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Record #2872
Name :
: Frances WALSH (1897 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 7 Aug 1897

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 1 Apr 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corinthian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesFrances was an inmate of a Hospital home at the age of 3 and was taken in to Barnardo's care on 8th November, 1905. Her Mother was in the Firvale workhouse as her Husband had left her, so she fell on hard times as a single Mother.

Frances was sent to Canada on 14th March, 1912 aboard the SS.Corinthian and arrived at St.John on 30th March, 1912. She went for a short while to Hazelbrae Home, Peterborough. Frances' Father was George Henry Walsh and her Mother Elizabeth Ann Walsh. She had a Brother, George Henry.

I did trace her to the town of Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada, where she married a Mr Harry Smith in 1924 and had 8 children.

FRANCES WAS THE ONLY SISTER OF MY LATE GRANDFATHER,GEORGE HENRY WALSH. IT IS THOUGHT THEY WERE TWINS BUT AS YET, NOT VERIFIED. FRANCES WAS TAKEN INTO A CHILDRENS HOME AT THE AGE OF 3 AND HER MOTHER ANNIE TO FIRVALE WORKHOUSE AND FROM THERE SHE WAS TAKEN BY BARNARDO'S IN ALL THEIR "WISDOM" AT THE AGE OF 5. SHE WAS SENT TO CANADA AT THE AGE OF 14, ABOARD THE SS CORINTHIAN IN 1912, ARRIVING AT ST.JOHN. SHE WENT FOR A WHILE TO HAZELBRAE HOME BEFORE BEING SENT ON SOMEWHERE ELSE. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT SHE MARRIED IN 1920 AND HAD 9 SONS, OF WHICH 4 WERE BORN PREMATURELY AND DIED. THE YOUNGEST SON IS STILL ALIVE AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM HIM. STRANGELY, FRANCES DIED THE SAME YEAR AS MY GRANDAD, HER BROTHER IN 1987. THE STRANGE THING IS THAT I MISS HER DEARLY EVEN THOUGH WE NEVER MET,IN FACT, I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN HER FACE. 
ContributorsCreated : 2007-11-12 18:32:04 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 10:28:55 /

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3127 ACKERMAN, Charles1904ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
18027 ADAMS, Albert1894ENG,     May 1911 : Corinthian CAN Unknown  
9872 ADAMSON, James Balfour1892SCT, LKS, Glasgow May 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
22565 ADSHEAD, John William1901ENG,     Apr 1912 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
22935 AIRD, Albert1904ENG,     Sep 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
9729 AITCHISON, Isabella1900ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne Jul 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
10026 AITCHISON, Margaret1903ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne Jul 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
23736 ALDERSON, Florence1898ENG,     Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
22577 ALDERSON, Lillie1901ENG,     Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
16539 ALDRED, Albert1904ENG, SRY, Balham Apr 1912 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
10892 ALDRIDGE, Rose1902ENG,     Sep 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
21339 ALESIA, Frances Elizabeth1897ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
3916 ALEXANDER, Agnes Barbour1888SCT,    , Coatbridge Aug 1906 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
3917 ALEXANDER, Janet Murray1896SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1906 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
3915 ALEXANDER, Mary Eliza1897SCT,    , Coatbridge Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
3918 ALEXANDER, Sarah Stewart1890SCT,    , Coatbridge Jun 1906 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
10689 ALLCORN, Frank Noel1901ENG, LND, Hampstead Oct 1911 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
6257 ALLCORN, Laurence Stanley1903ENG, LND, Hampstead Apr 1912 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
6444 ALLEN, Frederick John1901ENG,     Jul 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
13347 ALLISON, George1889SCT,     May 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
20710 ALLWORTH, Winnifred1903ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
8814 ALLWRIGHT, William Ernest1903ENG, LND, Islington Jul 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
23767 AMBROSE, Mary E1902ENG,     Apr 1912 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
6259 AMEY, Elizabeth1904ENG, LDN, London Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
7362 ANGOLD, Dorothy May1900ENG, LND, Hackney Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
13294 ANGUS, Agnes Crawford1892ENG, YKS, Ecclesall Bierlow Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
13293 ANGUS, Jennie Anderson1893ENG, YKS, Ecclesall Bierlow Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
13295 ANGUS, Margaret1893SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
20651 ANKETT, Fanny1901ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
20630 ANSELL, Dorothy1903ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
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