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Record #16706
Name :
: Alice Lydia ELSOM (1882 - 1940)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 4 Dec 1882

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1940
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 2 Oct 1897
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Labrador

Placement Family
: Miss J.A. Templeton Armstrong
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesAlice was the daughter of Walter William Elsom 1861 ? 1885 and Alice Maud Bullock 1862 ? 1901.
She was born on Dec 4, 1882 and was admitted to Barnardo's on Sept 30 1889. Her mother signed the "Canada Clause". In 1892 she was boarded out in Stretham, Cambrdigeshire, Englad as a domestic servant. In 1897 she was returned to Barkingside.

On October 2 1897 Alice arrived in Canada aboard the SS Labrador and was boarded out to Miss J. A. Templeton Armstrong, a farmer in Port Dover, Ontario. She would then go to a Mrs. Jonathan Schofield as a domestic servant. By April 30 1900 she was returned to Hazel Brae, then went to Returned to Barnardo's Hazelbrae Home; boarded out 14 May to Mrs. D.W. Saunders, 26 Feb 1901 to Mrs. Palmer; 26 Jun 1901 to Mrs. Cameron; 20 Aug 1901 to Mrs. Cassels; 11 Mar 1904 to Mrs. Henwood - all in Toronto.

On September 14 1904 Alice married Arthur Roberts with whom she had one child. Arthur died in 1908 and on Oct 18 1909 she married Frederick George Allen. Three more children would follow. The family would eventually relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where Alice died in 1940 at the age of 58. 
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8769 ELSDEN, Vera May1902ENG, ESX, West Ham Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
17398 ELSEY, William1888ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
27838 ELSHAW, Walter1891ENG,    , Sheffield, Yorkshire Apr 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos JMann  
27837 ELSHAW, William1889ENG,    , Sheffield, Yorkshire Apr 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos JMann  
11854 ELSLEY, Herbert 1872ENG,    , Chertsey May 1886 : Vancouver CAN National Childrens Home  
24091 ELSMORE, Joseph1909ENG,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
16706 ELSOM, Alice Lydia1882ENG,     Oct 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
6416 ELSON, Charles 1899ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
5067 ELSTUB, George1916ENG, YKS, Wakefield Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
9856 ELSWORTH, Daisy1901ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
12700 ELVERY, Henry1884ENG, LDN, London Mar 1892 : Carthaginian CAN Barnardos  
9842 ELVIN, Daisy1892ENG,     Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
15596 ELVIN, Florence Lillian1913ENG,     Jul 1923 : Caronia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
15586 ELVIN, John W1910ENG,     Jul 1921 : Minnedosa CAN MacPherson Homes  
24092 ELVIS, James1902ENG,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
26642 ELY, Edward1927ENG, WAR, Birmingham S. Dec 1934 : Baradine AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12040 ELY, George1910ENG,     Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Barnardos  
24155 EMBERSON, Alfred1852ENG,     May 1870 : Scandinavian CAN Boy's Home Great Queen Street, London  
18422 EMBLEM, Albert1895ENG,     Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
6381 EMERTON, Charles Edward1910ENG,    , Hatfield Jun 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
9647 EMERY, Isabella1899ENG,     Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
14495 EMERY, John1912WAL, MON, Bedwelty Oct 1927 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
12613 EMERY, Norman1906WAL,    , Conway Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
7000 EMERY, Sarah1859ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
9077 EMERY, Walter 1914ENG, KEN Jul 1928 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Barnardos  
12875 EMERY, William1883ENG,     Oct 1895 : Vancouver CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
19037 EMMA, Wood1904ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
11132 EMME, Albert1895ENG, ESX, West Ham May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10164 EMMERSON, Albert Lewis1893ENG, ESS, Lexden Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
4257 EMMERSON, Bert1909ENG,     Jun 1924 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
25964 EMMERSON, Howard John1917ENG, DEV, St Thomas Nov 1929 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
6487 EMMERSON, Martha1886ENG,     Oct 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
10436 EMMERSON, Sidney George1911ENG, LDN, London Mar 1923 : Regina CAN National Childrens Home  
26643 EMMERSON, Thomas William1923ENG, DUR, Auckland Dec 1934 : Baradine AUS Fairbridge Homes  
10163 EMMERSON, Victor Ernest1895ENG, ESS, Lexden Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
21116 EMMERSON, W1888ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
19676 EMMIE, Albert 1896ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10941 EMMS, Thomas 1895ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
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