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Record #5462
Name :
: Mabel Margaret Mary OFFEN (1920 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 28 Jan 1920   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Canterbury
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Nov 1929   Notes : Corrected from Dec 1929 (per
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Ballarat

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for Mabel M M Offen: Mother's Maiden Surname: Amos; Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1920; Registration district: Canterbury; Registration county: Kent; Volume Number: 2a; Page Number: 2307.

In 1929, Mabel M. M. Offen, 9 (along with brother, Horace W. J. Offen, 12) arrived at Fremantle, Australia, in a group of 37 children from the Child Emigration Society, Strand, London, England. She was placed in Nelson Cottage at Fairbridge Farm School, Fremantle, Australia.

Update 12.09.15 from mollipops1  
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-07 11:34:33 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1 , Pinjarra1929

Last Updated : 2022-01-30 21:07:09 / alanmack

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Readers Comments30.01.22 Pinjarra1929 :
Would there be a way to find out how long her sailing was? Because my grandad Reginald Stanley Colville Hallewell was also2929 on Largs Bay. I think I found an online record on a Fairbridge site said it took one month, left may arrived Freemantle June 29th on 1929.

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
21189 ADAMS, William1916ENG, WAR, Aston Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25954 ARMSTRONG, Benjamin John Emmerson1918ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney Nov 1929 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes splmum , Pinjarra1929  
5496 ARNOTT, Anthony Robert1923ENG, DUR, Darlington May 1934 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5497 ARNOTT, Michael1925ENG, DUR, Darlington May 1934 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25140 ASHTON, Ivy1923ENG,    , Wolverhampton May 1934 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26826 ASHTON, Lucy1922ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1934 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12135 ASHURST, Henrietta1918ENG, CHS, Birkenhead May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12136 ASHURST, Lily1917ENG, CHS, Birkenhead May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25141 ATTWELL, Richard1916ENG, SRY May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12078 BAKER, John1916ENG,     May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12079 BALDWIN, David1917ENG,     May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12028 BANFIELD, Charles A1913ENG,     Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Barnardos  
21190 BARRETT, Arthur William1916ENG,     Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25955 BARTLEY, Phillip1918ENG, LND, Marylebone Nov 1929 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26875 BATES, David1920 Nov 1931 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12029 BATES, James E1910ENG,     Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Barnardos  
12080 BATTERS, Thomas Edward1917ENG, YKS, Halifax May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12081 BAYLISS, George Charles1916ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5400 BEALES, Frederick James1918ENG, LND, Bethnal Green May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12030 BEISLEY, Ernest J1912ENG,     Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Barnardos  
21191 BEISLEY, Sidney Silas1916ENG, LND, Lambeth Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12082 BELLINGHAM, Arthur Harold1917ENG, LND, Lambeth May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25957 BENNETT, Robert Edward1916 Nov 1929 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12083 BENSON, Alexander Stuart1918ENG, LND, Southwark May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12137 BENSON, Ellen Frances1916ENG, DUR, Hartlepool May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12084 BISH, George1915ENG, KEN, Malling May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25956 BISHOP, Owen George Frederick1916ENG, LND, Lambeth Nov 1929 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26876 BISHOP, William1920ENG, LND Nov 1931 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
8781 BRIDGER, John1915ENG, LND, Lambeth Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12138 BRITCHFORD, Gwendoline Marie1921ENG, LND, Marylebone May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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