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Record #16186

Name :: : Edward BURRIS (1880 - )
aka : Edward Burries
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1880 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Notting Hill

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Apr 1893
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Vancouver
Placement Family: : Sills

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)

NotesA birth registration was found for Edward Burris: Date: 1880; Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Kensington; County: London; Volume: 1a; Page: 109. Parents: Thomas Burris and Sarah Ellen Robinson, married December 5, 1863, at Whitechapel, Middlesex, England.

Thomas Burris, hawker, died on May 28, 1883, in Kensington, London, England, aged 44.

Sarah Robinson Burris, widow of Thomas, died on March 3, 1892, of 76 Southam Street, Kensington, London, England, aged 48.

Edward Burris emigrated, aged 12, to Canada from Chelsea Union with Rev Wallace on 29 March 1893.

1893

Mrs Wallace

Dear Friend

Just write a few lines to you letting you know that I am quite well. I hope you are well. Thank you for your presents you sent me. I hunt up my stocking. On Christmas I got Candies and a sugar ?ne. I went to the Christmas Tree I spoke a piece and sung with the other children ..... a present. I go to Sunday school. I go to school every day. I went to the Stirling ........ . I can gang-plough, drag-horse, rake ....., milk the cows. I helped to make ....... sugar. I can feed the cattle. I would rather be here than I would be there.

I am very happy. I have lots of fun with the other boys. We have a hand sleigh. I draw a boy we have name Chester Sills and a little girl name Mable Sills. Richard Reed and I had some fun at the fair it was ten cents to go in I had thirty five cents. I ........ than I ever had in my life. But I would like you to send down my money when you write, write as soon as you can to West Huntingdon. This is all I have to say at present from your truly friend Edward Burris, West Huntingdon

October 28 1893

Edward has grown during the Summer and looks well. He is a clever chap and rapidly learning to be useful on the farm. Attends church. Rather untruthful at first but much improved lately

November 13 1894

Ed was milking the cows and appears to be getting along nicely. has a good home which he would not care to leave. He is well liked by Mr and Mrs S and is very kind to the ladies. He will attend school this winter. Is a regular attendant at Sunday school and church

November 27 1895, with Hartford Sills

Mr John Sills is dead and his son is working the farm Edward is staying with him and getting on nicely. Has grown very fast and is in good health. Attended school 4 months and got on well, in 3rd reader. Is becoming quite useful to Mr Sills. Corresponds with friends in the Old Country.

November 21 1896, with Hartford Sills,

Old Mr Sills is dead but Edward is with his son in the same place, he seems well satisfied, has a good home and will be well trained to all kinds of farm work. He is not a very strong heavy boy but is healthy. Goes to school and is in 3rd reader, also attends church and Sunday school regularly

ContributorsCreated : 2012-04-10 15:32:45 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-05-25 20:42:45 /

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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
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3035	ABBOTT, Geoffrey Robinson	1898	ENG, MDX, Paddington	Mar 1912 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Sailing Alone
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
27033	ABBOTT, Harry Franz	1917	ENG, MDX, Hendon	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3082	ABEL, Walter John	1869	ENG, MDX, London	Aug 1884 : Sarmatian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
3133	ACLAND, Arthur Edward	1874	ENG, MDX, Holloway	Apr 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
5391	AKERMAN, Martha Rosina	1891	ENG, MDX, St. Giles	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
9843	ALBON, Frank Baldwin	1889	ENG, MDX, Staines	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4649	ALBON, Mildred Margaret	1891	ENG, MDX, Teddington	Jun 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
16328	ALLMAN, Sophia Mary Ann	1875	ENG, MDX, St. George in the East	Jun 1885 : Lake WWnnipeg	CAN	Middlemore
3517	ALLUM, Jessie Maud	1899	ENG, MDX, Hillingdon Heath	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10946	ALLWRIGHT, Bertha Isabella	1869	ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town	Jun 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
10947	ALLWRIGHT, Phoebe	1871	ENG, MDX, Poplar	Jun 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
7528	ALVAREZ, Florence Rebecca	1862	ENG, MDX, Hackney	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
3801	ANSELL, Alan Joseph	1894	ENG, MDX, Whitechapel, London	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3800	APPLEBY, Nelson F.	1910	ENG, MDX, Lewisham, London	Jun 1924 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
2934	ARMINGER, Eleanor Florence	1886	ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town	Mar 1895 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
22113	ATKINS, Valentine	1915	ENG, MDX, Edmonton	May 1931 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
3080	AUBURN, John George	1855	ENG, MDX, London	May 1872 : Varuna	CAN	Shoe Black Brigade
3680	AYRE, Arthur	1896	ENG, MDX, Stoke Newington, London	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3681	AYRE, Elsie	1892	ENG, MDX, Islington, London	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3682	AYRE, Maud	1893	ENG, MDX, Stoke Newington, London	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3687	BAILEY, Emily May	1897	ENG, MDX, Edgeware	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3969	BAKER, Alfred Augustus	1886	ENG, MDX, Whitechapel, London	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
16181	BAKER, Edward George	1909	ENG, MDX, Staines	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
17321	BALE, James Arthur	1896	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1905 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
14741	BALL, Frederick Phillip	1878	ENG, MDX, London	May 1892 : Numidian	CAN	Childrens Aid Society
22014	BAMFORD, George Joseph	1897	ENG, MDX	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
10259	BANKS, Constance	1899	ENG, MDX, Hendon	Aug 1913 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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