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Record #3901

Name :: : Margaret Janet ODD (1885 - 1962)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 27 Feb 1885
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 1962

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey, Carshalton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 26 Nov 1894
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Laurentian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Margaret Janet Odd: Year of Registration: 1885; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Epsom; County: Surrey; Volume: 2a; Page: 13. (Parents: James Odd and Ellen Mead, married April 17, 1876 in Carshalton, Surrey, England.)

In 1891, Margaret Odd, 6 years of age, was shown residing at 37 Mill Lane, Carshalton, Surrey, England. Other family members included: Ellen Odd, 49; Ellen Odd, 12; James Odd, 62, carman; and Harry Odd, 13. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 543; Folio 19; Page 30; GSU roll: 6095653.)

Harry Odd was admitted to Dr. Barnardo's on December 14, 1891 (recorded to have been born on May 3rd 1877); Margaret Odd was admitted on on August 28, 1891 (recorded to have been born on the 27th February, 1885); and Ada was admitted on the July 6, 1891 (recorded to have been born on July 7, 1878). Also, all three children were born in Carshalton and had been baptised.

Their father was James Odd, a carman who had died on April 10, 1891 after a few weeks illness.

The mother, Ellen Odd, aged 50 was in delicate health and suffering from depression and was unable to care for the children or to work. It was therefore felt to be in the girls' best interests that they be admitted to Dr. Barnardo's. There were no other relatives who were able to help. The mother's health did not improve and her circumstances became worse. Harry had lost his employment and as the aunt was keeping the mother, she could not help maintain Harry. He too, therefore, was admitted.

Other relatives mentioned in the records were a paternal grandmother, Mrs. Odd, aged 86 of Norwood, south London; the aunts, Mrs. Louisa Mersh aged 40, of Hackney, east London; Martha Carr, aged 55, was married and living in Romsey, Hampshire. The maternal [sic - paternal] uncles were William Odd, aged 58, a caretaker in Holborn, London; George Odd, aged 60, was a labourer and lived in Shirley, Surrey. (All ages given as at time of admission).

When Margaret was admitted to Barnardo's she stayed at Girls' village home and was boarded-out for a time at Frittenden, returning to Girls' Village Home prior to sailing to Canada on November 15, 1894 on the S.S. Laurentian, arriving on 26th November, in Halifax. She was placed with a Mrs. Metcalf at Westwood, Ontario and said to be in a good home. In 1897 she went to a Mrs. Irwin in Orangeville and later to a Reverend Henderson.

In 1901, Margaret Odd, 16, was shown as a domestic / nurse to A. H. Marcey and family in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth was shown as February 28, 1885, and her immigration year as 1894.

Margaret Janet Odd died in 1962 at the age of 77.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-19 23:57:08 / From original database

Last Updated : 2020-09-01 19:47:35 /

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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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