Jenny, thanks for finding John under the name of Grout in 1911. It is the correct John, as it coincides with the address on his marriage certificate. The census lists his age as 18 which would be true if his birthdate was 31 March 1893 not 1894. Did you get that from Cornwall OPC or have you found another list? The only reason I ask is that the information recorded on OPC emigration lists was his religion was Congregationalist not Roman Catholic and also listed is the number No.270060 under Other Details column, although I have no idea what that relates to. I checked on a birth for a John PROUT in 1894. The only one that came up was a William John who was born in Dec quarter, not March Quarter in 1894 in St Columb. There are 3 William John's born in 1893, one in Launceston, two in Devon, but none born in March quarter so I think his date of birth is suspect. There was a John Frederick who was born in Devon in 1894 but I've already checked with the Devon group, and they tell me it's definitely not my John. There were 2 coincidences with John F - the area in Devon where he was born was Newton Abbot, which is where his wife Ada (or Ex wife) had twins in 1924, and this John's mother was a widow, but it turns out her husband was not a William. Jean

Hi Jean, The images of the attestation papers for the Canadian Expeditionary Force are available online from Archives Canada. John Prout gave his date of birth as March 31, 1894. There is a bit of a mess on the religion section of John's forms, due in part to misalignment of the typewriter which has typewritten answers appearing a line below where they should be (see the hair and eye colour for example). There is a typewritten "yes" beside Roman Catholic, but there is a handwritten "X" beside Congregationalist in the line above. See: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=593195 Joanne Toronto, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "icemaiden47 via" <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> To: "Jenny Meadows" <jenny@toptensoftware.com>; <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 5:57 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] PROUT, John, 1901 census, North Hill, Cornwall > Jenny, thanks for finding John under the name of Grout in 1911. It is the > correct John, as it coincides with the address on his marriage > certificate. > The census lists his age as 18 which would be true if his birthdate was 31 > March 1893 not 1894. Did you get that from Cornwall OPC or have you found > another list? The only reason I ask is that the information recorded on > OPC > emigration lists was his religion was Congregationalist not Roman Catholic > and also listed is the number No.270060 under Other Details column, > although > I have no idea what that relates to. > > I checked on a birth for a John PROUT in 1894. The only one that came up > was > a William John who was born in Dec quarter, not March Quarter in 1894 in > St > Columb. There are 3 William John's born in 1893, one in Launceston, two > in > Devon, but none born in March quarter so I think his date of birth is > suspect. > > There was a John Frederick who was born in Devon in 1894 but I've already > checked with the Devon group, and they tell me it's definitely not my > John. > There were 2 coincidences with John F - the area in Devon where he was > born > was Newton Abbot, which is where his wife Ada (or Ex wife) had twins in > 1924, and this John's mother was a widow, but it turns out her husband was > not a William. > > Jean > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >