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Record #4147
Name :
: Rosina DUNINGS (1876 - 1965)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Nov 1876

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 22 Aug 1965
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Tunbridge Wells

2 Norman Road
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Northumberland, Menie
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 20 Apr 1889
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesA birth registration was found for Rosina Dunings: Year of Registration: 1876; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Tonbridge; County: Kent, Sussex; Volume: 2a; Page: 606. (Parents: John Dunings and Deborah Jane Parrett, married 1864.)

In 1881, Rose Dunings, 4 years of age, was shown residing at 40 Baltic Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Other family members included: Annie A. Dunings, 14; Arthur Dunings, 6; Charles Dunings, 13; Deborah J. Dunings, 36; Ellen Dunings; Emma Dunings, 10; John Dunings, 41, carpenter; and William Dunings, 3. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 916; Folio: 85; Page: 13; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341218.)

In 1889, Rosina Dunnings, 13, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 67 girls en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

In 1891, Rose Dunnings, 14, is shown as a Domestic working for John and Rose Barker, in the District of Oxford South, Burford Township, Ontario, Canada/

In 1901, Rosanna Dunnings, 19, is shown as a servant to James and Alice Talbot of Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as November 27, 1881, and her immigration year is not noted.

On August 17, 1903, at Wellington, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Rosa A. Dunnings, 23, born in England to John Dunnings (mother's name not noted); and another home child, James J. Willis, 25, farmer, born in England to Thomas Willis and Mary Jane Collins.

James and Rose Willis had seven children: Nellie May Willis (1905-1906); Cecil Herbert Willis; John James Willis (1906-1907); James Oliver Willis; Edward Willis; Bert Willis; and Janie Elizabeth Willis.

Rosina Dunings Willis died on August 22, 1965, at the age of 88, in Menie, Ontario, Canada. James John Willis died on August 19, 1970, at the age of 91, at Campbellford, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-03 19:25:51 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-05-23 16:39:00 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4147 DUNINGS, Rosina1876ENG, KEN, Tunbridge Wells Apr 1889 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
5703 HUGGETT, Walter1877ENG, KEN, Tunbridge Wells Jun 1891 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home