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Record #2970

Name :: : Florence Hilda BIDDULPH (1897 - 1929)
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Date of Birth: : 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 30 Jun 1929 Notes : Accidental Drowning

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

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Mar 1911
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sicilian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth record for Florence Hilda Biddulph was found: Year of Registration: 1897; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Marylebone (1837-1901); County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1a; Page: 562.

On 26 December 1897, Florence Hilda Biddulph was baptised at Saint Mark, Marylebone Road, mother named as Bessie, residence Queen Charlotte Hospital,

On the manifest for the Sicilian, Florence's father is shown as Harry Biddulf, who was residing in the Workhouse in Sussex. Florence is described as 4 foot 9 inches, ruddy complexion, with light brown hair and grey eyes.

In the 1911 Census of Canada, Florence is shown as servant for Enoch Moore and family in Ekfrid, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

On June 30, 1929, Florence Biddulph, an unmarried housekeeper, address unknown, plunged off of a ferry in a car and drowned in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada.

The Toronto Daily Star, Tuesday, July 2, 1929:

HOLIDAY MAKERS PAY HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE
...
Two Drowned From Ferry

Chatham, June 30--Running off a man-propelled ferry into the waters of the Chenal Ecarte, off Walpole Island, an automobile carried John Hooper, aged 63, of Dresden and Florence Bidulph, aged 26, of Chatham township, to death to-day.

Rising of the waters fo the river overnight and consequent increase in the incline of the ferry, necessitating extra speed to make the ascent, together with the failure of Hooper's brakes is believed to have been the cause of the accident.

The Toronto Daily Star, Saturday, July 6, 1929:

JURY BLAMES ROAD FOR DEATH AT FERRY

Declares Chain Guarding Slippery Approach Was Not Fixed

Wallacoburg, Ont., July 5--The jury assembled at the inquest to-day into the cause of the death of John Hooper of Dresden who with his companion Miss Florence Piddulph [sic], ran off the Walpole Island ferry in their car into the river Snye last Sunday and were drowned.

The coroner, Dr. H. A. Taylor, presided while Crown-Attorney Col. H. D. Smith examined the witnesses.

The jury brought in the following verdict: We find that he came to his death accidentally by drowning while occupying an automobile which ran off the lower ferry at Walpole Island on Sunday, June 30. "We feel that the owner of the ferry, Solomon Hill, showed some negligence in not seeing that the chain on the ferry was across. The primary cause of the accident was due to the bad approach of the ferry, the responsibility of which falls upon either the county council of the county of Kent or the department of Indian affairs."

ContributorsCreated : 2008-01-27 00:49:59 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-09-20 02:16:43 /

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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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