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Record #23874
Name :
: Harriet Alma HEATH (1878 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 16 Sep 1878

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthIndia, Bangalore
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Apr 1891
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Maria Rye

Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesHarriet was sent to Canada with her half sister Sarah Shirt aboard the Parisian on April 5th 1891. She was 12 at the time as confirmed in the ship's passenger list. Harriet's father was William Edward Augustus Mew Heath, he married Harriet's mother Mary Anne Shirt nee Davis in 1877 after the death of her husband Thomas Shirt who was serving in the British Army India......Harriet had a full brother William Augustus Heath...also two half siblings Sarah as already mentioned and John Thomas Francis Shirt who was the only child to stay in the UK.

William, Harriet's father was also serving in India when in 1879 on a skirmish at Doaba he was shot and had to have his leg amputated in the field, he was later discharged from the Army and returned to the UK...the family moved to Dartford in Kent where William Jnr was born, between 1881 and 1883 William snr moved to London to find work and sent his family back to his parents on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, during his time in London he met a woman called Ellen Cooper whom he embarked on an affair with, they had a child called Nellie Heath.

William snr never returned to Hampshire to collect his family, he abandoned them to the poor law, and Mary can be found in the workhouse in Freshwater, Isle of Wight....an application to put her oldest son John into Gordon's boy's home described her as "Miserably poor" it was later that year that the other 3 children were given up and sent to Canada.

Harriet married Alexander Stewart Johnson,he died under two years after the birth of their child who's name I still haven't found...it is the descendants of that family i'm trying to locate. Nik Emery

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ContributorsCreated : 2014-02-05 13:58:45 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-09-03 23:37:07 / alanmack

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3009 ABBIS, Ann1877ENG, STS, Stoke upon Trent Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
3010 ABBIS, Matilda1880ENG, STS, Stoke Upon Trent Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
3041 ABBOTT, Jessica1862ENG,     Aug 1872 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
3046 ABBOTT, Lily1873ENG, YKS, Leeds Sep 1883 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
3074 ABEL, Edith Mary1874ENG,     Jul 1884 : Circassian CAN Maria Rye  
3137 ACLAND, Louisa1858ENG, GLS, Bristol Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
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6903 ADAMS, Anna Maria1858ENG, WIL, Potterne Sep 1873 : Polynesian CAN Maria Rye  
8059 ADAMS, Sophia Elizabeth1847ENG, SSX, Hurstpierpoint Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
13137 ADAMSON, Arthur1893ENG, LAN, Bury May 1905 : Victorian CAN Maria Rye  
8819 ADAMSON, John 1891ENG, LAN, Oldham May 1905 : Victorian CAN Maria Rye  
6182 ADDIS, Daisy Laura1880ENG, KEN, Thanet May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
8751 ALDGATE, Esther1880ENG, LDN, London Jun 1891 : Circassian CAN Maria Rye  
7634 ALDRIDGE, Fanny1859ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
7834 ALEXANDER, Ronald1863ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
8823 ALLCOCK, Edith1882ENG,     Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
15360 ALLEN, John1863ENG,     1872 : - Unknown - CAN Maria Rye  
15359 ALLISON, James1861ENG,     1872 : - Unknown - CAN Maria Rye  
7671 ALLISON, Mary Jane1859ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
10954 ALLPORT, Daisy Dot1879ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
10946 ALLWRIGHT, Bertha Isabella1869ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town Jun 1879 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
10947 ALLWRIGHT, Phoebe1871ENG, MDX, Poplar Jun 1879 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
6521 ALSTON, Alice1860ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
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7987 ANDERSON, Caroline1852ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
4456 ANDERSON, Ethel Rows1884ENG, YKS, Normanby Aug 1890 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
4007 ANDREWS, Annie 1882ENG,     Aug 1895 : Numidian CAN Maria Rye  
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