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Record #4688
Name :
: Elizabeth FERN (1895 - 1990)
  aka : Ann


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1895

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 31 Mar 1990   Notes : Old age
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, , London

Lille Road, Fulham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 1 Sep 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Bavarian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesElizabeth Ann Fern was taken to Canada, aged 10, along with her sister Lucy and brother William on the SS Bavarian by the McPherson home in Bethnal Green, in the east end of London. They seem to have ended up there from the Fulham Union in west London. They weren't orphans, their mother had died, but their father who was a plasterer was still alive. We think he knew that they were being taken and let them go, but are not sure. The eldest sister Anne was sent 5 years before them and another, the youngest, Ellen who died soon afterwards, came a year later on the Tunisian. Once in Canada, they were split up. A baby brother George was left behind and adopted in England.

Elizabeth Anne (known to us as Annie) was sent to a Mrs Hammond in Ontario and then a Mrs Kirkpatrick. As a young woman she became a stenographer and worked at Havacle Girls College in Toronto. At the outbreak of WWI she married a northern Irish boy called George Greer, but he was killed during the last days of the War in Arras. She gave birth to a son and went to N. Ireland to live with George's family. There she met another Irish veteran, to whom she was married for over 50 years and had a daughter. They both lived most of their lives in Liverpool in England then in Cheshire. Annie had 3 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren, and lived to 95. She was extraordinarily kind and generous and deeply loved. She kept in touch with all her brothers and sisters, but it was 50 years before they could all be together at a reunion in Canada.

She often reminisced about her journey to Canada and her early life in Canada, but she allowed us to believe that her father took them and never mentioned there experiences in the London workhouse. We found this out only after she died. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
8435 ABBOTT, Sidney1888ENG,     Sep 1903 : Bavarian CAN Unknown  
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  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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