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Record #13085
Name :
: Alice Louisa THORNE (1885 - 1937)


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Date of Birth
: 8 Jul 1885

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 6 Feb 1937
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, London

St. Lukes Hospital
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Millbrook
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Sep 1898
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Alice Louisa Thorne: Year of Registration: 1885; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Shoreditch; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 84. Parents: Francis William Thorne and Phoebe Capp, married 1874, Bethnal Green, London, England.

Alice's mother was an abusive alcoholic, and her habits caused them to be homeless. Their father, from stress, had a "fit", fell, and broke some ribs, which caused him to be in the hospital for a time. Alice and her sister, Annie, were sent and admitted to Barnardos at that time.

Four siblings of Alice were also admitted and sent to Canada. One older sister, Phoebe, already lived away from them, and a younger sister, Matilda, went to live with an aunt.

In 1898, Alice Thorne, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 86 Barnardo boys and 122 Barnardo girls distributed as follows:10 to Russell and 26 to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 118 to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; and 54 to other Ontario locations.

On December 21, 1910, at Cavan, Durham, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Alice Thorne, 21, hired girl, born to Wm Thorne and did not know her mother's name as "she is a home girl, could not tell"; and another home child, Philips Alfred Hawkins, 25, laborer, born to John Wm Hawkins and Elizabeth Ann Bennett. The marriage was witnessed by Alice's employers, Wm E and Margaret S Earl.

Philip Alfred and Alice Louisa Thorne Hawkins had two children: Harold Phillip Ernest Hawkins, born November 18, 1911, in Millbrook, Ontario, Canada and died in 1948; and Margaret Hawkins.

On February 18, 1915, at Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, Alfred Philip Hawkins enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Burton on Trent, England; that his next of kin was his wife, Alice Hawkins, who resided at RR No 2, Milbrook, Ontario, Canada; that his date of birth was February 16, 1886; and that he was a farmer. He was described as 5 foot 9 inches in height; dark complexion; blue eyes; dark brown hair. He was a member of the Wesleyan faith.

Private Alfred Philip Hawkins was missing in action in France. The Toronto Evening Telegram, on October 9, 1917, reported:

"Pte. A. P. Hawkins, missing, is an Englishman who enlisted at Port Hope in February, 1915, and went to England on teh Missanabie in June of the same year. His next of kin is Mrs. Alice Hawkins, RR No. 2, Millbrook, Ont."

According to the Canada CEF Burial Register, during an attack near Lens, Alfred was instantly killed by the explosion of an enemy shell. Although initially reported missing, Alfred's body was recovered and he was buried at the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

On September 27, 1922, at Millbrook, Durham, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Alice Hawkins, 32, widow, born in London, England, to Thomas Thorn; and another home child, John Redvers Stevenson, 22, labourer, born in London, England, to unknown parents.

Alice Louisa Thorne Hawkins died in 1937. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-11-10 18:44:40 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-11-11 18:45:29 /

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