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Just a note -- there were Honeys in Saskatchewan in the 1911 census, e.g., so the younger Russell is likely not related to your Russel.
All I can find out about him is that his mother was a Johnstone, and he wrote a book about the history of the Johnstone family:
http://www.johnstonfamily.ca/bio.htm
That page refers to his WWII service. WW One records are publicly accessible, but not WW Two.
But speaking of WWI -- I forgot to see whether your Russel enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.
He didn't:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/cef/001042-100.01-e.php
(form for searching enrolment records)
and one might think that if he had been in Canada, he'd have enrolled.
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You're in luck! Well, a bit of luck, anyhow.
1911 census:
Name: Russel Honey
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 19
Birth Date: Jan 1895
BIRTHPLACE: England
Family Number: 53
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Immigration Year: 1911
Tribal: English
Province: Ontario
District: Brantford
District Number: 57
Sub-District: Brantford
Sub-District Number: 4
Census Year: 1911
Page: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
Johnson Sayla 40
(I'd say Taylor; he's a labourer as well, not a farm owner)
Russel Honey 19
William Stiebbins 17
Joseph Marian 65
It is indeed spelled "Russel" on the original, and he is recorded as a Laborer.
Is there any chance he would be the father of this one?
HONEY, The Honourable Russell C.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Obituary: HONEY, The Honourable RUSSELL C.
- Former Justice of the Superior Court
- Born Riverhurst, Saskatchewan August 28, 1921.
That one was apparently also Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in 1970:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/MarleauMontpetit/DocumentViewer.
aspx?Sec=Ch25&Seq=1&Lang=E&Print=2
BMDs for Saskatchewan aren't indexed/available for searching.
Because of privacy legislation, no BMD info would be available for the period of his birth, in any event.
No marriage appears for your Russel in Ontario up to 1924.
The only matching result in passenger lists at findmypast.com is:
HONEY S R
M
1910
Liverpool
Canada Quebec
But here we are, as I suspected:
Home Children (1869-1930)
Immigration Records
Item Display
Name: HONEY
Given Name: Russell
Age: 18
Sex: M
Ship: Royal George
Year of Arrival: 1911
Departure Port: Avonmouth
Departure Date: 17 May 1911
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 24 May 1911
Party: Not Given
Destination: Various
Comments: Farmers & Domestics
Source: Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Reference: RG76 c1a
Microfilm: T-4776
Type of Record: Passenger Lists/Listes de passagers
Group of Children Traveling Together
You can start reading about Home Children here:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/home-children/index-e.html
-- click on "Immigration Records Search" to find the record I've reproduced above.
Your Russel could have been an orphan or may have been in the care of an institution because his parents were unable to care for him.
It's estimated that 10% of the Canadian population descends from Home Children. The Barnardo's children are the most well known.
My grandmother's sister married a Barnardo boy. Although the theory was that children were brought to Canada to be adopted into families, the reality was that many became farm labourers; my mum's Uncle Charlie was one of those. He went on to become a successful farmer and died at a ripe old age.
There are organizations today that work to reunite the descendants of Home Children in Canada and Australia with their families back in England.
I'd be curious to hear about your Russel -- when and why he returned to England.
Kathryn
in Canada
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Russel Honey born sep 1893
went to canada for a few yars and have found him on voters roll
needing details of what he did in canada
whether he got married
and when he died, anad if he left will
i know he came back to england cornwall camelford
thanks
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