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Record #3856
Name :
: Margaret Aliza DUDDY (1881 - 1963)


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Date of Birth
: 23 Jan 1881

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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 2 Jun 1963
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Manchester
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 24 Aug 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Canada

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Agency
: United British Womens Emigration Association
NotesMargaret Aliza DUDDY, my paternal grandmother, was born in Manchester, England, on 23 January, 1881. The only child of Irishman John DUDDY and English woman Elizabeth Paine to come to this country. Margaret, at age 24, was older than the other children accompanying her. She was trained as a ?milliner?, a term we usually associate with women?s hats, however, it had a broader connotation in those times. *

Customers visiting a millinery shop could buy clothes such as undergarments, shirts, children's clothing, caps, aprons, hats, gloves, and stockings. Milliners also sold sewing items such as fabric, buttons, and lace trim. Gifts and items for babies were also available. Silk, wood, linen, and cotton were for sale. Milliners' tools included needles, thimbles, scissors, and irons. Most milliners were women. Girls 11-18 years of age learned cutting, fitting, sewing, ironing, mending, and how to do laundry as apprentices. The milliners taught these young girls how to read, write and do math as well. Margaret?s official destination was Toronto, via Montreal. She arrived 24 August 1905 aboard the SS CANADA, a small ship of the Dominion Lines. She was listed as a member of one of Mrs. Ellen Joyce?s ?parties?. These ?parties?, often as large as 50-60 persons, were held monthly during summer for the purpose of exporting children to Canada and Australia under the auspices of the British Women?s Emigration Association. The BWEA, as it came to be known, did this for a number of years. There were as many as eight of ?Mrs. Joyce?s Parties? in 1905 alone. Each group was accompanied by a matron or chaperone. If there were costs for participants involved I have yet to discern them.

Grandma LAMPHIER, as I knew her, was always sweet and cheerful, yet one could feel her staunch British resoluteness just below the surface. When times worsened, this determination held her family together.

Upon Margaret?s arrival in the New World, she spent little time above the north shore of Lake Ontario, and by 1906 she sought summer employment at one of the many hotels that dotted the shores of Keuka Lake, a popular and charming resort area in New York State?s Finger Lakes region. Margaret was later quoted as saying she enjoyed her service of housekeeping because she liked meeting the various hotel guests. As fate would have it, this is where she met the man she would marry in June, Bert Lamphier. During the years their children Albert, Gertrude, and Mildred were growing up, Margaret provided stability to her family as they traveled all over central, New York State, following Bert as he sought employment in the itinerant, unskilled labor market. He would eventually leave his family and vanish in 1923.

Family lore states that Margaret eventually found employment with a wealthy FINUCANE family. It is unknown whether they were from Canada or the United States, but possibly they were the reason Margaret came to live in Yates County, New York, as it was well known that wealthy families summered in the Finger Lakes area.

Margaret died in 1963, and while it was common knowledge she had British roots, all she ever said was that she arrived as a teenager around the turn of the century accompanied by a female friend who later returned to England. Margaret never disclosed any details of her voyage to North America.

There are presently two grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and eight great, great, grandchildren of Margaret living in the United States; they range from 79 years to five years of age. A number of whom are college graduates and several hold advanced degrees. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-05-31 10:45:48 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-02 16:29:44 /

