Frederick William FURMIDGE b. 30 Jan 1900 Ryde, Hampshire, England d. 1988 Corbyville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada: Our Family History

1900 - 1988 (87 years)

Name	Frederick William FURMIDGE
Birth	30 Jan 1900	Ryde, Hampshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
Emigration	Mar 1910 [2, 3]
	England to Canada
Reference Number	P1900-001
Death	1988	Corbyville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada [4]
Person ID	I844	Furmedge
Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

Father	Hermann WIPPERMANN, b. Abt 1866 d. Bef 1976 (Age < 109 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Kate FURMIDGE, b. 1877, Isle of Wight, England d. Bef 1987 (Age < 109 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	13 Jan 1912	Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England [5]
Family ID	F368	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Alice Beatrice HARRIS, b. Abt 1904, Bermondsey, London, England d. 1991, Hastings, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
Marriage	12 Apr 1921	Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada [6]
Family ID	F456	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 30 Jan 1900 - Ryde, Hampshire, England
	Marriage - 12 Apr 1921 - Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
	Death - 1988 - Corbyville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

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Headstones		Furmidge, Belleville Cemetery, Canada Gravestone listing Frederick William Furmidge and his wife Alice Beatrice Furmidge (formerly Harris). Whilst Alice is buried in this graveyard, Frederick William is not. Memorial ID: 212715871 & 212715899.
Headstones		Frederick William Furmidge Sr., 1900-1988 Gravestone for Frederick William Furmidge at Elmwood Cemetery, Corbyville. This is most likely to be the actual resting place of Frederick (see entry for Belleville Cemetery). His son is also buried in this graveyard. Memorial ID: 201136739.

Notes

The available records suggest that Frederick William Furmidge was sent to Canada as a ‘Home Child ‘ with Barnardo’s Homes in 1910. Entries for his marriage and death as well as information on his spouse have been added on this basis.

Frederick William Furmidge’s birth certificate identifies him as the illegitimate child of Kate Furmidge, a charwoman, living at 17, Albert Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. He is present at this address in the 1901 England census (Class: RG13, Piece: 1025, Folio: 88, Page: 27) but cannot be traced in the 1911 England census. His older sister Alice Kate Furmidge is in a children’s home in 1911 whilst his younger brother, Ernest Reginald Furmidge, is enumerated in the household of his married aunt, Sarah Norris.

A Frederick Furmidge, aged 10 years old, sailed on the ship ‘Tunisian’ departing Liverpool, England on 10 March 1910 and arriving Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on the 18 March 1910. He sailed with a party from Barnardo Homes, his final destination Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A William Furmidger, born 1900 in England is recorded in the 1911 Canadian census as a Barnardo boy, living with the Miller family at Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (Library & Archives Canada: T-20385).

In 1921, a Frederick William Furmidge married Alice Beatrice Harris at Muskoka Falls, Ontario. His marriage affidavit confirms that he was born at Cowes, England (i.e., Isle of Wight, Hampshire). He names his parents, however, as Frederick Furmidge (born: England) and Kathaline Hewitt. One possible explanation for his mother’s maiden-name is that Frederick’s aunt Caroline’s married name was Huitt which has been noted as mis-transcribed or recorded as Hewitt in some records; Frederick’s mother Kate married from her sister Caroline’s address in 1912 suggesting that the two sister’s were close.

A newspaper obituary for Matilda Maud Yates (formerly Harris), records that Matilda’s sister Mrs Alice Furmidge is living in Corbyville in 1960 (The Standard (St Catherines, Ontario, Canada), published 16 July 1960, Page 2: “Mrs Oscar Yates”, accessed on www.newspapers.com). Voter’s Lists for Hastings, Ontario confirm that Frederick William and Alice Furmidge lived in Corbyville from at least 1935 to at least 1974. Frederick is recorded as a (stationary) engineer, in 1963 as a foreman and by 1974 as retired. A son and his wife are also recorded. (Library & Archives Canada: Voters Lists, Federal Elections, 1935-1980, digital images accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk).

The Home Children Burial Index (transcript, www.findmypast.co.uk) suggests that a Frederick William Furmidge born 1900 is buried at Belleville Cemetery, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. No death year is given. There are two possible memorials at nearby cemeteries (about 15km apart): (1) at Belleville Cemetery (Belleville, Hastings County): Frederick William Furmidge, born 1900 - death date blank, his wife Alice Beatrice Harris, 1904-1991 and her brother Frederick John Harris, 1901-1958; (2) at Elmwood Cemetery (Corbyville, Hastings County): Fred William Furmidge Sr. 1900-1988 and a daughter, Flora Kathleen 1922-1997. The son and wife noted in the Voter’s Lists for Corbyville are also buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Corbyville (grave memorials and images on www.findagrave.co.uk). Belleville Cemetery have confirmed that whilst a Frederick Furmidge owns the grave in which Alice Furmidge is buried, Frederick William Furmidge is not himself buried at Belleville Cemetery (email correspondence with cemetery, May 2025).

Sources

[S86] England & Wales, Birth Certificate, Frederick William Furmidge, Reference: Registered: Jan-Mar 1900, District: Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Vol: 2B, Page: 614.
[S386] Passenger Lists, Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department & Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists: BT 27/651, Outward Passenger Lists: Port” Liverpool: 1910 Feb-1910 Mar; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: The National Archives.
[S386] Passenger Lists, Fred Furmidge, 1910, Incoming Passenger Lists, Ship: Tunisian, Series: RG76-C; Roll: T-4736; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Library & Archives Canada.
[S421] Elmwood Cemetery, Corbyville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, Furmidge, Fred William Sr., memorial page, Find a Grave database and images, Memorial ID: 201136739.
[S87] England & Wales, Marriage Certificate, Kate Furmidge, Reference: Registered: Jan-Mar 1912, District: Sculcoates, Yorkshire, Vol: 9D, Page: 278.
[S419] Ontario Marriage Index & Registrations, Frederick William Furmidge, Muskoka, 1921; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Archives of Ontario; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 578.