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William Deal Chinery fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1913.

Reference:

R3151-0-8-E

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

160893

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William Deal Chinery fonds
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Date(s):

1913.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.5 cm (12 p.).

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of the handwritten narrative diary of William Deal Chinery for his Atlantic Ocean passage on board SS Sicilian from Great Britain to Canada in April and May 1913. The ship sailed from the Thames River in April, touched at France and arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick about 1 May 1913. Chinery describes conditions in the ship with respect to food, sleeping arrangements (he shared a below decks bunk with five other men), the effects of heavy weather and sea-sickness, and how the passengers passed the time by having concerts, playing cards, and writing letters. The close quarters bred a number of fights and at least one theft which were recorded by Chinery. The narrative closes with his brief impressions of Saint John and Montreal before his departure for Toronto and Niagara Falls by train.

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Chinery, William Deal, 1874-1969

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Chinery, William Deal, 1874-1969 : William Deal Chinery was born 1 January 1874 in Langhamoor, Essex County, England, the son of William Chinery. He was trained as a horticulturalist and worked at Blenham Palace and other estates in England. He emigrated to Canada in 1913, settling in the Long Branch area of Toronto, Ontario. His wife and two children later followed him to Canada. He did munitions work during the First World War but later found a position as a groundskeeper at the Scarborough Golf Club. He was later a groundskeeper at the York Downs Golf Club from its start. In his retirement, he wrote his memoirs for private distribution amongst his family. William Deal Chinery died in October 1969 in Toronto.

He had married Emily Florence Checkley about 1905. They had three daughters and three sons. The two eldest daughters were born in England and the rest of the children were born in Canada.

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General note:

The fonds was donated to the National Archives by M. Jean Babiak of Toronto, a daughter of William Deal Chinery, in 1999.

She has also published his autobiography under the title William Deal Chinery: an autobiography (Toronto 1996) which includes a complete transcript of this diary and is held in the National Library of Canada.

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Private

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1999-01355-7
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