Notes In 1883, Annie Tunstall, 9 (along with sister, Ellen Tunstall, 10), arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 126 children.
"Report of Mr. John Smith, Government Immigration Agent at Hamilton, Ontario, on girls brought out from the West Derby and State Workhouses by Miss Rye as of December 18, 1884.
Annie Tunstall, 9. Alphonse White, merchant, Welland. A good child, fairly strong, attends day and Protestant Sunday school and church.
This is a very desirable home and every kindness is shown to the child.
Sixteenth Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1886-87; Copy of Reports of Inspection of Children sent out to Canada, as of February 12, 1887.
Report of Mr. John Smith, Government Immigration Agent at Hamilton, Ontario.
Annie Sunstall, aged 9, from parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, placed with Alphonso G. White, merchant, Welland. This child has been adopted into a good family, being surrounded with every comfort; she is receiving a first class education, and attends church and Sunday school; she is a fine, bright, intelligent girl, and dearly loved."
On March 28, 1894, at Welland, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Annie Tunstall, 19, born in England to unknown parents; and James Albert Boyd, 22, druggist, born in Canada to Henry Boyd and Amelia Hanah.
James Albert Boyd and Annie Tunstall had at least 3 children: Frank Judson Boyd, born September 5, 1894, at Welland, Ontario, Canada; died January 5, 1916, of pulmonary tuberculosis, at Welland, Ontario, Canada; Norman Victor Boyd, born October 15, 1897, at Welland, Ontario, Canada; died October 22, 1897, due to premature birth; and Phillis Amelia Ruth Boyd, born April 19, 1900, in Welland, Ontario, Canada.
James Albert Boyd, 28, druggist, died on March 16, 1900, at Welland, Ontario, Canada, of an ulcerated sore throat, 3 weeks duration.
On December 18, 1907, at Welland, Welland, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Annie Boyd, 32, widow, milliner, born in England to Alphonso Elasca White and Johanna Overholt; and Francis Harvey Stevens, 28, widower, machinist, born in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, to Francis Clement Stevens and Margaret Clough. Witnesses were Alphonso and Johanna White.