Thomas Walter Neame

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Born 1885 Birchington [S1]

Sex Male

Died 22 Jun 1968 Calgary

Father William Walter Neame, b. 13 Aug 1845, Birchington

Mother Charlotte Moore, b. 1854/1855, Manchester

Family 1 Florence Haydon, b. 19 Feb 1894, Sussex

Children

	1. Joan Violet Neame, b. 11 Feb 1917, Sussex by Folkestone
	2. Phyllis Florence Neame, b. 9 Mar 1919, Taplow Bucks near Maidenhead
	3. Edna Margaret Neame, b. 21 Oct 1920, Calgary
	4. Hubert Walter Neame, b. 24 May 1923, Calgary
	5. Norman Eric Neame, b. 7 Mar 1930, Calgary

Notes Apprenticed as baker with his uncle, Edward Ladd Neame in Canterbury. Bought bakery business in Birchigton, which failed. Then emigrated in 1911 to Calgary where he built houses for his brother. Enlisted in British army in WW. I, as a way to return to England and marry his fiancee. Was in the battle of Ypres, and was one of 5 in his batallion to escape the mustard gas attacks by sheltering in the lee of a barn. Moved back to Calgary with his wife and 2 children in 1920. Had 3 more children. Worked for the next 30 years in a paint factory.

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