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Record #11414
Name :
: Bertha Vellatta SHERWOOD (1904 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1904

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Malmesbury
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 30 Mar 1913
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corinthian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesIn Mar Qtr of 1889 Charles Isaiah Sherwood married Clara Miles in Malmesbury

In 1901, Charles Sherwood, 35, wife Clara, 32, and children Percy, 10, Agnes, 7, James, 5, May, 3, Charles, 1, in Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan

In 1911, Bertha Vellata Sherwood, 7, was found boarding in the home of Charles Henry Leonard and his wife Florence at Blackmoor Farm, Soham, Cambridgeshire

By 1911, Bertha's father appears to have died and her mother Clara was remarried and residing back in Malmesbury, Wiltshire with her new husband Gabriel Fry and children David Sherwood, 15, May Sherwood, 13, Charles Sherwood,11, William Sherwood, 6, James Fry, 6, Thomas Fry, 1, while eldest sister Agnes Clara Sherwood, 17, was an inmate in a penitentiary at Southfield Road, Westbury On Trym, Bristol and the eldest brother Percy was a soldier at an army base in Pembroke St Mary, Pembrokeshire, Wales

On 24 March 1923, Bertha's brother Charles Henry Sherwood, 22, arrived in Canada, part of his passage had been paid by the Canadian Government and part by himself. He was headed to H A McDonnell, Director of Colonization, 172 Front St West, Toronto, he declared his mother Mrs G Fry, Riverdale Cottage, Seagry, Chippenham, Wiltshire as his next of kin.

On Dec 24 1923, Bertha Veletta Sherwood, 20, born Wiltshire, England, daughter of Charles Sherwood and Clara Miles, married
Charles Harold Taylor, 20, born Sheffield, England, son of James S Taylor and Rose Helen Croswaithe?, in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-03-03 13:12:38 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-28 05:02:22 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
11414 SHERWOOD, Bertha Vellatta1904ENG,    , Malmesbury Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
7864 WOODWARD, Stephen Robert1912ENG,    , Malmesbury Sep 1923 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos