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Record #3754
Name :
: Winifred FIFIELD (1891 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1891

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Wiltshire, Westbury
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Jun 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Winifred Fifield: Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Westbury; County: Wiltshire; Volume: 5a; Page: 138.

Winifred (later known as Eve) Fifield was the illegitimate daughter of Clara Harriet Fifield and raised by her grandmother Laura, the widow of William Fifield, a gamekeeper for the Earl of Northbrook.

In 1903, Clara falsely declared that there was no one able to provide for her daughter. Dr. Barnardo's Home accepted the child and sent her to Canada.

In 1905, W. Fifield, 13, arrived in Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 104 girls accompanied by their matron Mrs. Lloyd en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

She lived with two farm families near Kingston, Ontario under very harsh conditions. After Winifred's disappearance from her grandmother's home, the Fifield family tried to trace her. They finally located her in 1910, and then, Winifred was sent to live with a Hamilton family who treated her well and oversaw her education.

In 1919, Winifred went to China as secretary to a missionary writer. Two years later she married Arthur Joseph Heal, an employee at Thomas Cook & Son. The couple had two children.

When the Japanese invaded China in 1937, the Heal family was in England, where they remained except for a few years in Malaya after World War II. Winifred was active in charity and volunteer work throughout most of her life. But she had few inner resources because of her early abandonment. She suffered from depression and heart problems in later years and died in 1977, followed by her husband three years later.

(Information obtained from Adventures of Eve: A Mother's Castoff by Helen Coward.) 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-05-01 14:26:27 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-23 20:07:58 /

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5637 CANHAM, Ralph Stanley1893ENG, WIL, HIghworth Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN National Childrens Home  
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4249 COLBEAR, Ada Annie1891ENG, WIL, Trowbridge Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4251 COLBEAR, Leonard David1897ENG, WIL, Trowbridge Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
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9141 COMPTON, Alfred T1895ENG, WIL, Wilton Jun 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
21276 FERRIS, Reginald George1918ENG, WIL, Bradford upon Avon Jun 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
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17601 GLASS, Cyril Albert 1891ENG, WIL May 1911 : Lake Champlain CAN Labourers & Domestics  
8389 GOVE, Annie1905ENG, WIL, Tisbury Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
19960 GRIMWOOD, Seymour1887ENG, WIL, Alderbury Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
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