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Record #5488
Name :
: Lily Ethel CROCKFORD (1891 - 1983)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 May 1891

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 5 Jan 1983   Notes : Natural
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, London

Surrey Square
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Middlesex, London
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 25 Jul 1902
Country
: Canada

Ship
: New England

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Lily Ethel Crockford: Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: St Saviour Southwark; County: London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 160.

Lily was born on May 20, 1891 to Henry M. Crockford and Jane (or Joan) Jeffery, Surrey Square, London, England. Mabel was born on October 5, 1892 and Violet was born on April 20,1897. Nothing is known of the period from the births till their abandonment in 1899 except as their father had stated, they had been in Liverpool prior to January 1899. The sisters came under the care of one of the agencies, Annie Macpherson.

Lily, Mabel and Violet Crockford were admitted June 14, 1899, upon the application of Mrs. Price, the landlady of 11a Belvedere Road. Mrs. Price stated that their father, Harry Crockford, had deserted them on June 13, 1899, and that his wife (stepmother to the children) went away the previous day. Their father was an upholsterer and said in a letter that he was going to sea. He took the rooms (furnished) at Belvedere Road in January, 1899, and stated that he had just come from Liverpool (R.O. Report 5603). The Board on June 21, 1899, directed that a warrant be applied for against the father.

Lily, Mabel and Violet Crockford were discharged to the Lambeth Union Schools on June 16, 1899.

Lily Crockford was discharged to Barnardo's Home on May 28, 1902.

Mabel was sent to Miss MacPherson's Home for emigration on August 24, 1904.

On May 28, 1902, Lily was transferred to Bernardo?s, the best known of the agencies involved with the sending of children to Canada. From May 1902 TO July 17, 1902, lily resided at the Girls Village Home, Forget Me Not Cottage, operated by the Bernardo?s.

The next stage of her journey began on July 12, 1902. On that day as per Alfred B. Owen in an issue of ?ups and Downs?(the newsletter of the Bernardo?s in Canada), the following event was described.

?On the 12th of July the entire party paraded in front of H.R.H. Princess Henry of Battenburg, Lord Brassey, the President of the Institution and many other distinguished personages.? The 397 children were booked to leave on the SS New England and sailed on July 17, 1902 from Liverpool. The ship arrived in Boston on July 25,1902. There was a CPR train waiting to take them to Montreal. From Montreal, along with 110 other girls, Lily left for the Hazelbrae home in Peterborough, ON.

In 1902, Lily Crockford, 10, arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in a large group of 397 Barnardo children en route to Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

These are the residences where Lily resided at while in Canada:

1) O. R. Stacey, Fleetwood. Store & Postmaster
August 8, 1902 to October 31, 1903

2) Recalled to Hazelbrae
October 31, 1903 to November 11, 1903

3) W. J. Moorhead, Elin P.O., Farm.
November 11, 1903 to September 28, 1906

4) Annie McClellan, Farm
September 28, 1906 to November 1909

4) Joined her sister Mabel at Parkhill, ON
November 1909

A family story related that Lily was influential in bringing her two sisters Violet and Mabel here to Canada.

On June 16, 1911, Lily married Daniel Henry Wood, a fireman with Canadian Pacific Railway and also an immigrant from London England, with her sister Mabel as her witness.

Daniel Henry and Lily Ethel Crockford Wood had only 2 children: Kathlene Ethel Wood; and Elsie Wood.

Descendants followed: By their two daughters (One deceased), 5 grandchildren (Two deceased), 9 great grandchildren and 3 great- great grandchildren with another great ?great grandchild due in May 2010. The legacy continues.

