Charles Bonnycastle Hay1,2

#14344, (11 March 1900 - )
FatherCharles Henry Hay1 b. 29 Apr 1868, d. 18 Jun 1901
MotherGeorgina Amelia Dale1 b. c 1864, d. 22 Aug 1928
Charles Bonnycastle Hay|b. 11 Mar 1900|p14344.htm|Charles Henry Hay|b. 29 Apr 1868\nd. 18 Jun 1901|p16908.htm|Georgina Amelia Dale|b. c 1864\nd. 22 Aug 1928|p5199.htm|||||||Arthur Dale|b. 10 Aug 1833\nd. 1 Nov 1911|p933.htm|Henrietta Bonnycastle|b. 10 Jul 1827\nd. 17 Mar 1890|p39.htm|
Relationship2nd great-grandson of John Bonnycastle.
BirthCharles Bonnycastle Hay was born on 11 Mar 1900 in General Hospital, Toronto, York County, Ontario.
Details from certificate: Bonnycastle Hay, male, born 11 Mar 1900 at Toronto General Hospital, father Charles Henry Hay, banker, who died 18 June 1901 at Woodstock, mother Georgie Amelia Bruce. The informant was his mother, Georgie Hay-Raby of 117 Daly Avenue, Ottawa. Registered on 29 July 1917. Parents were married in April? 1899 at illegible [ink blot] location.1 
(with Parents) 1901 CensusBonnycastle Hay appeared on the 1901 Census of Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario with his parents. He was one year old and born 11 March 1900 in Ontario.3 
(with Mother) 1911 CensusBonycastle Lackey [sic] appeared on the 1911 Census of Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario with his mother and stepfather Richard Raby. He was 11, born in March 1900 in Ontario, and attended school 9 months that year. He followed his married sister Kathleen Lackey in the census, so the enumerator probably made a mistake recording his surname as Lackey as well.4 
CEFHe volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 2 May 1916 at Toronto, York County, Ontario. The attestation papers included the following information: Charles Bonnycastle Hay, address #200 Fifth Ave., Ottawa, born March 11th 1898 in Toronto, Bank Clerk, single, next-of-kin mother Amelia Raby of 72 Beatty Ave. Toronto.
Notation in margin of form says, "Actual age claimed on 3/9/17. Birth certificate showed date of birth 11/3/1900."
Description on enlistment: 18 years 1 month old, 5' 10 1/4", expanded chest 37", fair complexion, grey eyes, fair hair, scar left wrist, mole Rt. collar bone, Church of England.2 
Item On 29 Jul 1917, Charles Bonnycastle Hay had his birth registered. 
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847)
Last Edited29 May 2009

Citations:

  1. Birth Registrations of Ontario, 1869-1911 (http://www.ancestry.com, images online) "Bonnycastle Hay, #005558-00."
  2. Canadian Expeditionary Force Attestation Papers & Enlistment Forms. Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020110_e.html), online images, Charles Bonnycastle Hay, Regimental Number 510931.
  3. Online image of the 1901 Census for Canada (Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020122_e.html), Ontario, Oxford North (101) Woodstock City (f-9), page 7, line 45.
  4. Online image of the 1911 Census for Canada (Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020122_e.html), Ontario, Ottawa City 105, Capitol Ward 10, page 16.
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