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Record #4204

Name :: : Ellen SHERRIFF (1887 - )
aka : Nellie
Father: :
Mother: :

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Date of Birth: : Jan 1887
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Newington, London

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 8 Aug 1896
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Scotsman
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Ellen Sheriff: Year of Registration: 1887; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: St Saviour Southwark; County: London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 98. (Parents: Henry Sheriff and Julia Maud Morgan, married 1877 at St Saviour Southwark, London, England.)

In 1891, Ellen Sherriff, 4 years of age, was shown residing at 6 Artizan Buildings, 8 Sun Street, Borough Road, St. George the Martyr, London, England. Other family members included: Elizabeth Sherriff, 6; Harry P. Sherriff, 12; James H. Sherriff, 11; Julia Sherriff, 36, char office cleaner; Julia M. Sherriff, 9; and Sarah A. Sherriff, 12. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 347; Folio 62; Page 58; GSU roll: 6095457.) (EDITORS NOTE: At this time, the girls' father, Henry J. Sherriff, 35, perfumer, was residing with his cousin, Thomas A. Bambridge, of Wivenhoe Road, Peckham, Camberwell, London, England--Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 477; Folio 80; Page 49; GSU roll: 6095587.)

A death registration was found for Henry James Sherriff: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856; Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 35; District: St Saviour Southwark; County: London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 26.

In 1896, Ellen Sheriff, 8 (along with sisters, Julia Sheriff, 13, and Eliza Sheriff, 11) arrived at Quebec, Canada, with a group of 254 Barnardo children accompanied by Mr. Owen, en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

In Barnardo's Ups & Downs, April 1, 1900, Volume V, No. 3, under OUR GIRLS, Hazel Brae Notes (pg 75 - 88):

"Julie Sheriff eldest of 3 sisters, came 1896, visited Lizzie & Nellie..."

In 1901, Nellie Sheriff, 14, was shown as a servant to William and Lucy Tordiff in Darlington, Durham, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as January 1, 1887, and her immigration year as 1896.

On August 29, 1910, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Nellie Ellen Sherriff, 19, born to Henry Sherriff and Julia Maud Morgan; and Thomas Theodore Furman, 22, comb maker, born to John Furman and Elizabeth Sparrow. Her sister, Elizabeth Sheriff, was a witness to the marriage.

In 1911, Nellie Furman, 20, was shown residing at the home of her mother-in-law, Elizabeth Furman (who was legally separated from her husband), at 485 Richmond, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, along with her husband, Thomas Furman, 23, comb maker. Her date of birth is shown as August 1890, and her immigration year as 1901.

Thomas and Nellie Sheriff Furman had 4 children.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-14 20:05:01 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 13:22:50 /

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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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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

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