Lily did not talk about her childhood in England and said very little about her childhood in Canada. I can only make a guess that it was a part of her journey that she did not want to remember. It was only after her death, when we began to put her story together, that we realized what her journey had been and how she came to Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-08 12:44:00 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-10-04 10:28:14 /

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26111 COATES, William John1890ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
14805 CRAON, Alice 1874ENG,     Sep 1883 : Sardinian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
14806 CRAON, David1871ENG,     Sep 1883 : Sardinian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
25566 CRAPP, Adelaide1897ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
16397 CRAPPER, James Edward Mcdermitt1909ENG, YKS, Sheffield Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
8979 CRAPPER, William 1893ENG, YKS, Sheffield May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
26015 CRASSON, William1884ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
16021 CRAVEN, Alexander Frederick1902ENG,    , Wallasey May 1915 : Scandinavian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
21628 CRAVEN, Gilbert S.1878ENG,     Apr 1891 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays  
14777 CRAWFORD, Andrew1877SCT,     Apr 1887 : Siberian CAN Quarriers  
7592 CRAWFORD, Annie1861ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
25330 CRAWFORD, Annie1883SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
13393 CRAWFORD, Bridget1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
13392 CRAWFORD, Catherine1898SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
23294 CRAWFORD, Harold1897ENG,    , ipswich May 1913 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4952 CRAWFORD, James 1910SCT, LKS, Glasgow Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
16417 CRAWFORD, James1905ENG,     Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
13391 CRAWFORD, Mary1896SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
14778 CRAWFORD, Mary1881SCT,     May 1887 : Siberian CAN Quarriers  
9329 CRAWFORD, Paul1909IRL,     Mar 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
4326 CRAWFORD, Wallace1864ENG, WAR, Birmingham Apr 1882 : Nova Scotian CAN Hertfordshire Reformatory School  
25962 CRAWFORD, William Harry1922SCT,     Nov 1929 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12037 CRAWFORS, Herbert1912ENG,     Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Barnardos  
5859 CRAWLEY, Mabel D.1888ENG, LND, Fulham Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
16449 CRAWSHAW, Ernest1914ENG, YKS, Dewsbury Apr 1923 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
10565 CRAWSHAW, Gladys1910ENG, YKS, Dewsbury May 1922 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
6598 CRAWSHAW, Harry1916ENG, YKS, Dewsbury Jul 1927 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
22049 CRAWSHAW, Leo1892ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22112 CRAWSHAW, Percy1894ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16448 CRAWSHAW, Richard1908ENG, YKS, Dewsbury Sep 1922 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
11305 CRAY, Benjamin1885ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
25511 CRAYFORD, Louis1898ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
20599 CREAD, Wilton1896 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
27649 CREASEY, Elizabeth Annie1900ENG, MDX, Enfield May 1914 : Alaunia CAN Salvation Army  
27651 CREASEY, Rose Mabel1901ENG, ESS, Maldon Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain CAN Salvation Army  
10282 CREE, Elizabeth1893SCT,    , Perth Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
5249 CREE, George1916SCT,    , Kilmarnock Mar 1930 : Scythia CAN Salvation Army  
10281 CREE, Mina1891SCT,    , Perth Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
5248 CREE, Robert1914SCT,    , Kilmarnock Mar 1930 : Scythia CAN Salvation Army  
9946 CREECH, Stanley 1899ENG, GLS, Bristol Jun 1913 : Victorian CAN Waifs & Strays  
5874 CREED, Wilton1894ENG,    , Gloucester Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
14999 CREEDON, Daniel1885ENG,     Sep 1898 : Numidian CAN Westminster Catholic Society  
10447 CREELMAN, Florence1907ENG,    , Belfast Sep 1923 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
19959 CREER, Richard1883ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
16098 CREGG, John1874ENG,     Sep 1883 : Dominion CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
19907 CREIGHTON, Robert Thomson1897SCT,    , Coatbridge Apr 1912 : Scotian CAN Quarriers  
14766 CRERAR, Susan Mein1887SCT, MLN, Edinburgh Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
26453 CRESFIELD, George1895ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4157 CRESSER, Elsie Elizabeth1898ENG, WAR, Aston Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
4158 CRESSER, Ethel May1895ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
