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Record #12645

Name :: : Elizabeth May SMEES (1890 - )
aka : May
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : Nov 1890
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Portsea

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

NotesTSS Dominion that brought Elizabeth May Smees to her new life in Canada?s fair land in September 1903.

The "Dominion" of 1899 was built in 1893 by Harland and Wolff of Belfast as the "Prussia" for the German Hamburg - America Line. She was a 5965 gross ton ship, length 445.5ft x beam 50.2ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. Accommodation for 60-1stclass and 1,800-3rd class passengers. She was launched on November 11, 1893 but her completion was delayed by a strike (they even had them in those days!) and she didn't leave Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Havre and New York until June 24,1894. She stayed on this service until her last voyage on February 6 1898 when she was sold to the British Dominion Line and renamed "Dominion". She was rebuilt with a tonnage of 6618 tons and accommodation for 200-1st, 170-2nd, and 750-3rd class passengers and commenced sailing Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal on May 7,1898. In 1908 she went to the American Line, was further altered to carry 370-2nd and 750-3rd class passengers and was put onto their Liverpool-Philadelphia service until May 1915. She did some intervening Dominion Line sailings and in 1918 did her first voyage after the Armistice from Liverpool to Portland on December 2, 1918. In the autumn of 1919 she was used as a cargo ship only and on February 26, 1921 she made her last trip from Liverpool to Portland and was scrapped in Germany in 1922. (North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1)

It looks as though her stay at Hazelbrae was only a very short affair. For Elizabeth found herself living, in 1904, with Mr & Mrs Freeman at Merrickville, Ontario, Canada.

She is then found on the 1911 Census in Leeds, Ontario. The return is a little difficult to decipher but May is working as a domestic for a Scottish couple whose forenames are Wallas & Mary. It looks as though she only worked 12 weeks in 1910 & had a total income of $42. Her normal working week was 60 hours & she could read & write.

2 years later, Elizabeth married Daniel Snow on the 01 Oct 1913 at the Rectory, Welland, Ontario. He was the son of Daniel Snow and Louisa Turner. Daniel was born on the 01 Oct 1882 in Reading, Berkshire, England. He was a fellow native Englishman. Daniel had been living in Welland since the 1st September 1910. He was 5 foot 5 inches tall & had brown eyes & hair, with a fair complexion.

Daniel joined the 98th Battalion of the Canadian Overseas Expeditory Force on the 16th January 1916 to serve in World War 1. At this time the Snow family was living at 58 First Street, Welland, Ontario. His civilian occupation was an Engine Driver. He had previously served 12 years in the Rifle Brigade before joining the Canadian Overseas Expeditory Force.

The last mention that I have found regarding Daniel & Elizabeth (who became known as May) Snow was in the Niagara Falls Gazette, Saturday 2 October 1937. An article entitled Make Plans For Falls Activities. This mentioned that guests, this week of Mr & Mrs Daniel Snow were Mr & Mrs A Smees & son, Roy, of Hamilton, Mr & Mrs C Snow & daughter Gladys, of Norwich, Mr & Mrs Arthur Snow & daughter Dorothy, of Galt, & Mr & Mrs Albert Snow & son, Grant, of Thorold township.

Elizabeth May Smees is the most elusive of my group of British Home Children. I haven?t been able to trace her more than this (But I live in hope)

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3150	ACRES, Ada	1864	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
7448	ADAMS, Ernest Alfred	1889	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
9986	ADDERLEY, Edward George	1890	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
17765	ADLAM, Edwin Walter	1899	ENG, HAM, Fareham	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17766	ADLAM, Thomas Albert	1901	ENG, HAM, Fareham	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6798	AINSLIE, Daisy Ann	1890	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5146	ALDWORTH, Cecil John	1915	ENG, HAM, Christchurch	Oct 1928 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
5145	ALDWORTH, Sidney Francis	1912	ENG, HAM, Christchurch	Oct 1928 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
9776	ALLEN, Bertha Ethel	1886	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
15306	ALLEN, Bessie May	1888	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
4093	AMES, Mildred Doris	1903	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
10896	ANNALL, Frederick William	1901	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
25954	ARMSTRONG, Benjamin John Emmerson	1918	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Nov 1929 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes	splmum , Pinjarra1929
27393	ASHWORTH, Gordon Herbert Charles	1943	ENG, HAM, Alton	Jan 1949 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
27392	ASHWORTH, Maurice Benedict	1941	ENG, HAM, Aldershot	Jan 1949 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17310	AYLWIN, Arthur Edmund	1893	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17059	AYLWIN, Bertie	1898	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17311	AYLWIN, Ernest Edward	1896	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10932	BAKER, George Edward Windsor	1937	ENG, HAM, Southampton	May 1948 : Empire Brent (formerly Letitia II)	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17978	BANKS, Edmund Charles	1895	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
17323	BANKS, Harry Albert	1893	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
17980	BANKS, Mabel	1890	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Oct 1903 : Dominion		Barnardos
3442	BASHFORD, Albert Edward	1886	ENG, HAM, Isle of Wight	Jun 1891 : Vancouver	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
3441	BASHFORD, Charlotte	1881	ENG, HAM, Isle of Wight	Jun 1891 : Vancouver	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
8855	BIDDLECOMBE, Annie	1886	ENG, HAM, Dibden	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10070	BLACKMAN, Phillip	1882	ENG, HAM, Gosport	Apr 1892 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
7165	BLANDFORD, Elizabeth	1856	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7042	BLANDFORD, Frances Amelia	1859	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
16647	BLANDFORD, Kate Jane	1861	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1872 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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