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Record #4653

Name :: : Ada Edith WILLIS (1890 - )
aka : Ada Page
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 23 Dec 1890
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Wiltshire, Purton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 Jul 1900
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Ada Edith Willis: Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Cricklade; County: Wiltshire; Volume: 5a; Page: 49. Parents: George Willis and Vashti Palmer.

When George Willis died in May, 1900, the family consisting of Vashti Willis; daughters Martha Lily age 22; Vashti Kate age 17; son George age 14; and Ada age 9, were residing at 11 Hawkins Street, Swindon, England.

Their mother, Vashti, could not look after the two youngest children and in May Ada and George were admitted to Barnardos. Ada was placed in a cottage called "Honeysuckle" in Barkingside.

In 1900, Ada Willis, 9, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 150 Barnardo girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

In 1908, her sister Martha tried to have Ada returned to England. She wrote that she was "now Mrs. Simpson 11 Harroway Road, Battersea, has a house of her own and would like to have the girl home". Martha and her husband Samuel Simpson immigrated to Canada in 1913. It is not known whether Martha was able to contact Ada.

Barnardo's replied that the "girl likely would not take kindly to Eng. life after living in Canada" and could not return her.

On August 23, 1913, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Ada Edith Willis, 21, born in Purton, England to William Willis and Vashti Palmer; and Charles Fredrick Coppins, 23, chauffeur, born in London, England, to Charles Coppins and Mary Taylor.

On May 12, 1915, Ada Coppins is shown as the next of kin, residing at 63 Allan Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Charles Frederick Coppins on his Attestation form for the Canadian Armed Forces. He signed up days before his son, Frederick George Coppins, was born. Charles' pay was sent to his wife in Canada until November 1915 when her address changed to 52 Darfield Road, Brockley, London. At the end of the war Charles chose to remain in England, but returned to Canada.

On 20 December 1915, Mrs Ada Coppins, 24, arrived in England with her son Frederick aged 1,

On 4 January 1919, Ada E Coppins, 26, arrived back in Canada, with son Frederick aged 4, she declared she had left Canada in 1915, but had previously lived there for 17 years. She was returning to 63 Allan Ave, Toronto.

After her return to Canada, Ada Edith Willis Coppins remarried John Alexander Page (previously married to Elizabeth Dean). No divorce has been found for either Ada or John, but the child of Ada's first marriage, Frederick George, was raised as Frederick George Page.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-02 16:53:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-11-28 16:01:47 /

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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
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6903	ADAMS, Anna Maria	1858	ENG, WIL, Potterne	Sep 1873 : Polynesian	CAN	Maria Rye
2656	ADDIS, Eli	1893	ENG, WIL, Highworth	May 1909 : Virginian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
7339	ALFORD, Thomas Reginald	1912	ENG, WIL	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
22020	AYLIFFE, Herbert Edward	1884	ENG, WIL, Swindon	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3690	BAILEY, Arthur Henry	1896	ENG, WIL, Burton	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3688	BAILEY, Elsie	1895	ENG, WIL, Burton	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3689	BAILEY, Hilda	1895	ENG, WIL, Burton	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17135	BALCH, William J.	1887	ENG, WIL, Devizes	Oct 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
3486	BEAK, Albert Harry	1883	ENG, WIL, Hullavington	Jul 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
3487	BEAK, Herbert Henry	1881	ENG, WIL, Swindon	Jul 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
26863	BEAVEN, Joan	1924	ENG, WIL, Salisbury	Nov 1932 : Balranald	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
26862	BEAVEN, Margaret Annie May	1922	ENG, WIL, Salisbury	Nov 1932 : Balranald	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
8643	BLACKMAN, George	1911	ENG, WIL, Cricklade	Jul 1925 : Athenia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
12339	BODMAN, Stanley James	1890	ENG, WIL, Calne	Aug 1897 : Laurentian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
13831	BOOTH, Jack Langton	1912	ENG, WIL, Melksham	Sep 1924 : Melita	CAN	Barnardos
8604	BRICKELL, George	1884	ENG, WIL	Aug 1898 : Laurentian	CAN	Southwark Catholic Emigration Society
18141	BRINKWORTH, Ellen	1875	ENG, WIL	Sep 1886 : Sarmatian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
10467	BRISTOW, George	1910	ENG, WIL, Mere	Sep 1924 : Melita	CAN	Barnardos
5637	CANHAM, Ralph Stanley	1893	ENG, WIL, HIghworth	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
4402	CHAPMAN, Francis Joseph Leopold	1898	ENG, WIL, Melksham	Jun 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4249	COLBEAR, Ada Annie	1891	ENG, WIL, Trowbridge	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
4251	COLBEAR, Leonard David	1897	ENG, WIL, Trowbridge	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
4250	COLBEAR, Margaret Elizabeth	1894	ENG, WIL, Trowbridge	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9141	COMPTON, Alfred T	1895	ENG, WIL, Wilton	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
21276	FERRIS, Reginald George	1918	ENG, WIL, Bradford upon Avon	Jun 1929 : Berrima	AUS	Barnardos
3754	FIFIELD, Winifred	1891	ENG, WIL, Westbury	Jun 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17601	GLASS, Cyril Albert	1891	ENG, WIL	May 1911 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
8389	GOVE, Annie	1905	ENG, WIL, Tisbury	Mar 1920 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
19960	GRIMWOOD, Seymour	1887	ENG, WIL, Alderbury	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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