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25324 DREW, Allison1882SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
21718 DREW, Ernest1884ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
15512 DREW, Ernest Edward1905ENG,     Oct 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
19562 DREW, Francis1886ENG,     May 1895 : Parisian CAN Annie Macpherson Homes  
9481 DREW, Samuel 1884ENG,    , St Germans Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
9999 DREWETT, Daisy E1886ENG, LDN, London Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
10000 DREWITT, Walter H1883ENG,    , New Cross Jul 1894 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
9126 DREYER, Horatio J1893ZA_,     Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
26112 DRINKWATER, A W1894ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
27198 DRINKWATER, Basil Aylen1921ENG, GLS, Evesham May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26328 DRINKWATER, Beresford Douglas1918ENG, WOR, Evesham, Offenham Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26253 DRINKWATER, Donald Ivan1925ENG, WOR, Evesham Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
14399 DRISCOLL, Cornelius1880ENG,     Jun 1895 : Mongolian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
16063 DRISCOLL, Cornelius1868ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
20646 DRISCOLL, Emma1902ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
12100 DRISCOLL, George Edward1915ENG, LND, Shoreditch May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
7051 DRISCOLL, James1866ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN MacPherson Homes  
16269 DRISCOLL, James1872ENG,     Jul 1885 : Sarmatian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
20737 DRISCOLL, Jane1894ENG,     Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
14394 DRISCOLL, John1882ENG,     Jun 1895 : Mongolian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
15039 DRISCOLL, John1883ENG,     Sep 1897 : Numidian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
20736 DRISCOLL, Mary1893ENG,     Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
20738 DRISCOLL, Patrick ENG,     May 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4741 DRISCOLL, Sarah1872ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4004 DRISCOLL, Thomas1871ENG,     Jul 1886 : Polynesian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
4003 DRISCOLL, William1872ENG,     Jul 1886 : Polynesian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
5289 DRIVER, Ernest1913ENG, LAN, Royton Aug 1930 : Duchess of York CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
8075 DRIVER, John1915ENG, YKS, Leeds Mar 1932 : Montclare CAN YMCA  
18963 DRIVER, Michael1891ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
4111 DRIVER, Violet Muriel1904ENG, MDX, Edmonton Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
26454 DRIVER, William1896ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4110 DRIVER, William Thomas1902ENG, MDX, Edmonton Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
12484 DROPSEY, George 1892ENG,    , Poplar Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26738 DRUMMOND, Alfred1904 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
13394 DRUMMOND, Grace1902SCT,     Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
26737 DRUMMOND, John1902 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
11805 DRUMMOND, William McQueen1893SCT,    , Stirling Sep 1906 : Tunisian CAN Louisa Birt  
2762 DRURY, Henry1875ENG,     Sep 1882 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
8037 DRURY, Mary1853ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
22460 DRURY, Richard George1874ENG,     Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
12118 DRURY, Victor Adrian1919ENG, ESS, West Ham Dec 1928 : Bendigo AUS Fairbridge Homes  
4149 DRYDEN, Charles Frederick1900ENG, NTT, Nottingham Apr 1915 : Metagama CAN Labourers & Domestics  
23318 DRYDEN, Mary Stein1878ENG,    , Edinburgh May 1887 : Peruvian CAN Emma Stirling  
26845 DRYDEN, William Thomas1924ENG, NBL, Tynemouth Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
9596 DRYSDALE, Barbara 1909ENG,    , Newcastle upon Tyne Jul 1924 : Caronia CAN MacPherson Homes  
6451 DUBB, Ernest1890ENG,     Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
21095 DUBBIN, R1887ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
21110 DUBBIN, Victor1890ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
4524 DUCE, Edith1902ENG,     Mar 1914 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
4955 DUCHAN, Neil1910ENG,    , Dumbarton Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
3857 DUCK, Albert Rice1905ENG, MDX, Lambeth, London Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
3854 DUCK, Arthur Owen1903ENG, MDX, Lambeth, London Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
11533 DUCKE, Maud1879ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
8651 DUCKERS, Emma1910ENG, CHS, Birkenhead Jul 1925 : Athenia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
2682 DUCKETT, Ellen1877ENG,     Oct 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
2677 DUCKETT, John Henry1883ENG, LAN, Liverpool Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
6450 DUCKHAM, Blanche1887ENG,    , Plymouth Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos cardinalcanary  
17543 DUCKHOUSE, Albert Edward1901ENG, WAR, Solihull Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos alhal  
17542 DUCKHOUSE, Stephen1897ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos alhal  
7609 DUCKLING, Elizabeth1859ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
5356 DUCKWORTH, William1910ENG,     Jun 1924 : Montreal CAN Salvation Army  
5856 DUCLES, Margaret1893ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
3856 DUDDY, Margaret Aliza1881ENG, LAN, Manchester Aug 1905 : Canada CAN United British Womens Emigration Association  
9344 DUDMAN, Bert1892ENG,    , St Saviour Southwark Mar 1909 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
17977 DUDMAN, Edward S ENG,     Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
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