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Record #16673

Name :: : Alice Violet SQUIRES (1901 - 1994)
aka : Lulu Alice Squires
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 31 Aug 1901
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 3 Sep 1994

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Hackney

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Cobourg

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 23 Jun 1912
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: : Oliver; Taylor; Bessey; Halbert; Coulson

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Alice Violet Squires: Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1901; District: Hackney; County: London; Volume: 1b; Page: 460. Parents: William Charles H. Squires and Mary Ann Harrowell, married March 25, 1894, at All Angels, Hackney, London, England.

Alice Violet Squires, 2, and Amy Ella Squires, 2 months, were admitted by their mother, Mary Ann on October 22, 1903.

Barnardos reported:

Mr. Squires was "of exemplary character". He was a carman for Messrs Palmer & Co., grocers of 84 Chatsworth Road, Hackney, where he was well-liked. On February 24, 1903, he died after six days' illness from pneumonia. His wife, Mary Ann, was 33 at the time. From an Insurance Company, Mary Ann received ?21; fram a Club ?12; and ?5 was subscribed by her husband's fellow workmen.

After defraying the funeral expenses, (?7 10s), the remainder of the money supported Mary Ann and her five children (supplemented by her earnings as a charwoman) until after the birth of Amy, who was a postmumous child. On account of her approaching confinement, the mother had to give up her work, and as she had been further incapacitated by a "bad hand", her employer, Mrs. Bainton, of 57 Powerscroft Road, Hackney, was obliged to get a substitute.

Finding herself almost destitute, Mary Ann at length applied for parish relief, and was granted six loaves and a small allowance of grocery. When Barnardo's officer arrived, the children were clamouring for food, which arrived while he was there. They were living in two very small rooms, the rent of which (5/- per week) was three weeks in arrear.

The Rev. Watson, 54 Powerscroft Road, had been making efforts to get the two eldest children into a Primitive Methodist Home, at Arlesford, Hants, and they had been actually accepted. They, however, failed to pass the doctor, and had to be operated on for tonsilitis. The question of their ultimate admission was still in abeyance, and there was a great probability of the vacancies being filled up.

Being unable to support six children, Mary Ann decided to give newborn Amy and two-year-old Alice to Barnardo's Home foster parent organization. Barnardo's Home was also given the right to resettle Alice and Amy in Canada. Mary Ann raised the remaining four children at 13 Maclaren Street in Hackney.

Following her admission to Barnardo's on October 22, 1903, Alice was placed in the Girls Village Home at Barkingside in Ilford, Essex, and on November 16, 1903 was boarded out with foster parents in the village of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. She was moved from there on April 26, 1904 to foster parents in the village of Beckley in East Sussex, where she remained for nearly eight years. She returned to the Girls Village Home on February 1, 1912 for a period of four months.

On 14 June 1912, Alice left England's shores aboard the S.S. Tunisian and sailed to a new life in Canada. She arrived in Quebec on June 22, 1912. Her sister Amy was also emigrated to Canada and sailed with Alice on that date. Both lived in several, and different, foster homes in Southern Ontario.

On June 27, 1912, Alice ws placed with Mrs. Joseph Oliver, Whitfield, PO, Ontario.

On August 14, 1912, Barnardo's reported that "...They are both settled in happily in their homes."

On August 24, 1913, Barnardo's reported that Alice was a "healthy-looking girl, tall, fair, and blue eyes. Tidy and smart. Conduct and behaviour fair. Treated very kindly. Attending Presbyterian Chruch and Sunday School regularly. D. Sch. 3904B. Book 3. Nice farm home. Satisfactory room. Boarded out."

On April 3, 1914, Alice was placed with Mrs. J. P. Taylor, Cheltenham, Ontario, Canada.

In June 1915, Alice was placed with Mrs. Herbert R. Bessey, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada.

On January 22, 1916, Alice was placed with Mrs. William George Halbert, RR #1, Camilla, Ontario, Canada.

On July 18, 1916, Alice was placed with Mrs. R. Coulson, Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada.

On November 8, 1917, Barnardo's reported that Alice was "a well-grown, healthy girl, rather untidy, suitable clothes. Fairly good. Willing worker. Treated kindly. Methodist Church and Sunday School. Plain home, kindly mistress, 2 sons. Sleeps with mistress. ... Alice says she is lonely, but has a good many privileges."

On August 20, 1918, Barnardo's reported that Alice was a "well-grown, healthy girl. Needs new everyday clothes. Good worker, but headstrong. As one of family. Church and Sunday School regularly. Aged lady and two middle-aged sons. Small frame house, untidy. Sleeping arrangements most unsatisfactory. $4.00. Alice finds plenty to do here, and is dissatisfied with her wages."

