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Record #15927
Name :
: Hettie Doris MILLS (1895 - )
  aka : Dora May Wiles; Doris Wil


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1895 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 13 May 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Bavarian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for Hettie Doris Mills: Date: Mar 1897; District: Hackney; County: London; Volume: 1b; Page: 618. Parents: Frederick Mills and Amelia Annie Tiffin, married 1892 in Poplar, London, England.

In 1905, Hettie D. Mills, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of MacPherson children en route to Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

Hettie D. Mills was adopted by Stephen Wiles and wife, Susie Stratford. They changed her name to Dora May Wiles. Stephen Wiles, 63, died on January 13, 1919, at 42 Ascot Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of aortic aneurysm. Susie Stratford Wiles died on January 29, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, USA.

On March 27, 1926, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Doris Wiles, 23, operator, born in England, to Stephen Wiles and Susie Stratford; and William Wheeler (born July 22, 1899, died September7, 1979) 24, manufacturer, born in London, Ontario, Canada, to Charles Wheeler and Bessie Gale.


Toronto Star
Thursday, June 8, 1933

SEARCH FAILS FOR SISTER LAST SEEN 23 YEARS AGO

London Woman Seeking Kin Adopted in 1910--Records Not Open

IN BARNARDO HOME

Special to the Star
London, June 8.--Disheartened by 23 years continuous searching for her sister, Mrs. Walter Green met failure in a renewal of her quest in Toronto yesterday.

Returning to London, Mrs. Green laid fresh plans for a hunt based on meagre information obtained through the Barnardo homes, now holding records taken over the Annie McPherson home, formerly operated in Stratford.

Back in 1910, when Hettie D. Mills was eight years old, she was adopted from the McPherson home by a Mrs. Stephen Wiles of Toronto. Her sister, now Mrs. Green, and a brother, David had been separately adopted at about the same time and no contact had been maintained among the children.

In 1928, after a long and persistent search, Mrs. Green traced David.

Ceaselessly since the brother, who is now in London, employed as a factory foreman, and Mrs. Green have conducted their hunt. Yesterday in a search of old city directories in Toronto Mrs. Green found that from 1910 till 1913 a Stephen Wiles lived at 105 and later 153 Harbord St. From 1914 to 1918 the same name was listed at 42 Ascot St. From then forward the name is out of the Toronto directory.

A resident in the district told Mrs. Green that Wiles had been a salesman for the T. Eaton co. He believed Wiles died in 1919.

Thus the hunt for Hettie Mills, now in her thirty-first year, has again failed.

"I have been asked by officials of the home and by lawyers what I want my sister for," Mrs. Green told the Star. "What would anyone want to see her sister for? We have been separated all these years. For the last five years I have never ceased searching. I have employed detectives who told me the Barnardo home was not at liberty to give any information." 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-01-22 21:24:01 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-22 22:08:52 /

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18951 ALLEN, Jessie1898ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
18964 ALLEN, Nellie1899ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
18980 ALLEN, William1895ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
18886 ANDERSON, Arthur Alexander1895ENG, LND, Greenwich May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10503 APPLEBY, Ada1891ENG,     Jun 1905 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22831 APPLEBY, Charles1889ENG,     Sep 1904 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
8530 ARCHER, Maud1891ENG,    , Lewisham Aug 1904 : Bavarian CAN Waifs & Strays  
5823 ARCHIBALD, Dorothy1900ENG,    , Enfield May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10206 ARCHIBALD, Nellie 1892ENG,    , Enfield May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
5850 ASKEW, Minnie1893ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
8616 BARNABY, Thomas1889ENG, ESX, West Ham Jul 1903 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
18741 BARNES, P W1887ENG,     Mar 1903 : Bavarian CAN Unknown  
18769 BARNES, W1886ENG, MDX May 1903 : Bavarian CAN Unknown  
19013 BARNETT, Emma1904ENG,     Sep 1904 : Bavarian CAN Church of England Waifs and Strays Association  
9955 BARRY, Louisa1893ENG,     Aug 1904 : Bavarian CAN Waifs & Strays  
8752 BARTLE, Elizabeth A1891ENG,    , Hunslet Feb 1904 : Bavarian CAN Louisa Birt  
5854 BARTON, Elsie1898ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
6028 BATES, Alf1894ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
6000 BATES, Isaac1888ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
5855 BATSHORT, Lena1895ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
10116 BATTLE, George1889ENG,    , Aston Sep 1904 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
5828 BEAMISH, Charles1893ENG,     Aug 1904 : Bavarian CAN Waifs & Strays  
6051 BEANEY, Oliver1895ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
6001 BEARDMORE, Arthur1888ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
19319 BEASLEY, Mary1890ENG,     Jun 1905 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association madbusch  
6031 BEATTIE, William J.1894ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
20478 BECKER, William J1896ENG,     Jun 1903 : Bavarian CAN Unknown  
18938 BECKETT, George1899ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
20499 BECKETT, Samuel1890ENG,     Jul 1904 : Bavarian CAN Louisa Birt  
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