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Record #6260

Name :: : Mary Ann AMEY (1871 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

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Date of Birth: : 11 Feb 1871
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Suffolk, Sudbury

Union Workhouse

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 6 Aug 1882
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Circassian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : MacPherson Homes

NotesA birth registration was found for Mary Ann Amey: Year of Registration: 1871; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Sudbury; County: Essex, Suffolk; Volume: 4a; Page: 466. Mother: Caroline Amey, unmarried.

Her mother was Caroline Amey and her father was Ransome Oxley, who was a chemist in Sudbury, Suffolk and was already a married man.

Caroline and Mary Ann remained in the workhouse for approximately 16 months.

They went to Bethnal Green, London where Caroline went into service in 1875 and a year prior to her daughter's admission to the Annie MacPherson Home. She met and married Richard Muckley on 7 February 1881, who was a French Polisher by trade.

The couple had a child and Richard said that he was averse to supporting Mary Ann as he had little trade at the time.

Mary Ann was then placed in MacPherson Home. She was aged 11 years, although on records was stated as being 12, so able to work as an adult as 11 was still classed as a child. Her record number was 1326.

In 1882, Mary A. Amey, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 63 MacPherson girls.

The homes that Mary Ann worked in are as follows:

Mr John McBride, Mount Forest P.O.
Mr & Mrs Marshall, Stratford
Mr TB McCarthy, Stratford
Mr Isaac Ballter, Platsville, P.O.
Mrs Madill, Stratford, Avon Street
Mrs R Peters, Brunner, P.O.
Mr & Mrs Quigley, Dobbington, P.O.
Mrs McBride, Mount Forest P.O.
Mrs James Halloelm, Hichison P.O.
Mr George Biggins, [Woodstoe] P.O.

She finally returned to England on 28 October 1892, where she worked her passage home.

She then met up with her mother, Caroline, and cared for her until she died.

On October 27, 1895, at St James the Great, Bethnal Green, London, England, a marriage was registered between Mary Ann Amey, 26, daughter of the late William John Amey; and William Benjamin Portway, widower, 42, labourer, son of the late John Portway.

William and Mary Ann Amey Portway had at least 3 children: George Charles Portway, born June 27, 1897. George joined the Army, entering the 2nd Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment and during World War I, was sent to Mesopotamia where he was killed in action on April 6, 1916 (service number 11871); Thomas William Portway, born 1899 in Bethnal Green, London, England; and Charles Benjamin Portway, born 1904 in Bethnal Green, London, England.

William Benjamin Portway died in 1908 at Bethnal Green, London, England.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-04-02 12:18:35 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-12-02 13:59:52 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 28 Entries

Surnames starting with: A »ABEN »ACRE »ADDE »ALBO »ALEX »ALLE »ALVA »ANDE »ANSL »ARMO »ASHB »ASQU »AUGH » AZZZ

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
7528	ALVAREZ, Florence Rebecca	1862	ENG, MDX, Hackney	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
7538	ALVAREZ, Jane	1860	ENG,	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
20204	ALWAY, Reginald Wilfrid	1896	ENG, GLS, Barton Regis	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
10533	ALWAY, Walter George	1912	ENG, , East Stonehouse	Sep 1924 : Melita	CAN	Barnardos
16016	ALWELL, James	1870	ENG,	Sep 1883 : Sardinian	CAN	Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)
23764	ALYWIN, E	1897	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23765	AMBROSE, Adelaide	1884	ENG,	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
18790	AMBROSE, Alfred	1912	ENG,	Mar 1927 : Melita	CAN	Salvation Army
11090	AMBROSE, Frederick Wm	1895	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
23766	AMBROSE, Harriet Annie	1899	ENG,	Jun 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
13127	AMBROSE, James	1900	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
23767	AMBROSE, Mary E	1902	ENG,	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
22778	AMBROSE, Sarah	1879	ENG,	May 1885 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10383	AMERY, Thomas Richard	1864	ENG, LND, Whitechapel	May 1881 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
20004	AMES, Albert V	1874	ENG,	Jun 1886 : Lake Superior	CAN	Barnardos
3804	AMES, Frank	1894	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3805	AMES, Henry	1896	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3803	AMES, Lizzie	1893	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
4093	AMES, Mildred Doris	1903	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3806	AMES, Sarah	1890	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
6259	AMEY, Elizabeth	1904	ENG, LDN, London	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
6260	AMEY, Mary Ann	1871	ENG, SFK, Sudbury	Aug 1882 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
8821	AMISON, Alfred	1894	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Aug 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
11505	AMOS, Bert	1914	ENG, KEN, Medway	May 1929 : Regina	CAN	Waifs & Strays
23768	AMOS, Enoch	1893	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
25270	AMOTT, James	1913	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5284	AMPHLETT, Edward George	1914	ENG, DBY, Rotherham	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
22779	ANCION, Henry	1872	ENG,	Apr 1883 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 28 Entries

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