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Record #3968

Name :: : Edith Jemima BAKER (1887 - 1957)
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BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 17 Jun 1887
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 13 Mar 1957

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

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

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 25 Jul 1902
Country: : Canada
Ship: : New England
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Edith Jemima Baker: Year of Registration: 1887; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Camberwell; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 930. (Parents: Alfred Baker and Jemima Jane North, married 1874 in St. Pancras, Middlesex, England (Volume: 1b; Page: 210).)

In 1901, Edith Jemima Baker, 13, was shown as an inmate residing at Dr. Barnardos Home in Barkingside and Ilford, Essex, England. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 1652; Folio: 87; Page: 14.)

In 1902, Edith Baker, 14, arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, along with a large party of about 400 children en route to Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Her brother, A(lfred) A(ugustus) Baker arrived previously in 1898 on the Labrador with Barnardos.

Edith worked in Ontario for a while and then went to live in Manitoba with her sister, Amy Baker Dendy.

On October 10, 1905, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zarn in Ewart, Manitoba, Canada, Edith Jemima Baker married John Henry Zarn.

On November 10, 1936, Edith Zarn was struck by a truck driven by Emanuel Manchulenko while pushing a cart along Selkirk avenue. She suffered a concussion, and serious head and back injuries. (Winnipeg Free Press, November 13, 1936)

Edith and John Zarn had eight children: Edith Margaret Zarn; Dorothy Louise Zarn; Rose Ethel Zarn; Arthur John Zarn, born March 26, 1909 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; Gladys Mary Zarn, June 30, 1912; Wilfred James Zarn, born March 23, 1914 in Ewart, Manitoba, Canada; Mary Florence Zarn, born March 5, 1916 in Rapid City, Manitoba, Canada; and Evelyn Alice Zarn (married Arthur Quinn), born December 14, 1920, in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, and who died November 4, 1943 at her home in Transcona, Manitoba, Canada. She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

Edith Jemima Baker Zarn died March 13, 1957, aged 69 years, in the National Institute of the Blind Residence, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her husband, John Henry Zarn, died at Winnipeg General Hospital, on August 15, 1942. They are buried in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-08-03 16:07:32 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 13:43:42 /

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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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