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Record #5491
Name :
: Florence ROBSON (1901 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1901 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Northumberland, Newcastle
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 25 Jun 1913
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corinthian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesFlorence Robson was born into a family of seven children in a tiny village near Newcastle, England.

Florence might never have emigrated from England in 1913, if she and her father had been able-bodied. But her dragging leg, her father's tuberculosis, and her mother's latest pregnancy seemed like too many challenges for one family to handle alone.

Florence recalled, "One day, Mother said she was taking me to the Babies' Castle, a Barnardo home for crippled children. She said they would straighten my leg (which they did, by given me callipers), and then she would come for me. I never saw my mother again. One day, a nurse came and told me Daddy had gone to heaven so I would have to stay at the home."

At the age of 12, Florence Aulph wasn't asked whether she wanted to go to Canada. She was sent. That was in 1913, but she remembered being taken to the docks by carriage, and how she dropped her doll, which was smashed under the wheels. It was the end of her childhood.

In 1913, Florence Robson, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 135 Barnardo girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

After a three-week sea crossing, I ended up in a foster home in Hagersville,--just me and two little boys. I didn't play with the other children there as we weren't considered as good as them.

"We were just Home kids and weren't supposed to have any feelings. I got terribly withdrawn as it seemed nobody wanted me, only for the work I did.

"Later I was sent to another farm [in Fergus], a dreadful place. The man had a vicious temper and beat me if I forgot something or didn't do it right. I was the hired hand and housemaid, too. I worked my soul out for three dollars a month."

Florence was 18 before she "escaped" to become a ladies' maid in town.

On March 21, 1923, at Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Florence Robson, 23, born in Newcastle, Northumberland, England (her parents names were unknown to her); and Henry Lorne Aulph, 33, boilermaker, born in Alvinston, Ontario, Canada, to Richard Aulph and Theodosia Shultis. Witnesses were John Aulph of Inwood and Barbara Aulph of London, Ontario, Canada.

She was "as happy as a lark" in her marriage. Florence kept in touch with her family until her mum died. She had one sister left alive who came to visit Florence one time. But they were strangers, with no kinship left.

Then, in 1991, Florence went to live in an old people's home in Ontario.

"I started out life in a little orphan home at four, and I end up here in another home, and sometimes," she said, "I wonder if there is a God." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-08 16:46:08 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-03-15 21:16:38 /

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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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