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Record #3884

Name :: : Sarah May HYAM (1905 - 1993)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 5 Jul 1905
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 30 Oct 1993

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey

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

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Oct 1920
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Scandinavian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Sarah Hyam: Year of Registration: 1905; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Lambeth; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 327. (EDITORS NOTE: Sarah was born 5th July 1905 in the Lambeth Union Infirmary.)

On July 10 1905, Sarah Hyam was baptised at St Philip, Lambeth, daughter of Sarah, who was a servant residing at Lambeth Workhouse

On July 21, 1910, Sarah Hyam was admitted to Barnardo's. Sarah was admitted under a Custody and Maintenance Order made at Oxted, Surrey, petty sessions. The case was brought by the NSPCC as Sarah had been ill-treated by both her mother and father. It was alleged that at one point she was sent to live with an aunt in Purley, Surrey to conceal the marks of violence from the police.

For several weeks before admission Sarah had been cared for in the Bletchingly Union. It was said that she became afraid at any suggestion of her returning to her mother.

Unfortunately Sarah's mother and father are not named nor are any other relatives with the exception of a mention of a half sister, Ethel who was said to be 7 weeks old at the time of Sarah's admission.

On admission she was boarded out in Acton with a Mrs Finch and she remained there until 22nd September 1919 when she was transferred to the Girls Village Homes, Barkingside.

In 1920, Sarah Hyam, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 112 girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Group escorted from England to Canada by Dr and Mrs. Hobday. SS. Scandinavian sailed from Southampton September 24, 1920 arrived in Montreal October 3, 1920. She named her next of kin in England as Mother-Mrs Pepper, 4 Rutherford Cottages, Wallingham?, Surrey

Note her mother Sarah Hyam married Ebenezer Pepper in 1909 and had at least three children with her husband - Ethel born 1910, William T born 1913, and Helen born 1917, all children born in Godstone, Surrey

Went to Peterborough for 4 days, then to Toronto for 5 days (Jarvis Street). Arrived London, Ontario October 12, to live and work at Mr & Mrs. Humphries, 334 James St, for 6 years.

On October 7 1926, Sarah May Hyam, 21, born Surrey, England, daughter of William, married William George Lowman, 26, born Brighton, Sussex, England, son of Harry Lowman and Emily Jackson, in London, Middlesex, Ontario

Sarah Hyam was mentioned in the May 1927 edition of Ups and Downs as being now Mrs W G Lowman. Mrs Reazin visited

Sarah Hyam Lowman died October 30 1993, London, Ontario, Canada.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-13 16:07:16 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-12-15 11:33:31 /

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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
3033	ABBOTT, Frederick	1893	ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
3106	ABSALOM, Richard	1874	ENG, SRY, Cobham	Apr 1890 : Sardinian	CAN	Unknown
7354	ADDISON, Annie Louise	1879	ENG, SRY, Newington	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
7355	ADDISON, Emily Josephine	1880	ENG, SRY, Newington	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
19366	AKEHURST, Wilfred John Kelly	1896	ENG, SRY, Chertsey	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16539	ALDRED, Albert	1904	ENG, SRY, Balham	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
26426	ALLEN, Walter Bevis	1901	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Jul 1913 : Belgic	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
13065	ANDERSON, Samuel	1874	ENG, SRY, Croydon	Jul 1887 : Sardinian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
9798	ANDREWS, Alice Doris	1905	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Mar 1920 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
27648	ANDREWS, William	1902	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Jul 1914 : Victorian	CAN	MacPherson's
13311	ANSELL, George Edward Cecil		ENG, SRY, Lambeth	Aug 1927 : Alaunia	CAN	Church Army
25271	ARTHUR, Frederick	1913	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10900	ASHLEY, Bernard Cecil	1896	ENG, SRY, Richmond	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4566	ATKINS, Ena Mary	1906	ENG, SRY, Croydon	Sep 1915 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3568	ATTWELL, Frederick William	1909	ENG, SRY, Old Windsor	Sep 1920 : Metagama	CAN	MacPherson Homes
25141	ATTWELL, Richard	1916	ENG, SRY	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3932	BACKHURST, Frank	1895	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9835	BAGUST, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, SRY, Peckham	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3968	BAKER, Edith Jemima	1887	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
17019	BALDWIN, William Jeffery	1876	ENG, SRY	Jun 1885 : Sarmatian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11941	BANKS, Bernard	1910	ENG, SRY, Bermondsey	Jun 1924 : Athenia	CAN	Salvation Army
17167	BARNARD, Reginald	1885	ENG, SRY, Lambeth	May 1899 : Gallia	CAN	Young Colonists Aid
17255	BARNICOAT, Ethel	1898	ENG, SRY, Battersea	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17670	BARNICOAT, Harold Frederick	1901	ENG, SRY, Battersea	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
8267	BARRETT, Frank	1915	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
17169	BARTH, Ethel Florence	1889	ENG, SRY, Brixton	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3855	BARTH, Evelyn Winifred	1887	ENG, SRY, Brixton	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4238	BEAGLE, George William	1868	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
9249	BEARE, Joseph George	1893	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5682	BEATON, George Edward	1898	ENG, SRY, Norwood	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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