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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
3074	ABEL, Edith Mary	1874	ENG,	Jul 1884 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
3072	ABELL, John J.	1866	ENG,	Feb 1883 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
3073	ABELL, William	1867	ENG,	Feb 1883 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
8692	ABIGAIL, Frederick Martin	1876	ENG,	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
3087	ABRAHAM, John	1873		Apr 1884 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
2766	ACHIEVERS, Mary	1866	ENG,	Sep 1882 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
17058	AIRD, Lizzie	1871	ENG,	May 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Louisa Birt
8751	ALDGATE, Esther	1880	ENG, LDN, London	Jun 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
2754	ALLNUTT, Ernest Raymond	1877	ENG, KEN, Bromley	Apr 1887 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes	14Germain
6260	AMEY, Mary Ann	1871	ENG, SFK, Sudbury	Aug 1882 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
22215	ASHFORD, John	1867	ENG,	Apr 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22466	ATKINS, Albert H	1880	ENG,	Jun 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
9827	ATKINS, Selina	1880	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1890 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
21884	BAKER, George	1875	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21885	BAKER, Jessie	1869	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21886	BAKER, William	1880	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
4229	BALDWIN, Edward	1879	ENG,	Jun 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Middlemore
3479	BARLEY, Mary Louisa	1877	ENG, BDF, Olwarden	Sep 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
3480	BARLEY, Maud Evelyn	1880	ENG, MDX, Bow, London	Sep 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
18458	BARNES, A	1873	ENG,	Oct 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
18471	BARNES, Alfred	1871	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18479	BARNES, Arthur	1869	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18789	BARNES, William	1867	ENG,	1884 : Circassian	CAN
18813	BARNES, William Samuel	1877	ENG,	1885 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
21891	BARRY, Edward	1881	ENG,	Sep 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
21894	BASENDALE, Thomas	1881	ENG,	May 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
4238	BEAGLE, George William	1868	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
20501	BECKETT, Thomas	1870	ENG,	May 1886 : Circassian	CAN	Unknown
20714	BECKWITH, J.A.	1883	ENG,	May 1892 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
13883	BEGWOOD, John	1878	ENG,	May 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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