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Record #4597

Name :: : Alice Trixie RUTTY (1893 - )
aka : Griffin
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1893
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Brighton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 2 Oct 1903
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Alice Trixie Rutty: Year of Registration: 1893; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Brighton; County: Sussex, East Sussex; Volume: 2b; Page: 20

A possible sibling Ernest born 1895 was admitted to Strand Union School at Edmonton on 24 June 1908, address of mother unknown, he was transferred on 15 March 1911 to the Infirmary. He had previously been admitted on several occasions to the Infirmary between 1900 and 1905. He was stated as being born in Brighton. In 1901 Census, he was aged 6 and a patient in Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary. Battersea, London. In 1911, He was aged 16 and an inmate in Wandsworth Union Infirmary.

In 1901, Alice Trixie Rutty, 7 years of age, was shown as a pupil at Dr. Barnardos Home, Ilford, Essex, England. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 1652; Folio: 86; Page: 12.)

In 1903, A. J. Rutty, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 127 Barnardo girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

42701-26 Harold Vivian LANCASTER, 20, motor mechanic, Peterboro, 266 Simcoe St. same, s/o Vivian William (b. Canada) & Annie Jane, married Alice Trixie RUTTY, 30, clock maker, Brighton England, 435 Rogers St. Peterboro, d/o parent's names unknown, witn: Annie Jane & V. W. LANCASTER both of 2 Crescent Ave. Peterboro on Nov. 6, 1926 at Peterboro

In "Nation Builders: Barnardo Children in Canada" by Gail Helena Corbett, (Published by Dundurn Press Ltd., 2002, ISBN 1550023942, 9781550023947, 133 pages) Alice Rutty Griffin wrote:

"1903

They took me in and I had a little blue muffler and coat. I was six and I was crying. They sent me to the Girls' Village Home, a beautiful place with rows and rows of cottages each named after a flower. My cottage was Honey Suckle Cottage. After that I went to be boarded out at Aunt Patti's who got paid for keeping us Barnardo Children and sending us to school each day. One day they took me from her and sent me and some other girls to Stepney Causeway where they fitted us for Canada.

Mr. A. B. Owen, the head Canadian man came to get us. We were so excited to get a ride on the boat that we didn't worry much. As we came close to the Canadian shoreline the trees were splendid with colour and I remember saying "Do trees grow like this in Canada?" I was ten years old. We arrived in Montreal and I can remember sitting on the floor in the Montreal Station, our bags scattered all around us. Finally, we arrived at Peterborough. We had trunks with our full name and number on the front and in the trunk we had clothes, a Bible, a Sankey Hymn Book and a toy.

First, they placed me out at a farm and by 12 years old I had matured into young womanhood which frightened me terribly having not knowledge of it. My periods stopped and the farm woman accused me of playing around with the hired boy as we worked in the fields side by side. She took me to the village doctor and sent me back to Hazelbrae complaining that there was something physically wrong with me.. The Hazelbrae doctor prescribed medicine and soon things were back to normal.

Out I went again, this time I stayed only 2 months and took down with rheumatism and the doctor said I was in a very run down condition so they sent me back to the Home where I stayed for a year to get built up. My nerves were so bad since childhood that bed wetting was an embarrassing problem. In England we were punished for bed wetting and at the Home in Peterborough I had to stand in the hallway while all the children filed past. I hid my face in my pinafore for shame. When I was older the doctor attending me traced my problem back to the childhood punishments and severe nervous condition which had developed. My condition was so run down that I remember one farm woman rubbing my cheeks to get them rosy before the visiting lady from the Home arrived.

Finally they sent me to a maiden lady and her mother where I stayed for 15 years. The woman had to work in the woolen mill to support herself and her mother. The burdochs had grown right to her back door. Each day, I would take the sickel [sic] and work the burdochs back. Then I dug a small garden patch further back each year until finally Miss ____ had a man plough it. I loved to cut the wood with a cross cut saw securing the log with my foot, whistling away, happy as a lark. I guess I would have stayed there forever, except one day a friend came to me and said: "Listen, are you going to stay with Miss ____ all your life? You come out and get a place of your own. In fact I know a place for you at Dr. and Mrs. ____."

At the doctor's I was treated like a maid for the first time in my life. I lived in back quarters and used back stairs and was never premitted [sic] to be with them. For weeks I would return to my room and cry and write to Miss ____. But I could not go back.

Often I thought about Hazelbrae, those big trees and the wide meadow, and the hill we used to roll down and the Christmas I stayed, the splendid dinner, Christmas pudding and everything. even the ladies came and ate with us. On the 24th of May and holidays the Home would have a party out on the large lawn under the trees, we would have tea together. Sometimes Old Girls would come back to the Home to renew acquaintances.

I never heard about or from my own people. Finally I sent to Somerset House to see if I'd been registered and I found out from them that my father was registered as a travelling jeweller and died when I was one year old leaving two brothers and my mother who remarried. I wondered about my mother and Barnardo said that they were very sorry but she had never inquired for me since she took me to Stepney Causeway."

ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-07 10:39:03 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-08-22 05:06:16 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
27311	BRIDGES, Betty Marion Russell	1927	ENG,	Jun 1939 : Strathaird	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
27312	BRIDGES, Charles Alwyn Russell	1929	ENG,	Jun 1939 : Strathaird	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
26518	RAFF, Joseph H	1895	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
19990	RUSSEL, Maurice	1914	ENG,	Mar 1930 : Albertic	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
23396	RUSSELL, Ada	1896	ENG,	May 1907 : Victorian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
16763	RUSSELL, Albert	1888	ENG,	May 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12935	RUSSELL, Alfred	1886	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Vancouver	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
21262	RUSSELL, Alice L	1903	ENG,	Jun 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
3362	RUSSELL, Annie	1899	ENG,	Jun 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
13258	RUSSELL, Arthur	1900	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
27585	RUSSELL, Charles	1863	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	1881 : Manitoban	CAN	Marchmont Homes
3712	RUSSELL, David Moffatt	1893	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
4059	RUSSELL, Elizabeth	1908	ENG,	May 1914 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
23394	RUSSELL, Ellen		SCT,	May 1907 : Virginian	CAN	Father Hudsons Homes
25090	RUSSELL, Emily	1896		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
10762	RUSSELL, Emma	1867	ENG,	Jun 1880 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
21340	RUSSELL, Frances M	1899	ENG,	Jun 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
12508	RUSSELL, Frank M	1897	WAL, , Pontypridd	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
20659	RUSSELL, Gertrude	1899	ENG,	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
26674	RUSSELL, Harriet	1899		Oct 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
24609	RUSSELL, Hugh	1895		Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
21656	RUSSELL, Jesse	1877	ENG,	Sep 1890 : Sardinian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
15041	RUSSELL, Laurence	1887	ENG,	Sep 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
6323	RUSSELL, Margery	1895	ENG,	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
18095	RUSSELL, Mark	1900	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
14042	RUSSELL, Mary	1893	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18962	RUSSELL, Mary	1891	ENG,	May 1905 : Bavarian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
16782	RUSSELL, Robert	1896	IRL, ANT, Belfast	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6407	RUSSELL, Sarah	1900	ENG,	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
21164	RUSSELL, Sidney	1914	ENG,	May 1922 : Orsova	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
24684	RUSSELL, Sidney	1895		Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
2788	RUSSELL, Thomas	1879	SCT,	Apr 1888 : Carthaginian	CAN	Quarriers
3713	RUSSELL, Thomas	1894	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
21107	RUSSELL, Thomas	1889	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
23397	RUSSELL, Victor	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
22155	RUSSELL, W. J.	1889	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
23395	RUSSELL, William Henry	1893	ENG, LND, Hammersmith	Jun 1906 : Virginian	CAN	Louisa Birt
7038	RUSSNER, Henry	1857	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
7036	RUSSNER, Robert	1860	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
11163	RUSSON, Eunice	1891	ENG,	Jun 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
8795	RUTH, Sidney	1900	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8794	RUTH, Stanley	1900	ENG, , Hoxne	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
4308	RUTHERAM, John	1890	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
20374	RUTHERFORD, E.	1892	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
18091	RUTHERFORD, William J.	1885	ENG,	Apr 1899 : Carthaginian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
21415	RUTLAND, Charles E	1877	ENG,	Jul 1890 : Sardinian	CAN	Unknown
15837	RUTLAND, William	1896	ENG,	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
14340	RUTLEDGE, Ernest	1888	ENG,	Jul 1899 : Lake Huron	CAN	Barnardos
14902	RUTLEY, Rosina	1894	ENG,	May 1904 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
13942	RUTT, Frederick	1874	ENG,	Aug 1887 : Toronto	CAN	Church Emigration Society
3566	RUTT, Percy Andrew	1897	ENG, WIL, Grafton	Sep 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
20098	RUTTER, Walter Charles	1874	ENG,	Jun 1886 : Lake Superior	CAN	Barnardos
4597	RUTTY, Alice Trixie	1893	ENG, SSX, Brighton	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23976	RYALL, Albert	1909	ENG,	May 1920 : Minnedosa	CAN	Middlemore
11350	RYALL, John	1945	WAL,	Sep 1952 : Ormonde	AUS	Nazareth House (Swansea)
23858	RYALL, Lilian	1893	ENG,	Oct 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
14251	RYAN, Andrew	1886	ENG,	Aug 1899 : Laurentian	CAN	Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee
24521	RYAN, Ethel	1896		Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22023	RYAN, Fred	1880	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
22239	RYAN, James	1871	ENG,	Jun 1886 : Circassian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
26344	RYAN, Jessie	1892	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
14077	RYAN, John	1887	ENG,	Oct 1900 : Numidian	CAN	Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee
21474	RYAN, John Henry	1891		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
16158	RYAN, Mark	1880	ENG,	Jun 1894 : Mongolian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
15211	RYAN, Martin Joseph	1882	ENG,	1886 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
15264	RYAN, Mary	1864	ENG,	Mar 1882 : Polynesian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
13516	RYAN, Patrick	1873	ENG,	Jul 1887 : Sarmatian	CAN	Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee
15915	RYAN, Sarah	1877	ENG,	Jun 1884 : Polynesian	CAN	Catholic Protection Society	Harriet Jarman
22039	RYAN, Walter	1882	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
18595	RYAN, William	1898	ENG,	Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
15525	RYANS, John		ENG,	- Unknown -	CAN	Unknown
15378	RYCROFT, William	1863	ENG,	1872 : - Unknown -	CAN	Maria Rye
21014	RYDE, Francis	1888	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
10610	RYE, Alfred John	1908	ENG, KEN, Dover	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
18426	RYE, Arthur	1898	ENG,	Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
27220	RYE, Edna	1924		May 1933 : Otranto	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
18560	RYE, Percy Stephen	1901	ENG,	Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19146	RYLEY, Elizabeth	1891	ENG,	Aug 1901 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
16644	RYLEY, John George Rutherford	1893	IRL, ANT, Belfrast	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
16528	RYLEY, Rachel Ropes	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
19605	RYONS, Agnes	1882	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
19739	RYONS, Jessie	1880	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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