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Record #3875
Name :
: Alice SMITH (1892 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1892 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Gloucestershire, Bristol
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Apr 1899
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Vancouver

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Unknown
NotesIn 1899, Alice Smith, 7, along with her sister, Florence Smith, 9, arrived at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. There is no record as to who they were traveling with at this time as no agency is listed on the outgoing manifest. (Also traveling with Florence and Alice were Rosa Savage, 7, and her sister, Laura Savage, 11.)

Her granddaughter, Jane Bartlett, recounts:

My grand-mother Alice Smith (1893) and her sister, Florence Smith (1891) emigrated to Canada from Bristol, England in 1898 [sic]. The two sisters aged 5 yrs. and 7 yrs. arrived in Saint John and stayed at a settlement house on Prince Edward St. until families were found to take care of the girls. Alice was taken in by the Stone family of St. James St. and Florence was eventually adopted by a family on Mount Pleasant Ave. My grand-mother Alice lost contact with her sister after a few years when her new family moved to the United States. My grand-mother worked as a domestic for Mrs. Little on Prince Edward St. and a family in Millidgeville until she met my grand-father Roy Dunn and was married. The two ran a plumbing business in the North End of Saint John for many years and raised seven children.

The only memories that my grand-mother had of her family in England is of her father who she thought was a seaman. The two girls were orphans and may have stayed at the Mueller Orphanage in Bristol, England (EDITORS NOTE: George Mueller- lived in Bristol, England, and ran a chain of orphanages which operated on the principle of faith and prayer). My grand-mother changed her name from Alice to Edith which may or may not have been changed legally. Alice (Edith) lived in Saint John all her life until her death in July, 1979.

EDITORS NOTE: In 1901, an Edith A. Smith, 7 years of age, was residing as a domestic with Joseph and Sophia Wyatt, in Bury, Compton, Quebec, Canada. Her date of birth was shown as January 19, 1894, and her immigration year as 1900. Another home child, Thomas H. Davis, whose date of birth is shown as November 11, 1893, was shown as an adopted son, having immigrated in 1899.

In 1911, Edith Smith, 18, was shown as a domestic to J. Joseph and Elizabeth Stone in Milledgville, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as July 1892 and her immigration year as 1899.

On March 31, 1915, at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, a marriage was registered between Joseph Le Roy Dunn, 22, of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, plumber, born in St. John to Charles D. and Mary A. Dunn; and Edith May Smith, 21, of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, born in St. John to Arthur and Lizzie Smith. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-12 17:27:52 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 14:04:12 /

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17797 BALSOM, Ivy Lavinia1894ENG, GLS, Bristol Jul 1905 : Lake Champlain CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
13302 BARTLETT, Victor1896ENG, GLS, Bristol Jul 1905 : Lake Champlain CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
5818 BEDFORD, Stuart1899ENG, GLS, Bristol Feb 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
13325 BEER, Horace G1900ENG, GLS, Bristol Apr 1912 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
13495 BOOLE, Charles Edward1879ENG, GLS, Bristol Jun 1891 : Parisian CAN Middlemore  
13494 BOOLE, Frank1882ENG, GLS, Bristol Jun 1891 : Parisian CAN Middlemore  
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8644 BREAKWELL, Arthur 1908ENG, GLS, Bristol Jul 1925 : Athenia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
22574 BREWER, Charles B1894ENG, GLS, Bristol Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
2734 BROWN, Daniel Flower1870ENG, GLS, Bristol Apr 1885 : Sardinian CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
14300 BURNETT, Frederick C1888ENG, GLS, Bristol Jul 1900 : Lake Megantic CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
8425 BUTTON, Bernard 1890ENG, GLS, Bristol Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
14790 BUXTON, Arthur Reginald1909ENG, GLS, Bristol Sep 1922 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
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7697 CARTLIDGE, Emily E 1900ENG, GLS, Bristol May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
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10704 CASELEY, Gordon1885ENG, GLS, Bristol Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
10705 CASELEY, Herbert 1884ENG, GLS, Bristol Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
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9023 CLEMENTS, Charlotte1895ENG, GLS, Bristol Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
3292 CORNOCK, Herbert1890ENG, GLS, Bristol Jul 1900 : Lake Megantic CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
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9946 CREECH, Stanley 1899ENG, GLS, Bristol Jun 1913 : Victorian CAN Waifs & Strays  
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14671 FLOWER, William Charles1868ENG, GLS, Bristol Jul 1883 : Bristol CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
5586 GAGE, Charlotte1899ENG, GLS, Bristol May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
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