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Record #16675
Name :
: Amy Ella SQUIRES (1903 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1903

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Hackney
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Jun 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Amy Ella Squires: Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1903; District: Hackney; County: London; Volume: 1b; Page: 448. Parents: William Charles H. Squires and Mary Ann Harrowell, married March 25, 1894, at All Angels, Hackney, London, England.

Alice Violet Squires, 2, and Amy Ella Squires, 2 months, were admitted to Barnardos Homes by their mother, Mary Ann on October 22, 1903.

Barnardos reported:

Mr. Squires was "of exemplary character". He was a carman for Messrs Palmer & Co., grocers of 84 Chatsworth Road, Hackney, where he was well-liked. On February 24, 1903, he died after six days' illness from pneumonia. His wife, Mary Ann, was 33 at the time. From an Insurance Company, Mary Ann received ?21; fram a Club ?12; and ?5 was subscribed by her husband's fellow workmen.

After defraying the funeral expenses, (?7 10s), the remainder of the money supported Mary Ann and her five children (supplemented by her earnings as a charwoman) until after the birth of Amy, who was a postmumous child. On account of her approaching confinement, the mother had to give up her work, and as she had been further incapacitated by a "bad hand", her employer, Mrs. Bainton, of 57 Powerscroft Road, Hackney, was obliged to get a substitute.

Finding herself almost destitute, Mary Ann at length applied for parish relief, and was granted six loaves and a small allowance of grocery. When Barnardo's officer arrived, the children were clamouring for food, which arrived while he was there. They were living in two very small rooms, the rent of which (5/- per week) was three weeks in arrear.

The Rev. Watson, 54 Powerscroft Road, had been making efforts to get the two eldest children into a Primitive Methodist Home, at Arlesford, Hants, and they had been actually accepted. They, however, failed to pass the doctor, and had to be operated on for tonsilitis. The question of their ultimate admission was still in abeyance, and there was a great probability of the vacancies being filled up.

Being unable to support six children, Mary Ann decided to give newborn Amy and two-year-old Alice to Barnardo's Home foster parent organization. Barnardo's Home was also given the right to resettle Alice and Amy in Canada. Mary Ann raised the remaining four children at 13 Maclaren Street in Hackney.

On 14 June 1912, Amy left England's shores aboard the S.S. Tunisian and sailed to a new life in Canada. She arrived in Quebec on June 22, 1912. Her sister Alice was also emigrated to Canada and sailed with Amy on that date. Both lived in several, and different, foster homes in Southern Ontario. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-10 21:44:11 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-09-10 21:54:19 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
7528 ALVAREZ, Florence Rebecca1862ENG, MDX, Hackney Nov 1869 : Hibernian CAN Maria Rye  
7362 ANGOLD, Dorothy May1900ENG, LND, Hackney Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
5401 ANGOLD, Leonard Christopher1897ENG, LND, Hackney Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
7861 BALDWIN, Arthur Stanley1908ENG,    , Hackney May 1923 : Canada CAN Waifs & Strays  
6781 BEESON, Harold Victor1887ENG,    , Hackney May 1903 : Kensington CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10441 BREGAZZI, Edward1910ENG,    , Hackney Sep 1926 : Alaunia CAN Church Army  
10440 BREGAZZI, Lawrence1907ENG,    , Hackney Jul 1923 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
13813 BROUGHTON, Doris1912ENG,    , Hackney Jul 1922 : Montrose CAN MacPherson Homes  
10386 BULLEY, Arthur1872ENG,    , Hackney Apr 1886 : Sardinian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10634 CASENTIERI, Albert Edward1907ENG,    , Hackney May 1922 : Montrose CAN Waifs & Strays  
10845 CASENTIERI, Ellen Grace1903ENG,    , Hackney Jul 1923 : Regina CAN National Childrens Home  
9326 CORNER, Joan May1910ENG,    , Hackney Sep 1924 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
13279 DIGGON, Cecil Robert1896ENG,    , Hackney May 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
9345 DUNN, Sarah L1902ENG,    , Hackney Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
13802 DUNSTALL, Benjamin1893ENG,    , Hackney May 1906 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
11477 GAY, Edward Francis1909ENG,    , Hackney Aug 1924 : Montcalm CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
13318 GOWERS, Frances1899ENG,    , Hackney Aug 1912 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
13316 GOWERS, Lewis1902ENG,    , Hackney Aug 1912 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
13317 GOWERS, Violet1899ENG,    , Hackney Aug 1912 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
13694 HANCOCK, Hilda1902ENG,    , Hackney Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
26610 HAZELWOOD, George Ernest1920ENG, MDX, Hackney Jul 1932 : Balranald AUS Dr Barnardo's Homes Jackiemh  
8485 HOY, Robert James1881ENG, LND, Hackney Oct 1904 : Lake Champlain CAN Unknown  
12197 IDDISON, Roland1916ENG, LND, Hackney Dec 1928 : Bendigo AUS Fairbridge Homes  
4197 KINGSMAN, Frederick Charles1908ENG, MDX, Hackney Jul 1922 : Montrose CAN MacPherson Homes  
4199 KINGSMAN, Henry Walter1912ENG, MDX, Hackney Jul 1923 : Caronia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
4198 KINGSMAN, John Robert1910ENG, MDX, Hackney Jul 1922 : Montrose CAN MacPherson Homes  
11622 LEFORT, Frank Benjamin1900ENG, LND, Hackney May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
11975 LINFIELD, Alice1898ENG,    , Hackney May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
11977 LINFIELD, Emily 1896ENG,    , Hackney Aug 1906 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
11976 LINFIELD, Florence1900ENG,    , Hackney May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8211 NETTLETON, Peter S1913ENG,    , Hackney Sep 1928 : Antonia CAN National Childrens Home  
4696 SMITH, Frederick1903ENG, MDX, Hackney Jun 1912 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
4697 SMITH, William1902ENG, MDX, Hackney Jun 1912 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
16673 SQUIRES, Alice Violet1901ENG, LND, Hackney Jun 1912 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
16675 SQUIRES, Amy Ella1903ENG, LND, Hackney Jun 1912 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
16563 VICKERMAN, Ernest1893ENG, LND, Hackney May 1906 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
16562 VICKERMAN, Lewis Albert1889ENG, LND, Hackney May 1906 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
9904 WARE, Cyril1897ENG,    , Hackney Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
10165 WHITELAND, Albert G1896ENG,    , Hackney Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
10166 WHITELAND, Charles L1894ENG,    , Hackney Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
13836 WILLS, Rebecca 1887ENG,    , Hackney Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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