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Record #6260

Name :: : Mary Ann AMEY (1871 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

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Date of Birth: : 11 Feb 1871
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Suffolk, Sudbury

Union Workhouse

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 6 Aug 1882
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Circassian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : MacPherson Homes

NotesA birth registration was found for Mary Ann Amey: Year of Registration: 1871; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Sudbury; County: Essex, Suffolk; Volume: 4a; Page: 466. Mother: Caroline Amey, unmarried.

Her mother was Caroline Amey and her father was Ransome Oxley, who was a chemist in Sudbury, Suffolk and was already a married man.

Caroline and Mary Ann remained in the workhouse for approximately 16 months.

They went to Bethnal Green, London where Caroline went into service in 1875 and a year prior to her daughter's admission to the Annie MacPherson Home. She met and married Richard Muckley on 7 February 1881, who was a French Polisher by trade.

The couple had a child and Richard said that he was averse to supporting Mary Ann as he had little trade at the time.

Mary Ann was then placed in MacPherson Home. She was aged 11 years, although on records was stated as being 12, so able to work as an adult as 11 was still classed as a child. Her record number was 1326.

In 1882, Mary A. Amey, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 63 MacPherson girls.

The homes that Mary Ann worked in are as follows:

Mr John McBride, Mount Forest P.O.
Mr & Mrs Marshall, Stratford
Mr TB McCarthy, Stratford
Mr Isaac Ballter, Platsville, P.O.
Mrs Madill, Stratford, Avon Street
Mrs R Peters, Brunner, P.O.
Mr & Mrs Quigley, Dobbington, P.O.
Mrs McBride, Mount Forest P.O.
Mrs James Halloelm, Hichison P.O.
Mr George Biggins, [Woodstoe] P.O.

She finally returned to England on 28 October 1892, where she worked her passage home.

She then met up with her mother, Caroline, and cared for her until she died.

On October 27, 1895, at St James the Great, Bethnal Green, London, England, a marriage was registered between Mary Ann Amey, 26, daughter of the late William John Amey; and William Benjamin Portway, widower, 42, labourer, son of the late John Portway.

William and Mary Ann Amey Portway had at least 3 children: George Charles Portway, born June 27, 1897. George joined the Army, entering the 2nd Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment and during World War I, was sent to Mesopotamia where he was killed in action on April 6, 1916 (service number 11871); Thomas William Portway, born 1899 in Bethnal Green, London, England; and Charles Benjamin Portway, born 1904 in Bethnal Green, London, England.

William Benjamin Portway died in 1908 at Bethnal Green, London, England.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-04-02 12:18:35 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-12-02 13:59:52 /

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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
3022	ABBOTT, Bertie	1894	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos	sharonmx5 , patty_in_ms
3054	ABBOTT, Charles William	1868	ENG, SFK, Felixstowe	May 1871 : Nestorian	CAN	Sailing Alone
8536	ALDEN, Edgar	1898	ENG, SFK, Beccles	May 1913 : Tunisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
8683	ALDERTON, Frederick	1902	ENG, SFK, Thingoe	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
10091	ALDERTON, Frederick	1895	ENG, SFK, Bury St. Edmonds	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10420	ALDERTON, Oliver Claud	1908	ENG, SFK, Bury St Edmonds	Apr 1923 : Melita	CAN	Barnardos
9626	ALDERTON, Walter Isaac	1904	ENG, SFK, Thingoe	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
8813	ALDERTON, William	1900	ENG, SFK, Thingoe	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
6260	AMEY, Mary Ann	1871	ENG, SFK, Sudbury	Aug 1882 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
12757	ANSELL, Joseph Randolph	1891	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
9942	BOON, Cyril	1891	ENG, SFK, Plomesgate	May 1908 : Virginian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
17410	BRAY, Robert	1891	ENG, SFK	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
10185	BRUNDLE, John M	1890	ENG, SFK, Woodbridge	Apr 1906 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
13748	CALEY, Elizabeth	1894	ENG, SFK, Bosmere	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
10144	CLOW, Charles	1889	ENG, SFK, Lakenheath	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
10145	CLOW, John	1890	ENG, SFK, Lakenheath	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
27047	COLLINSON, Eric Edward	1917	ENG, SFK	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
13758	CRICKMORE, Ernest	1898	ENG, SFK, Wangford	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
13759	CRICKMORE, Thomas	1900	ENG, SFK, Wangford	Apr 1915 : Missanabie	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
4520	CURTIS, Annie C.	1909	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
12098	DEBENHAM, William	1919	ENG, SFK, Bury St Edmunds	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
12148	DISS, Eileen Mary	1918	ENG, SFK, Sudbury	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
9355	FARROW, Basil Sidney	1911	ENG, SFK, Blything	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
5069	FARROW, Bertie	1914	ENG, SFK, Leiston	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
10147	FARTHING, Sarah J	1874	ENG, SFK, Cosford	Aug 1889 : Caspian	CAN	Barnardos
16641	FISK, John Lewis	1885	ENG, SFK, Stow	Aug 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Rev. William J. Pady
17571	FLOWERDAY, Charles Ambrose	1896	ENG, SFK, Yarmouth	Jun 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
2786	FOSKETT, Isaac	1885	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	Jul 1894 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
16433	GANT, Arthur Charles	1907	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
15031	GASKIN, Henry	1878	ENG, SFK, Buxhall	May 1891 : Mongolian	CAN	Rev. William J. Pady
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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