Albert Lucas WORSNOP

Albert Lucas WORSNOP

Male 1891 - 1918  (27 years)

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  • Name Albert Lucas WORSNOP 
    Birth 12 Jan 1891  Halifax, Yorks Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Passenger List 1906  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1911  Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Nov 1918  Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Birth: Jan. 12, 1891, Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England; Death: Nov. 1, 1918, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.

      British Home Child Albert Lucas Worsnop was the son of Mary Ann 'Polly' Culpin and Albert Worsnop. The couple had one other child, a daughter named Josephine Ledy Worsnop. Albert left the family and Polly ran a Boarding House with her two children until Albert Lucas was surrendered to Fagans Homes at the age of 11 as 'uncontrollable' and then sent to Canada at 15 years of age an indentured servant and farm labourer. He traveled aboard the 'Empress of Britain' in 1906.

      Albert Lucas enlisted on 31 Jan 1916 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. He served with the 128th Battalion, Service Number 252230. He was Discharged as Medically Unfit on 20 Oct 1916 and died of Influenza on 1 Nov 1918.

      Credit for uncovered the story of Albert Lucas Worsnop is attributed to Peter Carter in various internet posts.

      Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; Plot: Veterans Plot
    Death 1 Nov 1918  Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4710  Freeman-Culpin | Not Connected; move to Culpin file
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2017 

    Father Albert WORSNOP,   b. c 1858 
    Mother Mary Ann CULPIN,   b. 1859, Edith Weston, Rutland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1944, Halifax, Yorks Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 1889  Halifax, Yorks Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F3689  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S173] GRO BMD Indexes 1837-2018, (www.ancestry.co.uk), MQ1891, Halifax, 9a 403.

    2. [S399] Website: FindAGrave, (www.findagrave.com).

    3. [S177] US & Canada, Passenger & Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (www.ancestry.co.uk).

    4. [S178] Canada, Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s, (www.ancestry.co.uk).

    5. [S173] GRO BMD Indexes 1837-2018, (www.ancestry.co.uk), MQ1889, Halifax, 9a 650.