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Record #4441
Name :
: Elizabeth Martin PRICE (1912 - )
  aka : Betty


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1912

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 May 1920
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Elizabeth M. Price: Year of Registration: 1912; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Mother's Maiden Name: Price; District: Wolverhampton; County: Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands; Volume: 6b; Page: 1226. Mother: Emma Price (Mary Emma (Price) Lockley died at Summerfield Hospital in 1966). Elizabeth Price was born at 376 Wolverhampton Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.

In 1920, Elizabeth Price, 7, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 94 Middlemore children en route to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Elizabeth was placed with George and Bessie MacPherson. He worked on the railway and lived across from Morien Station.

Emma Price, Elizabeth's mother, tried for a number of years to contact her daughter in Canada, but letters were sent back to her in England. Finally mother and daughter connected in the 'forties. On August 19, 1947, the Middlemore Superintendent wrote to Emma in England. The letter states in part "matron has told me of your visit here [Middlemore orphanage in Birmingham] and of your wish to go out to Canada to join your daughter." [Emma never did as she couldn't afford the journey]. The Middlemore Superintendent went on to say that "I am sure that at sixty-eight years of age, you would find it very difficult to settle down in Canada" and "my advice to you is to stay where you are".

Elizabeth Price married Edward MacVicar and raised seven children. She worked all her life, and though, according to her granddaughter, Brenda Franklin, "she wasn't as open and joyful as other grandmothers. God Bless her, she worked hard her whole life, and raised seven children, and you know, I don't remember a complaint. Grumpy, yes, but loved us without conditions." 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-22 12:28:55 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 16:31:26 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
9157 BARLEY, Edward 1894ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
7199 BARLEY, Frederick1897ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
9156 BARLEY, Letitia1900ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
16248 BENNETT, Mary Irene1906ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
5535 BOUCHER, Harold 1915ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
16532 BOX, Edgar Gerard1901ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1913 : Corsican CAN Father Hudsons Homes  
3909 DAVIES, Thomas1900ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
14687 DEEMING, Emma Florence1907ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1922 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
8138 FLAVELL, Nellie 1914ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
3527 HADEN, Ernest1898ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Jun 1909 : Carthaginian  Middlemore hadenmaiden  
3526 HADEN, William1901ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Jun 1909 : Carthaginian  Middlemore hadenmaiden  
11460 HENRY, David1908ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1922 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Childrens Emigration Service of London  
6687 HILL, Jack1914ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
15010 HITCHCOT, Elizabeth May1873ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Oct 1884 : Sardinian CAN Colonization Fund, London  
5093 HOLLAND, Daniel1911ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Aug 1926 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
10986 JETSON, Alice1894ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Jul 1905 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
21941 JONES, Mary Jane1889ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Jun 1904 : Lake erie CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
11998 KIMPTON, Harold Edgar1913ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
4690 LARGE, Herbert 1907ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1914 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
15962 LISLE, Gerald R W1913ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Mar 1930 : Lancastria CAN Church Army  
15730 ONIONS, Elizabeth1909ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Jul 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
4441 PRICE, Elizabeth Martin1912ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
14673 RONAN, Margaret1873ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Oct 1884 : Sardinian CAN Colonization Fund, London  
13630 SNAPE, Louisa1876ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Sep 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
14568 SOUTHALL, Comfort1890ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos