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Record #4678
Name :
: Clarice LEVICK (1900 - 1992)


Father
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Nov 1900

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1 Dec 1992
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Derbyshire, Eckington

16 Pit Street
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Simcoe, Coldwater
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 29 Mar 1914
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sicilian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesClarice Levick was born in Eckington, Derbyshire to coal miner Amos Levick and his wife Mary Ann nee Heptenstall in 1900 the youngest of 13 children 4 of whom did not survive to that year. At the age of 8 her father died of asthma at the age of 52. Four or five of the children were still at home.

According to a letter from Barnardo's, Clarice and her brother Ernest (b. 2 May 1898) were taken into care after months of dire poverty and neglect by their grieving mother. Although relatives were reportedly concerned none of the aunts, uncles or older siblings were able to take them in. At their encouragement and the assistance of a Salvation Army Captain, Mary Ann agreed to allow the children to be removed. The letter states "Apparently the children were pleased at the prospect of being taken into the Homes." They were admitted November 21st 1910.

At the time of admission the letter recorded the following relatives: brothers Henry (25, a soldier in India), and Albert (22, married, a collier); sisters Elizabeth Bristow (27, married to a coal miner, 3 children), Druscilla Whitehead (26, married to a journeyman painter, 2 children), Esther (19) and Mary (15) in domestic service. Not mentioned is sister Nellie 17. Maternal and paternal aunts and their circumstances were also included.

Clarice resided in the Girls Village Home in Barkingside and Dame Margaret's Home, Washigton, Durham until she was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sicillian in March of 1914 for placement with a Mrs. Milligan in Tamworth, Ontario where she appears to have stayed until at least aged 19. In 1922 she was working on a farm where her brother Ernest was employed at Dalrymple, Ontario. In 1925 she married William Henry Thomas James and they lived in Angus, Barrie, and Orillia. The had 9 children, 3 had died very young.

In 1915 Clarice was described as small for her age and a good little girl. She worked hard her whole life and was a kind and gentle soul with a wonderful laugh that made her eyes water. She lived to see her 92nd birthday and 67 years of marriage. At the time of her death she had 23 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She had outlived all of her siblings.

Note: When Clarice was sent to Canada her mother was still living. Mary Ann Levick died in 1922. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-07 17:14:13 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-07 17:15:47 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4678 LEVICK, Clarice1900ENG, DBY, Eckington Mar 1914 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
4679 LEVICK, Ernest1898ENG, DBY, Eckington Apr 1912 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos