HOME      FORUM      HELP      SEARCH      
News : The Surname Interests Table (SIT), the Database for Special Interests Groups (DBSIG) and Ancestral Anniversaries
are now "mobile friendlier" more here ...
The RootsChat Reference Library

RootsChat.Com »  RootsChat Reference Library »   Database for Special Interest Groups (DBSIG) »   British Home Children : Quick Search

Record #4250
Name :
: Margaret Elizabeth COLBEAR (1894 - )


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 21 Oct 1894

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Wiltshire, Trowbridge
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 24 Jul 1903
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Margaret Colbear: Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Melksham; County: Wiltshire; Volume: 5a; Page: 106. (Parents: Arthur Colbear and Elizabeth Stephenson.)

In 1901, Maggie Colbear, 8 years of age, was shown residing at 30 Strode Road, North End and Buckland, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Other family members included: Arthur Colbear, 48, carrier/oil stores; Arthur Colbear, 19, oil stores; Elizabeth Colbear, 46; Frederick Colbear, 11; Leonard Colbear, 5; Ada Colbear, 13; May Colbear, 3; and Willie Colbear, 15. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 980; Folio: 30; Page: 2.)

In 1903, Margaret Colbear (Canadian incoming lists the surname as Coldbear), 8 (along with her sister, Ada Col(d)bear, 11), arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 137 children en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

In 1911, Margaret Colbear, 16, is shown as a domestic to John and Edith Ploughman of Scugog, Ontario South, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as October, 1894, and her immigration year as 1908.

On September 1, 1914, at Ontario, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Margaret Elizabeth Colbear, 20, born in England to Arthur Colbear and Elizabeth Stevens; and Orma Carswell Hood, 28, farmer, born in Ontario, Canada, to Paul Hood and Lydia Ellen Gummell.

[EDITORS NOTE: In 1914, on the ship Andania, Margaret's brother, Frederick Colbear, arrived at Quebec, Canada, to reside with his brother in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. He declared that he was a farm laborer and chauffeur and intended to remain permanently. Frederick Colbear enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces and died at the Wentworth Sanitorium, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from pulmonary tuberculosis on January 10, 1919. He was buried at St. John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sec. 6. Range 14. Lot 9. According to a newspaper clipping after his death, Margaret Hood inherited $140 left in his bank account.) 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-23 12:45:56 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-17 15:20:19 /

Family History ResearchersRootsChatters with family connections to Margaret Elizabeth COLBEAR:



 
Readers Comments

Surnames starting with:   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  3 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4249 COLBEAR, Ada Annie1891ENG, WIL, Trowbridge Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4251 COLBEAR, Leonard David1897ENG, WIL, Trowbridge Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4250 COLBEAR, Margaret Elizabeth1894ENG, WIL, Trowbridge Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos