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Record #15306

Name :: : Bessie May ALLEN (1888 - 1970)
aka : Bessie Stewart
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 28 Jul 1888
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 12 Oct 1970 Notes : General Decline

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Winchester

9 Beaconsfield Terrace

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Thunder Bay

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 22 Sep 1899
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Arawa
Placement Family: : Coyle; Hinds; McLaughlin; Taylor; Kenned

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Winchester Union Workhouse
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesParents: Francis Allen and Jane Galgani, married December 16, 1877, at Congregational Church, Winchester, Southampton, England.

On May 21, 1897, Jane Galgani Allen died at 3 Water Lane, Winchester, Hampshire, England, of Phthisis Pulmonalis.

With their mother's death, the family quickly disintegrated with the younger children and their father eventually ending up in the Winchester workhouse. On July 17, 1899, Bessie and her sister Bertha were taken into care by the Barnardo Home, they lived at "Sweetbriar" cottage. Their guardian was Miss Douglas, daughter of Lady Douglas.

Upon their arrival in Canada the girls were separated although they were allowed one visit.

On December 7, 1899, Bessie was placed with Robert Coyle an apple exporter, in Colborne, Ontario, Canada. He was pleased she could peel potatoes and wash dishes.

On January 21, 1901, Bessie was placed with A S Hinds, merchant, in Colborne, Ontario, Canada, but was returned a month later as he died of typhoid and she wasn't needed.

On February 27, 1901, Bessie was placed in the McLaughlin household in Haydn, Durham, Ontario, Canada, near her sister, but she was returned on November 25, 1901, as they could not manage her.

On December 4, 1901, Bessie was placed with J. H. Taylor, farmer, in Weston, Ontario, Canada, in June he said she was a plump little woman, delicate throat, forward and untruthful but never sulky or insolent--yet in Jul 1902 she was returned as unmanageable.

On July 15, 1902, Bessie was placed with George Kennedy, farmer in Hornby, Ontario, Canada. She left on August 15, 1902, with tonsilitis, and was then placed 19 Aug with Henry Seaton, farmer, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada but she was returned on the 20th as she was feared ill. Bessie was then placed on August 22, 1902, with widow Mrs E. H. Varney, Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada. On October 1, Bessie had tonsilitis and her tonsils were removed on the 7th. She was very ill.

On October 27, 1902, Bessie was back at the Robert Coyle home, but by March 3, 1902, had returned to Barnardos as she had gotten beyond the control of Mrs. Coyle.

On June 2, 1903, Bessie was placed with William Early, farmer, Norval Ontario, Canada, but Mrs. Early wanted to return her as she had been untruthful and undependable. On August 29, 1903, she was placed with Hugh Smith, but by July 23, 1904, Bessie was unhappy with her wages and wanted to return to McLaughlins. She went there during the summer.

In August, 1904, Bessie was still at the McLaughlin farm in Durham, Ontario, Canada. A letter was received by the Home from her sister, Bertha, who feared Bessie was getting wild.

Bessie was in a total of 13 placements before her marriage to Peter Clark Stewart, a recent Scottish immigrant. It is thought that they met at her placement with the McLaughin family at their farm in Durham.

On December 2, 1904, a marriage was registered between Bessie May Allen, 20, domestic farm helper, born in Winchester, England, to Frank Allen and Jane Goygarny; and Peter Clarke Stewart, 25, stone mason, born in Campbelltown, Scotland, to John Stewart and Agnes Clarke. They were married by Rev. Phalen, Presbyterian minister at Blackstock, Ontario, Canada.

Bessie and Peter eventually settled in the northwestern Ontario town of Keewatin where they raised their 13 children: Agnes May Stewart; Beatrice Stewart; Jane Allen Stewart; Bessie May Stewart; Francis Allen Stewart; Mary Stewart; Barbara Stewart; John Robert Stewart; Dorothy Stewart; and two others, still living.

Peter Clarke Stewart died on August 13, 1946, at the age of 66. Bessie May Allen Stewart died at the age of 82 at Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Bessie corresponded with her other siblings back in Winchester over the years but never returned to England.

ContributorsCreated : 2011-11-10 14:14:16 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-02-05 17:22:35 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3047	ABBOT, William	1878	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3019	ABBOTT, Alfred	1869	ENG,	Aug 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
23669	ABBOTT, Alice	1877	ENG,	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3022	ABBOTT, Bertie	1894	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos	sharonmx5 , patty_in_ms
3025	ABBOTT, David Henry	1891	ENG, ESS, Grays	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8354	ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper	1885	ENG, LND, Homerton	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
10624	ABBOTT, John	1913	ENG,	Apr 1929 : Duchess of York	CAN	Barnardos
3045	ABBOTT, Leslie	1883	ENG,	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3060	ABBOTT, Lilian	1903	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3026	ABBOTT, Mary	1888	ENG, ESS, Maldon	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
3049	ABBOTT, Penelope	1901	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
3061	ABDALE, John George	1873	ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne	Mar 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Barnardos
3063	ABEL, Albert Edward G.	1901	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3065	ABEL, Florence	1902	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3067	ABEL, Frederick	1889	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3071	ABEL, John	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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 30 Entries

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