Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSarah RATHWELL
Birthabt 1882
Spouses
BirthSep 1880, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Death1 Mar 1969, Edmonton, Alberta
OccupationButcher, Edmonton Transit
FatherCharles FLEMING (~1853-)
MotherSarah A. HARGREAVES (~1855-)
Marriage29 Jan 1906, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Notes for Thomas Alonzo (Spouse 1)
Middle name from Wendy L. Hunter Herrick.

Death date and location from the Benjamin Family Tree at ancestry.co.uk by Andy Benjamin.

In the July to September 1880 birth index Thomas Alonzo Fleming, Leeds, Yorkshire, volume 9b, page 468.

In the 1891 census No. 3 Arthur Street, North Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Head Charles Fleming, age 38, mattress maker, employed, born York, Yorkshire.
Wife Sarah A. Fleming, age 36, mattress finisher, employed, born Leeds.
Daughter Mary Fleming, age 13, scholar, born Leeds.
Son Thomas Fleming, age 10, scholar, born Leeds.
Daughter M. [as shown] Fleming, age 6, scholar, born Leeds.
Mother in Law Mary Hargreaves, widow, age 62, born Leeds.
Sister in law Hannah M. Hargreaves, single, age 28, dressmaker, neither employer nor employed, born Leeds.
Brother in Law Charles Hargreaves, single, age 24 Cloth Finisher, employed, born Leeds.

In the 1901 census 6 Azalia Street, St. Agnes, North Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Head Charles Fleming, age 47, Mattress Maker, worker, born Leeds, Yorkshire.
Wife Sarah A. Fleming, age 45, born Leeds.
Daughter Mary E. Fleming, single, age 23, French Polisher, worker, born Leeds.
Son Thomas Fleming, single, age 20, butcher’s assistant, worker, born Leeds.
Daughter Matilda Fleming, age 16, [I can’t decipher the occupation], worker, born Leeds.

Non-Conformist records Wesleyan Chapel, Becket Street, Leeds, Yorkshire
January 29, 1906 Thomas Alonzo Fleming, age 25, bachelor, butcher (master), residence 6 Azalia Street, Leeds, father Charles Fleming, mattress maker and Sarah Rathwell, age 24, spinster, 6 Barton Terrace, Hunslet, no father listed, by Thomas Arrowsmith? in the presence of A. C. Lowcock and Mary E. Fleming [Sister of Thomas].

Canadian Passenger Lists
Departed Liverpool, England, on the Tunisian arrived Montreal Quebec on July 7, 1907, Thomas Fleming, age 26, able to read and write, married, butcher, born England,

Canadian Passenger Lists
Departed Liverpool, England on the Victorian, arrived April 4, 1913, Thomas Fleming, age 32, married, Was in Canada before in July, 1912, Netherhill, for 5 1/2 years (4 months away), born England, destination Netherhill, Saskatchewan, returning Canadian, destination Winnipeg.

In the 1916 Canadian Census of Manitoba, Sask., and Alberta. District 19 Kindersley, sub district 12B, Township 28 Range 21, west of the 3rd meridian, Municipality of Snipe Lake.
Head John Simpson, married, age 27, born England, Presbyterian, immigrated 1906, farmer, employer.
Wife Susie Simpson, age 25, born England, immigrated 1912.
Son John Douglas Simpson, age 1 month born Sask.
Sister Sarah A, Simpson, single age 28, immigrated 1912 servant on farm.
Nephew George Simpson, age 4, born England, Anglican immigrated 1912.
Labourer Thomas Fleming age 36, born England, Methodist, immigrated 1907, servant on farm.

In the 1921 Canadian census section 36, township 28, range 21, west of the 3rd meridian, Hillsborough Municipality, Kindersley district, Saskatchewan.
Head Thomas Flemming [as spelled], age 34, born England, parents born England, immigrated 1907, farmer.
Wife Sarah Flemming, age 33, born England, parents born England, immigrated 1913.
Son George Flemming, age 9, born England.
Daughter Beatrice Flemming, age 4, born Saskatchewan.
Son Thomas E. Flemming, age age 1, born Saskatchewan.
[On the same section was the John Simpson family.]

In the 1926 Prairie Census [This version does not list their residence, just Saskatchewan
Head Thomas Flemming, [as transcribed] age 46
Wife Sarah Flemming, age 37
Son George Flemming, age 13
Daughter Beatrice Flemming, age 8
Son Alden [as transcribed Flemming, age 6
Daughter Betty Flemming, age 4
Dorothy Bryans, age 22

In the 1931 Canada census 2nd Avenue West, Town of Eston, Saskatchewan
Head Thomas Fleming, age 50, born England, parents born England, immigrated 1909, salesman - butcher shop
Wife Sarah Annie Fleming, age 47, born England, parents born England, immigrated [obscured], homemaker
Son George Fleming, single, age 19, born Saskatchewan [?], parents born England, labourer - odd jobs
Daughter Beatrice Fleming, age 13, born Saskatchewan, student
Son Eldon Fleming, age 10, born Saskatchewan, student
Daughter Mary Fleming, age 8, born Saskatchewan
Son Donald Fleming, age 4, born Saskatchewan
2 lodgers

Findagrave.com
Birth 1880, Leeds, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Death 1 Mar 1963 (aged 82–83), Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial Westlawn Memorial Gardens, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Memorial ID 184429191
Thomas was employed by Edmonton Transit for several years till his retirement.
obituary published in the Edmonton Journal 03 Mar 1969, Mon ·Page 30
Last Modified 14 Mar 2026Created 25 May 2026 using Reunion 14 for Macintosh
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