20849 CRESSEY, Douglas1896 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
17501 CRESSEY, Henry1895ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
7990 CRESSWELL, Catherine M.1848ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
21795 CRESSWELL, Kathleen May1909ENG, LDN, London Jun 1924 : Canada CAN Waifs & Strays  
22062 CRESSWELL, R.1883ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
5246 CRESSWELL, William1914ENG,    , Havershill Mar 1930 : Scythia CAN Salvation Army  
6957 CRESSY, Dorothy Irene1901ENG, YKS, Hull Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
21870 CREW, Charles1871ENG,     Jul 1884 : Parisian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10448 CREW, Thomas Christopher1907ENG, LAN, West Derby Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
26401 CREWE, Arthur1922ENG, YKS, Wakefield Jul 1931 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
17503 CREWE, Charles William1889GBI,    , Guernsey Channel Islands  Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
18293 CREWE, James1879ENG,     Apr 1895 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
26879 CREWE, Lorna1919 Nov 1931 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
13288 CRIBB, Lucy1902ENG,    , St Marylebone Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
9611 CRIBB, Thomas1897ENG, SRY, Wandsworth Jul 1908 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
7841 CRICK, Sarah Jane1848ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
15609 CRICK, Yvonne C L1914ENG,     Jun 1924 : Ausonia CAN MacPherson Homes  
13758 CRICKMORE, Ernest1898ENG, SFK, Wangford Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
13759 CRICKMORE, Thomas1900ENG, SFK, Wangford Apr 1915 : Missanabie CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
9980 CRIDDLE, Richard1886ENG, SOM, Bedminster Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
19447 CRIER, William1874 Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
21948 CRIMMIN, James1893ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
11053 CRIPPS, Bellinda1880ENG,     May 1891 : Mongolian CAN Louisa Birt  
15901 CRIPPS, Charles W1873ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
7746 CRIPPS, Eliza1841ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
18568 CRIPPS, Robert1899ENG,     Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
11047 CRIPPS, William1877ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1891 : Mongolian CAN Louisa Birt  
24599 CRISP, Albert1890 Jun 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
17504 CRISP, Frank Edward1901ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
5370 CRISP, John T1911ENG, LDN, London Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
17505 CRISP, William Thomas1900ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
24650 CRISPIN, Ernest G.1896 Jun 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4350 CRITCHLEY, Alice1885ENG,     Sep 1893 : Circassian CAN Father O Callaghan  
9865 CRITCHLEY, Bessie1896ENG,    , Paddington May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
18970 CRITCHLEY, Rose1897ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
9859 CRITTELL, Henry William1886ENG,    , Woolwich Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
20318 CROCKER, Edward1873 Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
22633 CROCKER, Florence1895ENG,     Oct 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
4903 CROCKER, Reginald1908ENG,    , Bournemouth Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
17507 CROCKET, Henry1896ENG,     Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3407 CROCKETT, Aubrey Leonard1899ENG, SRY, South Norwood Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
5488 CROCKFORD, Lily Ethel1891ENG, MDX, London Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
5489 CROCKFORD, Mabel May1892ENG, LND, Lambeth Sep 1904 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3319 CROFT, Albert1887ENG,     Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
17502 CROFT, Edward Thomas1900ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
25055 CROFT, Elizabeth1895 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
25072 CROFT, Ethel1900 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
17506 CROFT, Henry1896ENG,     Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
26326 CROFT, John1920ENG, DUR, Hartlepool Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
24934 CROFT, Robert1898 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
11156 CROGENT, Margaret1893ENG, LAN, Ormskirk Oct 1906 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
10836 CROLL, John 1869ENG, LDN, London Aug 1882 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
21966 CROMBIE, Arthur ENG,     Apr 1925 : Athenia CAN Quarriers  
5620 CROME, Ethel 1895ENG, LDN, London Mar 1911 : Empress of Ireland CAN Unknown  
5619 CROME, Martha1889ENG, LDN, London Jun 1906 : Tunisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
5456 CROME, Maud 1896ENG,    , Westmnster Aug 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8074 CROMPTON, Frederick 1916ENG,    , Broughton in Furness Mar 1932 : Montclare CAN YMCA  