On June 3, 1919, Alice was working as a "ward maid" at the Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

On January 6, 1910, Alice was placed with Mrs. Bernard Dench, R.R. #4, Lakefield, Ontario, Canada.

On May 3, 1920, Barnardo's reported that Alice was a "healthy girl, average size. Suitable clothing. Giving satisfaction so far. Kindly treated. Does not attend church at present. Good farm home. Loving couple, 4 children. Good room. ... Alice states she is out of the care of the Home. Is ungrateful. Does not wish a visitor."

In September, 1920, Alice was placed with Mrs. D. Hewitt, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.

On October 14, 1921, Alice was placed with Mrs. Crow, York Mills, Ontario, Canada.

On August 12, 1922, Alice was placed with Mrs. Harold Dynicut, Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

On November 22, 1922, Barnardo's reported that "Alice is working at above address and that her sister Amy is working in the same home."

On January 16, 1923, at Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Lulu Alice Violet Squires, 20, domestic, born in England to William Walter Squires and Mary August; and Archibald Thomas Longhurst, 20, deliveryman, born in Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, to Archibald Walter Longhurst and Fanny Esther Burton. Amy Ella Squires was a witness to the marriage.

At least 6 children were born of this marriage, including: Stanley Longhurst, born December 29, 1921, in Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, died 1965; Archibald Walter Longhurst, born November 16, 1923, in Ontario, Canada, died 1971, in Grafton, Ontario, Canada; Francis Harvey Longhurst, born October 16, 1926, in Ontario, Canada, died 1989, in Kingston Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; and Robert Lorne Longhurst, born and died in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

Alice Violet Squires Longhurst died on September 3, 1994, at the age of 93, at Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.

ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-10 20:45:16 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-09-10 22:00:42 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
8354	ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper	1885	ENG, LND, Homerton	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
18925	ABERY, Harold Thomas	1908	ENG, LND, Marylebone	Mar 1927 : Melita	CAN	Salvation Army
3078	ABIGAIL, Helen Mary	1877	ENG, LND, Pimlico	Aug 1894 : Vancouver	CAN	Colonists Aid Society
3104	ABRAMS, Frederick	1892	ENG, LND, Battersea	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
3105	ABRAMS, Reginald Edwin	1896	ENG, LND, Battersea	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
3116	ACHURCH, Florence Daisy	1901	ENG, LND, Fulham	Sep 1913 : Virginian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3123	ACKERMAN, Arthur Edward	1877	ENG, LND, Wandsworth	Jun 1888 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3124	ACKERMAN, George Abraham	1875	ENG, LND, Wandsworth	Jun 1888 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5493	ACOL, John	1920	ENG, LND, Hampstead	Nov 1932 : Balranald	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3174	ADAM, Thomas Wilkie	1893	ENG, LND, Pimlico	May 1911 : Pretorian	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
9229	ADAMS, Maud	1885	ENG, LND, Kingsland	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
8762	ADAMTHWAITE, Ethel Maud	1887	ENG, LND, Holborn	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
9959	ADAMTHWAITE, Mary Kate Jane	1886	ENG, LND	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9833	ADLINGTON, George Richard	1880	ENG, LND, Limehouse	Nov 1891 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
7340	ADLINGTON, Percival Stanley	1883	ENG, LND, Limehouse	Nov 1891 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
17049	AFFLECK, Adelaide Mary	1897	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Jun 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
10030	ALBERY, Charles Samuel	1882	ENG, LND, Battersea	Jun 1893 : Vancouver	CAN	Barnardos
9857	ALBURY, George Arthur	1884	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jun 1893 : Vancouver	CAN	Barnardos
8537	ALDEN, James Robert	1872	ENG, LND, Poplar	Aug 1884 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
8538	ALDEN, Thomas George	1878	ENG, LND, Holborn	Jul 1893 : Oregon	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
16550	ALDRIDGE, Ada Florence	1900	ENG, LND, Clapham	Jul 1911 : Sicilian		Barnardos	Niksmum
10413	ALEXANDER, Dorothy May	1903	ENG, LND, Shoreditch	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
10414	ALEXANDER, Matilda Julia	1902	ENG, LND, Shoreditch	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
8694	ALEXANDER, Rose	1898	ENG, LND, Hoxton	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
4743	ALEXANDER, Rose Mary	1873	ENG, LND, Kensington	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
8467	ALGER, Ada	1876	ENG, LND, St Olave	Jul 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
9026	ALGER, Ellen	1872	ENG, LND, St. Olave	Jul 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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