John Albert Murton

1889 Feb/ Jan 27 birth Greenwich, London as Albert John Murton

1891 census at Bermondsey

1901 census in Camberwell

1907 Oct 18 Enlisted in Somerset Light Infantry. His father appears to have deserted the family by now

1909 Oct 29 Court martial. In Somerset LI

1909 Nov 6 . Discharged with Ignominy for stealing property belonging to an officer.

1911 census at 75 Graces Rd, Camberwell

1911 Aug 31 Enlisted as Albert John Brown . Served in RFA as #67007. He gave parents as John Albert & Emily Brown of Graces Rd Camberwell. Borther George & Alfred

1920 Aug 24. Discharged from RFA, physically unfit

 

1921 Jan 14 enlisted with RIC no 77792. ex-soldier & cook

 

1922 Feb 27 Leaves London for Port Said. He is a Valet

1923 Dec 6 admitted to Greenwich Workhouse - destitute

1924 Mar 23 Arrives Canada as an imigrant sponsored by Salvation Army

1932 Oct 15. Married in New Brunswick to Margaret Levinia Paul (1916–1977) . Our man's mother was Emily Marchant

1934 His daughter Violet born in New Brunswick, She died a year later in St Vincents Infant's Home, St John, New Brunswick

1941 Mar 30 Died St John, New Brunswick. Ancestry Tree with only 8 on the tree. This seems likely but I cannot check it

 

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