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we assumed it was campbells apparently he was a lumberjack , i dont even know how old he was ,it seems he was a very busy chap just a shame he couldnt tell someone his real name before he died :-(

Any idea of where in Canada, and who the family were?
I cannot see him on ancestry travel information, as yet.

he also went to canada and stayed with family when he was younger i guess after the boer war and before he was married .

sorry ,his date of birth was worked out from his date and age of death ,he may have taken his mothers name ,he ran away from home at 12 ,his father jessie was on his marriage cert and his father james was on his army papers .
as i said we have no trace of him from 0 to 12
from 12 he was a drummer boy in the boer war 1901-02 he travelled with the irish navvies and he was a bareknukle fighter and thats how he met dorothy they had their children in doncaster and then they moved south london i think then walton on the naze ,he was in the first world war and then he retired theres no more i can tell you it is just the first 12 years we cant find.
he said he was related to robert the bruce s sister and to colin campbell of the thin red line ive checked this out and bruces sister married a campbell and colin didnt have children,but probably had brothers,he also said his aunt isabell tried to buy his first son for 10 guines but he told her to get her own kids and that the news of the world would be looking for him xx

We can't help you if you don't answer the questions we ask.

Also, from what your wrote, he wasn't born a Campbell.

So we need to look for a Sophia who married a James/Jesse Campbell?

Rose

Is his Father Jesse or James? - Or when did he use which name, was he alive when Harry married, and where did Harry's date of birth come from?
Thanks

im even more confused now thanks for your help guys ,i think this one has beaten me xxx

Henry from 1891 in 1901:
1901 England Census
Henry Campbell Age: 13 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Campbell
Gender: Male Where born: Northumberland, England
Civil parish: Hexhamshire West Quarter Ecclesiastical parish: Hexham County/Island: Northumberland Country: England
Registration district: Haltwhistle Sub-registration district: Hexham
ED, institution, or vessel: 23 Household schedule number: 37 Piece: 4823 Folio: 123 Page Number: 7
John Campbell 40
Sarah Campbell 22
Henry Campbell 13
George Campbell 9
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4823; Folio: 123; Page: 7.

John senior in 1911 with new wife:
1911 England Census
John Campbell Age in 1911: 54 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male Birth Place: Warden, Northumberland, England
Civil parish: Hexhamshire West Quarter County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street Address: Cemetery Lodge Hexham
Marital Status: Married Occupation: Grave Digger
Registration district: Hexham
Registration District Number: 561 Sub-registration district: Hexham ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Piece: 30921
John Campbell 54 married 6 years, 1 child living
Annie Campbell 49
Edward Baty 16 step-son
Vincent Campbell 5
Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 30921; ; .

Added:
Deaths Dec 1899
Campbell Elizabeth Ann 42 Hexham 10b 234

Henry from Hexham:
1891 England Census
Henry Campbell Age: 3 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Campbell
Mother's Name: Elizabeth A Campbell
Gender: Male Where born: Hexham, Northumberland, England
Civil parish: Hexham Shire West Quarter
Ecclesiastical parish: Hexham Town: Hexham County/Island: Northumberland Country: England
Registration district: Hexham Sub-registration district: Hexham
ED, institution, or vessel: 22 Piece: 4247 Folio: 126 Page Number: 3
John Campbell 36 paper maker Warden, Northumberland,
Elizabeth A Campbell 34
Sarah Campbell 12
William Campbell 9
John Campbell 7
Henry Campbell 3
Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 4247; Folio: 126; Page: 3; GSU roll: 6099357.

Could you answer Reggie's questions about exact date of birth etc?
Thanks

Why don't you buy his marriage cert?

And you haven't yet told us how you found out his exact DOB...................

1901 Scotland Census

Name: Benjamin Campbell
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Wm Campbell
Mother's Name: Agnes Campbell
Gender: Male
Where born: Baffron, Stirlingshire
Registration Number: 325
Registration district: Aberfoyle
Civil parish: Aberfoyle
County: Perthshire
Address: Hennedip Bdjs
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 5
Household schedule number: 40
Line: 21
Roll: CSSCT1901_114
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Campbell 28
Agnes Campbell 36
Wm J Campbell 8
Benjamin Campbell 5
Jessie Campbell 3
David G Campbell 1
John Inglis 19

Right..............Benjamin was born in Scotland

Name: Benjamin Campbell
Birth Place: Stirling
Residence: Glasgow, Lanarks
Death Date: 24 Apr 1917
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Dunblane, Perths
Rank: Private
Regiment: Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)
Battalion: 14th Battalion
Number: S/13214
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Please remove the 'marked as answered' tag. It indicates that your query has been FULLY resolved, and I don't think yours has

What does the marriage cert say regarding hsi age and father?

Rose

Who told you he 'grew up in Alnwick'?

There isn't, as far as I can see, any census info to support the idea...........

is this his death?

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006

Name: Harry Campbell
Birth Date: abt 1886
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1962
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Colchester
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 550

A long way from where he and his wife had their family............

Where did you find the exact DOB?

Where did Benjamin die?

Was it Benjamin that died in 1917 or Harry?
Thank-you

Added:
Is this the marriage, note the spelling?:
Marriages Sep 1912
Arnold Dorothy Cambell Rotherham 9c 1483
Cambell Harry Arnold Rotherham 9c 1483

Added:
Are these the children?
Births Jun 1913
Cambell George E Arnold Worksop
Births Mar 1915
Cambell Ivy Arnold Rotherham
Births Sep 1916
Cambell Violet Arnold Doncaster
Births Mar 1918
Cambell Margaret Arnold Barnsley
Births Mar 1920
Cambell Mary A Arnold Doncaster