6914 CROMWELL, Walter1880ENG,    , Paddington Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
26144 CRONER, J A1893ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
20241 CRONIN, A. E.1894ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16307 CRONIN, Patrick1870ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
19644 CROOK, Ernest1884ENG,     Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
23717 CROOK, Henrietta1897ENG,     May 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22658 CROOK, Walter Robert C1906ENG,     May 1920 : Melita CAN Waifs & Strays  
5727 CROOKALL, Frederick1869ENG,     Aug 1875 : - Unknown - CAN Louisa Birt  
24230 CROOKS, Robert1855ENG,     May 1870 : Peruvian CAN Annie MacPherson Homes  
22447 CROPPER, Arthur Stanley1914ENG,     Jul 1928 : Doric CAN Church of England Waifs and Strays Association  
3360 CROSBY, Alice1895ENG,     Jun 1910 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
6034 CROSLEY, John1892ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
2888 CROSS, Ada1885ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
9750 CROSS, Albert1888ENG,     Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
17197 CROSS, Constance1899ENG,     May 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
20438 CROSS, Eliza1895 May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
25734 CROSS, Elizabeth1895ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
25716 CROSS, Emily1898ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
25056 CROSS, Florence1897 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
24958 CROSS, George1900 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
2999 CROSS, Gwendoline1900ENG,     May 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
6656 CROSS, Henry1917ENG, LDN, London Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
17673 CROSS, Herbert E1897ENG,     May 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10513 CROSS, Horace1911ENG,     Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
20847 CROSS, James1896ENG,     Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22363 CROSS, James1899ENG,     Oct 1910 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
6657 CROSS, Leslie1918ENG, LDN, London Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
6104 CROSS, Louisa1882ENG,     Aug 1895 : Numidian CAN Maria Rye  
6346 CROSS, Percy Vincent1897ENG,     Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
17509 CROSS, Samuel Arthur1895ENG,     Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
17377 CROSS, William1891ENG,     Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
23691 CROSS, William1895ENG,     Aug 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22517 CROSSETT, George James1906ENG,     Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
9330 CROSSING, Doris1902ENG, DBY, West Derby Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
21341 CROSSING, Freda1906ENG,     Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
21343 CROSSING, Gladys1904ENG,     Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
5705 CROSSING, Norman Mason1900ENG, LAN, West Derby Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
12036 CROSSMAN, Leslie R E 1912ENG, SOM, Wells Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Barnardos  
14843 CROTAZ, Ernest Arthur1913ENG,    , Westminster Sep 1924 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
17512 CROUCH, Ethel1898ENG,     Jul 1910 : Virginian CAN MacPherson Homes  
15179 CROUCH, Maud1899ENG,     Jul 1910 : Virginian CAN MacPherson Homes  
21731 CROUCHER, Henry1884ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10883 CROUCHER, Lydia1872ENG,    , South Stoneham Sep 1887 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8970 CROW, Albert Royal1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
12464 CROW, Percy1887ENG,     Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
27195 CROWE, Doris May1925ENG, ESS, Colchester May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
24578 CROWE, William B.1895 Jun 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3945 CROWLEY, Charles Frederick1898ENG, SSX, Brighton Oct 1915 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
14989 CROWLEY, Jeremiah1873ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Colonization Fund, London  
16308 CROWLEY, John 1870ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
25683 CROWLEY, John1898ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
3946 CROWLEY, William Vincent1896ENG, SSX, Brighton Oct 1915 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
25913 CROWN, William1889ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
24149 CROWTHER, Richard1853ENG,     May 1870 : Scandinavian CAN Boy's Home Great Queen Street, London  
15044 CROWTHER, Samuel1884ENG,     Sep 1897 : Numidian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
14273 CROXFORD, Edith1891ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
9135 CROXTON, John1898ENG, LEI, Leicester Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
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