was Helen



Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956

Name: Lawrence Gordon Proctor

Arrival Date: 9 Jan 1928

Age: 26

Birth Date: 27 Jun 1901

Birthplace: MacCleafield Sutton

Birth Country: England

Gender: Male

Race/Nationality: English



Port of Arrival: Buffalo, USA

Departure Contact: Mother Helen; Friend Mrs. Rane

[quote name=&#39;noggin28&#39; date=&#39;13 February 2010 - 08:41 PM&#39; timestamp=&#39;1266093676&#39; post=&#39;214218&#39;]

I found this but birth date and place of birth are wrong and I don&#39;t know if his mothers name was Helen



Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956

Name: Lawrence Gordon Proctor

Arrival Date: 9 Jan 1928

Age: 26

Birth Date: 27 Jun 1901

Birthplace: MacCleafield Sutton

Birth Country: England

Gender: Male

Race/Nationality: English



Port of Arrival: Buffalo, USA

Departure Contact: Mother Helen; Friend Mrs. Rane

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Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935

Name: Lawrence G Proctor

Date of Arrival: 21 Aug 1919

Vessel: Baltic

Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

Roll: T-14797



this was an Army ship with discharged men from the Canadian Discharge Depot, Buxton

Wife listed as next of kin, onward residense Winnipeg. If you want copy(s) send me your e-mail addy by PM.



Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918

Name: Lawrence Gordon Procter

Residence: Paterborough, Ontario, Canada

Birth Date: 7 Mar 1897

Birth Location: Manclesfield, Cheshire, England

Relative: Mrs Alice Procter

Relationship: Mother

Regiment Number: 195736



Alice Proctor was live at 64 Prestbury Road Maclesfield

Lawrence address was 264 Hunter Street West, Peterborough, Ontario.

This would suggest he had already gone to Canada prior to WWI.

[quote name=&#39;Pauline1&#39; date=&#39;13 February 2010 - 09:20 PM&#39; timestamp=&#39;1266096053&#39; post=&#39;214225&#39;]

Hi Elsabels, Thankyou for your reply. According to the cheshire bmd site my Lawrence G Proctor was born in 1897 which

doesn&#39;t fit with the death being 1945, unless It&#39;s an error on the bmd site.

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Lawrence first trip to Canada?



Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935

Name: Lawrence E Procter (Note it is G not E on the actual image)

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Estimated birth year: abt 1898

Date of Arrival: 21 Jan 1913

Vessel: Tunisian

Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

Roll: T-4746



I have mailed copy of original.