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Record #23475
Name :
: Margaret WARD (1894 - 1983)
  aka : Maggie


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 7 Feb 1894

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 5 Feb 1983   Notes : Stomach Cancer
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Scituate
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 27 Feb 1904
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Bavarian

Placement Family
: Humbleton
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Walton

Agency
: Liverpool Sheltering Home
NotesMy Grandmother was admitted to "Liverpool Sheltering Home" at age 11 with her younger sister Alice age 6. The girls and their mother were in and out of the workhouse. On the admittance papers they state that the girls we illegitimate. Mrs Ward was still married to her husband Edward Ward who left her many years ago.She found herself pregnant with her 5th child and wanted a a better life for Margaret and Alice.So the girls were sent to Canada which I believe was the best situation for them at that time.They were both at Knowlton Quebec with Mrs.Brit. Margaret was sent to live with a family in Savage Mills Quebec that family did not work out and she was sent to a Jas.Humbleton in Bethany Quebec.They had cows and she had to milk cows in the morning and night with another home child. I believe she attended some school she was with that family for six years until 1909. She was now 16 and went to visit her sister Alice in Manchester. Mr Warren sent her a rail ticket. She never returned to Canada. S he lived with the Warrens for two years then went to work for Mrs.Ramsey in Manchester. Margaret went to nursing school and became a nurse and was a talented artist.Margaret and Alice were in touch with their mother Catherine and sister Jessie in LiverpoolTheir mother was very sick and dying. After she passed sister Jessie was left alone with a family friend and Catherine wanted her to be with her sisters. After Alice died Margaret sent her sister Jessie a ticket to Boston on a ship from Liverpool. Margaret took care of her 16 year old sister even though she had never met her. Margaret married the son of the Warren's Frederick Warren . They move to Scituate Massachusetts and have two children. Margaret continues her nursing and raising her children. She works well into her 70's with blind people. She never mentioned her youth or family. All we knew is that she lived in Canada for a while on a farm. I was able to uncover all this after I started my genealogy search. She was a wonderful loving grandmother. 
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3121 ACKERLEY, John1888ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3122 ACKERLEY, Thomas William1886ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
17051 ACKERLY, Thomas1887ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
2756 ALLNUTT, Francis Benjamin1876ENG, KEN, Bromley Mar 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home 14Germain  
15274 ATKINSON, William1868ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4896 BAKER, Ernest F1913ENG, LDN, London Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4899 BAKER, Lilian E1911ENG, LDN, London Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18640 BARKER, Harold1889ENG, NTT Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
19729 BARNETT, William1906ENG,     Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4893 BARR, George L1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
17172 BARTLETT, Thomas1888ENG,     Apr 1899 : Carthaginian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4738 BARZARKIE, Charles1878ENG, LND, Springfield, Islington Aug 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4734 BARZARKIE, Elizabeth1873ENG,     Apr 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4736 BARZARKIE, Mary Catharine1869IRL, COR Apr 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4737 BARZARKIE, Theresa1875ENG, LND, Springfield, Islington Aug 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4898 BEACH, Edna1909ENG,    , Bournemouth Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18851 BEDFORD, W1880ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
21432 BEER, Charles John1912ENG,     Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3580 BENNETT, Annie1892ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4897 BETTS, Joseph D1914ENG,    , Hastings Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4900 BIGNELL, May1912ENG, CHS, Birkenhead Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18684 BOOTH, James W1884ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18846 BREW, Thomas1880ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
14232 BROWN, Annie1892ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
10468 BROWN, Frederick 1906ENG,    , Clewer Apr 1921 : Melita CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
15244 BROWN, Harold1873ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
15251 BROWN, John1868ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
14230 BROWN, Maud1890ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
22501 BUCHANAN, Eva1885ENG,     May 1896 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3301 BULPITT, Charles Thomas1907ENG, HAM, South Stoneham Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
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