WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| George Dunsmore | 5th Engineers (USA) | Born 1887 | |
| Roll of Honour | Served on the home front |
Family history etc
| George Dunsmore | |||
| 1887 | Born Bingham | ||
| Census 1891 |
Father Joseph, wife and first two children living in Union Street, Bingham | Platelayer | |
| Census 1901 |
Living in a four room house in Long Acre with: Father: Joseph,b1862 Woolsthorpe, Lincs Mother: Mary Ellen, b1864 Bottesford, Leics Siblings: Gertrude, b 1890 Nottingham William, b 1892 Bingham Frank, b 1893 Joseph, b 1894 Susan, b 1895 Richard, b 1897 |
Page boy Foreman Platelayer on Railways |
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| 1910 Ship’s manifest Ancestry |
George Dunsmore is listed as a passenger on SS Compania from Liverpool to New York. He arrived on December 3rd 1910 and his home was entered as Ilkeston and his occupation labourer. Stated age 22 yrs 7 months. His final destination was Denver, Colorado. His father’s name was given as Joseph of Spring Gardens, Bingham. | ||
| Census 1911 |
George not in census. Family living in a four room house in Long Acre: Father: Joseph Mother: Mary Ellen Brothers: Joseph Richard Note: Frank live-in with farmer and family in South Muskham |
Platelayer, GNR Lad porter, Great Northern Railway Farm Servant |
Joseph Killed in WW1 Richard served in WW1 Frank served with 2nd Siege Battn in WW1 |
| 1914 | George took out America
citizenship in New York on 2nd June 1913. His address was 3763 Williams
Street, Colorado. On the form he says he arrived in New York on the SS Caronia on June 22 1913. Does this indicate he returned to the UK after his emigration in 1910? He was accompanied on this return trip by his brother William. William then lived in High Street, Denver, a 20 minute walk from George in Clayton Street. |
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| 1920 USA Census | Lodging in Clayton Street, Denver, Colorado with: Uncle: Zach H Goodson, age 50 b 1867 Bottesford Uncle’s Wife: Emily J Goodson age 33 (b 1887,) Uncle’s step son: William R Cranford age 10 Uncle and Aunt’s daughter: Annette M Goodson age 6 |
Labourer on Railroad Labourer in Railroad Shop |
George’s mother was Zachariah’s sister (1881 census, Bottesford). Zachariah had emigrated on the SS Scythia as an unmarried bricklayer in 1883. He was a single man in the 1910 census, a “roomer” (lodger) in Denver and working in a flour mill. |
| 1925 | Zach H Goodson died, buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver County | ||
| 1930 USA Census | Living in Denver, Colorado with: Wife: Emily J, b 1888 England |
Engine Stripper, Railroad | George married his uncle’s widow. They owned their own home, worth $3000 |
| 1940 USA Census | Living in 1B Ben Bolt Lane, Northeast Arvada, Jefferson, Colorado, Colorado
with: Wife: Emily J |
Machinist | They are both listed in telephone directories for various addresses in Denver until 1959 |
