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Record #18075
Name :
: Alice Elizabeth RIGGS (1894 - 1985)
  aka : Alice Neal


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: May 1894

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 1985
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Olton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Carleton County, Woodstock
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 May 1908
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Carthaginian

Placement Family
: Blackie
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Middlemore Homes

Agency
: Middlemore
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Alice Elizabeth Riggs. The children of Alice Sophie Brooks and Andrew Tom Riggs were Walter George, William Henry and Alice Elizabeth, all were British Home Children through Middlemore Homes. Alice had two more children although their father's identity is unconfirmed, Robert Richardson Riggs and Nancy Lillian Riggs. Alice then remarried Edward Richards and the couple had Edward Richards, Dorothy Richards and Thomas Richards.


England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Alice Elizabeth M Riggs
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1894
Registration District: Solihull
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 522

In the 1901 English Census, Alice Riggs, 25, 'Dressmaker' and children Walter G (5, born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England), William (3, born in Shirley, Warwickshire, England), Alice E (6, born in Olton, Warwickshire, England) in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: RIGGS
Given Name: Alice
Age: 14
Sex: F
Ship: Carthaginian
Year of Arrival: 1908
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1908-05-16
Arrival Port: Halifax
Arrival Date: 1908-05-28
Party: Middlemore Homes
Destination: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1b
Microfilm: T-503
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records for Alice Riggs place her as a Domestic in the household of Myrtle and Wallace Blackie in Carleton, New Brunswick. Alice is listed as having been born in May of 1894 and having immigrated from England in 1908.

A Marriage record for Alice Elizabeth Riggs and Edgar Augustus Neal on 18 Sep 1913 in Bureau de Sant?, Woodstock, New Brunswick.

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ContributorsCreated : 2012-11-15 12:39:59 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-13 09:54:51 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
5683 MIDWINTER, John 1895ENG, WAR, Olton Mar 1912 : Dominion CAN Unknown  
18075 RIGGS, Alice Elizabeth1894ENG, WAR, Olton May 1908 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore