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Record #3754
Name :
: Winifred FIFIELD (1891 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1891

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Wiltshire, Westbury
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Jun 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Winifred Fifield: Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Westbury; County: Wiltshire; Volume: 5a; Page: 138.

Winifred (later known as Eve) Fifield was the illegitimate daughter of Clara Harriet Fifield and raised by her grandmother Laura, the widow of William Fifield, a gamekeeper for the Earl of Northbrook.

In 1903, Clara falsely declared that there was no one able to provide for her daughter. Dr. Barnardo's Home accepted the child and sent her to Canada.

In 1905, W. Fifield, 13, arrived in Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 104 girls accompanied by their matron Mrs. Lloyd en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

She lived with two farm families near Kingston, Ontario under very harsh conditions. After Winifred's disappearance from her grandmother's home, the Fifield family tried to trace her. They finally located her in 1910, and then, Winifred was sent to live with a Hamilton family who treated her well and oversaw her education.

In 1919, Winifred went to China as secretary to a missionary writer. Two years later she married Arthur Joseph Heal, an employee at Thomas Cook & Son. The couple had two children.

When the Japanese invaded China in 1937, the Heal family was in England, where they remained except for a few years in Malaya after World War II. Winifred was active in charity and volunteer work throughout most of her life. But she had few inner resources because of her early abandonment. She suffered from depression and heart problems in later years and died in 1977, followed by her husband three years later.

(Information obtained from Adventures of Eve: A Mother's Castoff by Helen Coward.) 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-05-01 14:26:27 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-23 20:07:58 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4688 FERN, Elizabeth1895ENG, LDN, London Sep 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
11522 FERN, Ellen 1897ENG, LND, Fulham Aug 1906 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
11518 FERN, Lucy1892ENG,    , Fulham Sep 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
11523 FERN, William 1891ENG,    , Fulham Sep 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10085 FERNEYHOUGH, Charlotte1903ENG, STS, Newcastle under Lyme Mar 1915 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
16996 FERNSTRAND, C P 1889ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
17936 FERRAR, George1890ENG,     Jun 1896 : Siberian CAN Quarriers  
17937 FERRAR, Jenny1886ENG,     Jun 1896 : Siberian CAN Quarriers  
11193 FERRIER, William1892SCT,     May 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
9756 FERRIS, Adam1891ENG, LAN, Wigan Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
5151 FERRIS, Annie1913ENG,    , Oldham Oct 1928 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
17442 FERRIS, Francis1891ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
14980 FERRIS, Mary Emma1886ENG,     Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
21276 FERRIS, Reginald George1918ENG, WIL, Bradford upon Avon Jun 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
14122 FERRIS, Thomas1888ENG,     Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
11073 FERRIS, William1888ENG, LAN, Wigan Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
12798 FERRIS, William1915ENG,    , Middlesbrough May 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Crusade of Rescue  
7757 FERRY, Elizabeth1853ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
27452 FERRY, James1861 Aug 1872 : Sarmatian CAN Macpherson Homes  
16051 FERRYMAN, William 1871ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
21735 FESSEY, Henry1881ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
5639 FEW, Harold Nicholas1894ENG, LDN, London Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN National Childrens Home  
11404 FEW, Leslie1898ENG,    , Kensington Mar 1913 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
7630 FEWSTER, Emma1858ENG, MDX, St. Margaret's, Westminster Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
8363 FICE, Janie1898ENG,    , Kingsbridge Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos allisonlouise  
10856 FICKING, James 1888ENG,    , Stepney Oct 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
25903 FIDDES, William1886ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
9169 FIDDLING, Sarah1876ENG, LIN, Louth Jun 1885 : Polynesian CAN Barnardos  
6176 FIDGETT, Annie1882ENG,     May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
6207 FIDGETT, Louisa1884ENG,     May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
8834 FIDLER, Albert1896ENG, LDN, London Aug 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
6755 FIDLER, Beatrice R.1898ENG,    , Kensington Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23628 FIDLER, Edward1922ENG,     Aug 1937 : Andania CAN Waifs & Strays  
6756 FIDLER, Emma E.1901ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6168 FIELD, Ada1881ENG,     May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
20019 FIELD, Christopher E1871ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
27151 FIELD, Cyril  Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
20777 FIELD, Edward ENG,     May 1892 : Sardinian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
6184 FIELD, Eliza1880ENG,     May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
15334 FIELD, Elizabeth1863ENG,     Jun 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
13992 FIELD, Florence1879ENG,     Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
22881 FIELD, Horace1892ENG,     Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
12132 FIELD, John1916ENG, LND May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21174 FIELD, Kathleen May1915ENG, MDX, Hackney May 1922 : Orsova AUS Fairbridge Homes  
6415 FIELD, Mabel1900ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
14934 FIELD, Michael1884ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
7676 FIELD, Rose1859ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
22956 FIELD, William1891ENG,     May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
17569 FIELDING, Cecily 1893ENG,     Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
7321 FIELDING, Emma1874ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
23912 FIELDING, George1908ENG,     May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
16798 FIELDING, Leslie ENG,     Jul 1914 : Victorian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3754 FIFIELD, Winifred1891ENG, WIL, Westbury Jun 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
17226 FILLINGHAM, Frank1910ENG, YKS Mar 1926 : Antonia CAN National Childrens Home  
17227 FILLINGHAM, William1907ENG,     Mar 1923 : Regina CAN National Childrens Home  
6730 FILTNESS, Teddy1912ENG,    , Godstone Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN National Childrens Home  
25571 FITCHES, Eliza1894ENG, YKS, Sheffield May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
27223 O'MAHONEY, Richard   1920 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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