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Record #6260

Name :: : Mary Ann AMEY (1871 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

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Date of Birth: : 11 Feb 1871
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Suffolk, Sudbury

Union Workhouse

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 6 Aug 1882
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Circassian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : MacPherson Homes

NotesA birth registration was found for Mary Ann Amey: Year of Registration: 1871; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Sudbury; County: Essex, Suffolk; Volume: 4a; Page: 466. Mother: Caroline Amey, unmarried.

Her mother was Caroline Amey and her father was Ransome Oxley, who was a chemist in Sudbury, Suffolk and was already a married man.

Caroline and Mary Ann remained in the workhouse for approximately 16 months.

They went to Bethnal Green, London where Caroline went into service in 1875 and a year prior to her daughter's admission to the Annie MacPherson Home. She met and married Richard Muckley on 7 February 1881, who was a French Polisher by trade.

The couple had a child and Richard said that he was averse to supporting Mary Ann as he had little trade at the time.

Mary Ann was then placed in MacPherson Home. She was aged 11 years, although on records was stated as being 12, so able to work as an adult as 11 was still classed as a child. Her record number was 1326.

In 1882, Mary A. Amey, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 63 MacPherson girls.

The homes that Mary Ann worked in are as follows:

Mr John McBride, Mount Forest P.O.
Mr & Mrs Marshall, Stratford
Mr TB McCarthy, Stratford
Mr Isaac Ballter, Platsville, P.O.
Mrs Madill, Stratford, Avon Street
Mrs R Peters, Brunner, P.O.
Mr & Mrs Quigley, Dobbington, P.O.
Mrs McBride, Mount Forest P.O.
Mrs James Halloelm, Hichison P.O.
Mr George Biggins, [Woodstoe] P.O.

She finally returned to England on 28 October 1892, where she worked her passage home.

She then met up with her mother, Caroline, and cared for her until she died.

On October 27, 1895, at St James the Great, Bethnal Green, London, England, a marriage was registered between Mary Ann Amey, 26, daughter of the late William John Amey; and William Benjamin Portway, widower, 42, labourer, son of the late John Portway.

William and Mary Ann Amey Portway had at least 3 children: George Charles Portway, born June 27, 1897. George joined the Army, entering the 2nd Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment and during World War I, was sent to Mesopotamia where he was killed in action on April 6, 1916 (service number 11871); Thomas William Portway, born 1899 in Bethnal Green, London, England; and Charles Benjamin Portway, born 1904 in Bethnal Green, London, England.

William Benjamin Portway died in 1908 at Bethnal Green, London, England.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-04-02 12:18:35 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-12-02 13:59:52 /

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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
3014	ABBOTT, Adelaide	1872	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Jul 1876 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3021	ABBOTT, Alice	1899	ENG,	May 1912 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3028	ABBOTT, Edith	1887	ENG,	Jul 1892 : Parisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3030	ABBOTT, Ellen	1893	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3070	ABELL, George	1870	ENG,	Apr 1886 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3087	ABRAHAM, John	1873		Apr 1884 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3088	ABRAHAM, Maggie	1875	ENG,	Jul 1888 : Parisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
6354	ABREY, William Roger	1901	ENG, , Croydon	Aug 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3116	ACHURCH, Florence Daisy	1901	ENG, LND, Fulham	Sep 1913 : Virginian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3141	ACKROYD, James	1854	ENG,	Jun 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7076	ACLAND, Walter Frederick	1859	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3167	ADAM, George	1861	ENG,	Jul 1874 : Phoenician	CAN	MacPherson Homes
15500	ADAMS, Reuben Stanley	1893	ENG,	May 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
22564	ADEY, W S	1909	ENG,	Jul 1922 : Montrose	CAN	MacPherson Homes
2852	AIRD, Arthur	1895	ENG, LAN	Apr 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
6348	ALDCROFT, George Herbert	1896	ENG, CHS, Altrincham	May 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
6386	ALDCROFT, John Arthur	1898	ENG, CHS, Altrincham	May 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17052	ALDRED, Eric Woodman	1894	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Apr 1910 : Victorian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10218	ALEXANDER, Edward Bubbings	1901	ENG, SSX, Rye	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10220	ALEXANDER, Jack	1908	ENG, KEN, Hoo	Jul 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10219	ALEXANDER, Kathleen	1904	ENG, KEN	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10217	ALEXANDER, Leslie	1902	ENG, KEN	May 1913 : Corsican	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17055	ALLEN, Hilda May	1901	ENG,	Jun 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
18951	ALLEN, Jessie	1898	ENG,	May 1905 : Bavarian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
18964	ALLEN, Nellie	1899	ENG,	May 1905 : Bavarian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
18980	ALLEN, William	1895	ENG,	May 1905 : Bavarian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
6805	ALLISON, James	1863	SCT,	Jul 1875 : Waldensian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
2754	ALLNUTT, Ernest Raymond	1877	ENG, KEN, Bromley	Apr 1887 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes	14Germain
22778	AMBROSE, Sarah	1879	ENG,	May 1885 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10383	AMERY, Thomas Richard	1864	ENG, LND, Whitechapel	May 1881 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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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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