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Record #3706

Name :: : Edith Caroline DOWNING (1894 - )
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Date of Birth: : 1894
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Bromley, London

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 11 Aug 1906
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Edith Caroline Downing; Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Poplar (To 1965); County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 642. (Parents: Joseph John Downing and Caroline Spriggs, married in Whitechapel, England, in 1893.)

In 1901, Edith C. Downing, 7 years of age, was shown residing in Poplar, London, England. Other family members included: Annie E. Downing, 3; Bessie Downing, 1; Caroline Downing, 29; Joseph J. Downing, 20, barge waterman; William J. Downing, 5; and Caroline's father, Alfred Spriggs, 50. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 355; Folio: 15; Page: 21.)

In 1906, Edith Downing, 11 (along with her sister, Annie Downing, 8) arrived at Quebec, Canada, with a group of 379 children en route to Toronto, Canada.

In 1911, Edith Downing, 17, is shown as a domestic for Robert Ross and family in Lindsay, Victoria-Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth was shown as January 1894 and her immigration year as

ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-25 01:59:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-20 20:34:57 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3707	DOWNING, Annie Elizabeth	1897	ENG, MDX, Bromley, London	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3706	DOWNING, Edith Caroline	1894	ENG, MDX, Bromley, London	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos

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