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Record #13926
Name :
: Rosa Ellen STEVENS (1878 - )
  aka : Rose Ellen Stevens


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1878

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Tilehurst
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 19 Aug 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: - Unknown -

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Rosa Ellen Stevens: Year of Registration: 1878; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Bradfield; County: Berkshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 345. Parents: Edmund James Stevens and Ellen Lewis, married 1869, Bradfield, Berkshire, England.

A death registration was found for Ellen Stevens: Year of Registration: 1883; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 34; District: Bradfield; County: Berkshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 183.

In 1887, Rose Ellen Stevens, 9 (along with brothers Arthur Stevens, 11, Walter Stevens, 6, Frank Stevens, 12, and Christopher Stevens, 7), arrived in Canada in a group of 28 Middlemore children en route to the Guthrie Home, London, Ontario, Canada.

"Copy of Reports of Inspection of Pauper Children sent out to Canada made by Immigration Officers of the Dominion Government and received from the Colonial Office on the 12th December 1888.

Report of Mr. John A. Donaldson, Government Immigration Agent at Toronto.

Rose Ellen Stevens, aged 9. From Bradfield Union. Placed with J John Kerr, Owen Sound P.O.?Spent a whole day trying to find this party, but no one knows a John Kerr in Owen Sound or the surrounding country; evidently a mistake in the address."

On August 8, 1895, at Coboconk, Victoria, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Rose Stevens, 17, born in England to unknown parents; and another homechild, James Alden, 22, farmer, born in England to unknown parents.

James and Rose Stephens Alden had at least 5 children: Mary Gertrude Alden, born July 26, 1896 in Victoria; Richard Arnold Alden, born June 7, 1899, in Victoria; Edith Doris Irene Alden, born June 17, 1901, in Victoria; Nellie Elvira Alden, born March 27, 1906, in Victoria; and Ruth Alden, born about 1910 in Victoria. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-03-22 21:37:20 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-03-23 20:09:30 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
13925 STEVENS, Arthur Ernest1876ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
13927 STEVENS, Christopher Charles1880ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
13924 STEVENS, Frank Edmund1875ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
13926 STEVENS, Rosa Ellen1878ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
13928 STEVENS, Walter Cecil1881ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore