Lt. Cpl. John Angus

1886 - UNKNOWN

• Name	John Angus  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Lt. Cpl.
  Birth	Abt 1886	Lancaster, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Born	22 Jan 1886	Lancaster, Lancashire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt Sep 1887	Lancaster, Lancashire, England   [2]
  Residence	1891	Bulk, Lancashire, England   [3]
  Residence	1891	Silk Mill Estate, St Mary, Bulk, Bulk, Lancashire, England   [2]
  	Age: 5; EnumerationDistrict: 1; RegistrationDistrict: Lancaster; SubRegistrationDistrict: Lancaster; RelationToHead: Son
  Occupation	1901
  	plasterer and slater
  Residence	1901	Lancaster, Lancashire, England   [1, 3]
  Arrival	1910  [3]
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Lancaster, Lancashire, England   [3]
  Arrival	26 May 1911	Quebec, Canada   [3]
  _MILT	Between 1914 and 1918  [4]
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Arrival	2 Dec 1927	Buffalo, New York, USA   [3]
  Departure	Liverpool, England   [3]
  Residence	Canada   [3]
  Residence	1939	Lancashire, England   [5]
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I395	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Angus,   b. 19 Jul 1863, Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN, Openshaw, Lancashire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann McMullen,   b. 1863, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Sep 1883	Lancaster, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Dorothy Bland,   b. 9 Jul 1886, Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	Jan 1907	Lancaster, Lancashire, England
  Children	1. Mary Ann Angus,   b. 21 Jul 1907, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. John Angus, Jr.,   b. 14 Jun 1911, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. Apr 1975, Lancaster, Lancashire, England  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F6921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Angus was born in 1886 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. In 1891, at age 5, John Angus was residing in Silk Mill Estate, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. In 1901, at age 15, John Angus was residing in Bulk Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a slater (roofer) and plasterer. On 2 Apr 1911, at age 25, John Angus was residing at 12 Hinde Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife, Margaret, and their daughter, Mary Ann. Margaret would have been pregnant with their future son, John, at the time. John Sr. was employed as a plasterer. A few weeks later, on 26 May 1911, at age 25, John Angus, a plaster and Roman Catholic, arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, bound for Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was nearly nine months pregnant at the time. Their son, John Jr, was born 14 Jun 1911 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Margaret arrived with the children on 14 Sep 1911 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on the ship, Empress of Ireland. They were bound for Toronto to be with her husband. On 28 July 1915, John Angus, residing at 131 Coxwell Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force to serve in World War I. He was employed as a plasterer at the time. He served in the 74th Battalion and later the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. On 23 Oct 1917 after receiving a serious gunshot wound in his left leg which left him unfit for further service. His father, C. Angus, was recorded as residing at 60 Bosworth Street in Openshaw, Manchester, England at the time. John was discharged on 3 Jan 1918 having achieved the rank of L. Cpl. He was residing at 573 Erie Terrace in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada at the time. In 1921, John Angus Sr. was residing at 10 Marjory Road in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and two children. His brother-in-law, 27-year-old James Bland was residing with them. John was employed as a master plasterer. On 2 Dec 1927, John and his wife crossed into the USA at Buffalo, New York, on route to Chicago to visit John's brother-in-law, James Bland. John was recorded as Canadian, born in Lancaster, England. Travel records indicate that they travelled back to England several times during the ensuring years before finally moving back to England sometime before 1939. It is speculated that they returned to England to care for John's aging parents. In 1939, John Angus Sr, a master plasterer, was residing in Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his wife and children along with his widowed mother. No record of John's death has so far been location. It is not known if he died in England or returned to Canada.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Record for Charles Angus [S68] 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 3464; Folio: 10; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6098574. Record for Mary A Angus https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=22071826&indiv=try [S7] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for John Angus https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=27334104159&indiv=try [S678] Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918). [S1483] 1939 England and Wales Register, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/4803c.