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Record #13085

Name :: : Alice Louisa THORNE (1885 - 1937)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 8 Jul 1885
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 6 Feb 1937

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, London

St. Lukes Hospital

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Millbrook

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 23 Sep 1898
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Alice Louisa Thorne: Year of Registration: 1885; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Shoreditch; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 84. Parents: Francis William Thorne and Phoebe Capp, married 1874, Bethnal Green, London, England.

Alice's mother was an abusive alcoholic, and her habits caused them to be homeless. Their father, from stress, had a "fit", fell, and broke some ribs, which caused him to be in the hospital for a time. Alice and her sister, Annie, were sent and admitted to Barnardos at that time.

Four siblings of Alice were also admitted and sent to Canada. One older sister, Phoebe, already lived away from them, and a younger sister, Matilda, went to live with an aunt.

In 1898, Alice Thorne, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 86 Barnardo boys and 122 Barnardo girls distributed as follows:10 to Russell and 26 to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 118 to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; and 54 to other Ontario locations.

On December 21, 1910, at Cavan, Durham, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Alice Thorne, 21, hired girl, born to Wm Thorne and did not know her mother's name as "she is a home girl, could not tell"; and another home child, Philips Alfred Hawkins, 25, laborer, born to John Wm Hawkins and Elizabeth Ann Bennett. The marriage was witnessed by Alice's employers, Wm E and Margaret S Earl.

Philip Alfred and Alice Louisa Thorne Hawkins had two children: Harold Phillip Ernest Hawkins, born November 18, 1911, in Millbrook, Ontario, Canada and died in 1948; and Margaret Hawkins.

On February 18, 1915, at Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, Alfred Philip Hawkins enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Burton on Trent, England; that his next of kin was his wife, Alice Hawkins, who resided at RR No 2, Milbrook, Ontario, Canada; that his date of birth was February 16, 1886; and that he was a farmer. He was described as 5 foot 9 inches in height; dark complexion; blue eyes; dark brown hair. He was a member of the Wesleyan faith.

Private Alfred Philip Hawkins was missing in action in France. The Toronto Evening Telegram, on October 9, 1917, reported:

"Pte. A. P. Hawkins, missing, is an Englishman who enlisted at Port Hope in February, 1915, and went to England on teh Missanabie in June of the same year. His next of kin is Mrs. Alice Hawkins, RR No. 2, Millbrook, Ont."

According to the Canada CEF Burial Register, during an attack near Lens, Alfred was instantly killed by the explosion of an enemy shell. Although initially reported missing, Alfred's body was recovered and he was buried at the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

On September 27, 1922, at Millbrook, Durham, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Alice Hawkins, 32, widow, born in London, England, to Thomas Thorn; and another home child, John Redvers Stevenson, 22, labourer, born in London, England, to unknown parents.

Alice Louisa Thorne Hawkins died in 1937.

ContributorsCreated : 2010-11-10 18:44:40 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-11-11 18:45:29 /

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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
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3029	ABBOTT, Edward	1863	ENG, LIN, Bourne	Jun 1882 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3142	ACKROYD, John Edward	1886	ENG,	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3153	ACTON, Alice	1889	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3154	ACTON, Ellen	1891	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22827	ADAMS, C R	1885	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26477	ADAMS, Charles W R	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23730	ADAMS, Eliza	1887	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5602	ADAMS, Gladys	1898	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22545	ADAMS, Henry William	1898	ENG,	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
23726	ADAMS, Isabel	1888	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3278	ADAMS, Robert Henry	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
23732	ADAMS, Thomas G	1901	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10890	ADAMSON, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9834	ADBY, Ethel Caroline	1893	ENG, BKM, Wycombe	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8817	ADCOCK, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9830	ADKINS, Theodora Margaret	1897	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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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