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Record #6413
Name :
: Christina Minnie Rose Annie GROOMBRIDGE (1897 - )
  aka : Christine Groombridge


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1897

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Strood
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 14 Oct 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sicilian

Placement Family
: Wood
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Christina Minnie R A Groombridge: Date: Sep 1897; District: Strood; County: Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 592a. Parents: William Groombridge and Mary Helen Gallagher, married December 27, 1895, in Beath, Fife, Scotland.

Mary Groombridge, 32, died on August 26, 1905, at 6:20 a.m., at 125 Denbeath Wemyss, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland, of Phthisis Pulmonalis and Exhaustion. Parents: Bridget Gallgher, domestic servant.

In 1910, Christine Groombridge, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 78 Barnardo children en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Toronto Star
Friday, June 14, 1912

GIRL ARRESTED

Brought From Hamilton on a Charge of Theft in Toronto

On a charge of stealing $8 in cash, three gold rings, a bracelet, Christina Groombridge, a Home girl, was brought from Hamilton, where she was arrested at the request of the county police, by County constable George Simpson.

The girl formerly worked in the home of Mrs. William Wood. Vaughn road, Wychwood, and went to Hamilton last week, where she secured a position. The Hamilton woman wrote to Mrs. Wood, who turned the letter over to the police. They wired the Hamilton authorities to hold the girl. She was remanded to the Shelter and will come up Monday before Magistrate Ward.

On 14 May 1914, at Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Christina Annie Rose Groombridge, 18, born in Scotland to William Henry Groombridge and Christina McPhail; and Walter Miller, 23, farmer, born in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, to Albert Miller and Amey Brown. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-04-04 13:20:01 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-03 21:48:40 /

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23860 ACCLETON, Samson Amos1915ENG, KEN, Strood Apr 1929 : Cedric CAN Church of England Waifs and Strays Association  
12741 BISHOP, Albert George R1901ENG, KEN, Strood Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
14841 COLOURI, Maurice1913ENG,    , Strood Jul 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
11898 COOPER, Ernest Mark1915ENG,    , Strood Apr 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Salvation Army  
6413 GROOMBRIDGE, Christina Minnie Rose Annie1897ENG, KEN, Strood Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
12888 GUYMER, Charles1885ENG,    , Strood Jun 1897 : State of California CAN Lord Archibald Douglas  
11899 HARRISON, Dorothy1910ENG,    , Strood Apr 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Salvation Army  
11901 HOGG, Doris Hilda1912ENG,    , Strood Apr 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Salvation Army  
11890 HOGG, Nora1915ENG,    , Strood Apr 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Salvation Army  
11889 HOGG, Stewart1917ENG,    , Strood Apr 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Salvation Army  
11900 REED, Dorothy1908ENG,    , Strood Apr 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Salvation Army  
11902 WAYLAND, Annie1908ENG,    , Strood Apr 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Salvation Army