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Record #11214
Name :
: Bertha Hilda WINTER (1891 - 1959)
  aka : Bertha WINTERS
  aka : SPARLING


Father
: Robert John WINTERS
Mother
: Mary Naomi BRIDGES
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Q2 1891

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 1959
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Middlesex , London
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 13 May 1899
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Gallia

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesBertha Hilda Winters (name sometimes recorded as Winter) was born June quarter 1891 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. Her sister Ethel May Winters was born in September 1892. Their brother Herbert Mays Winters was born in March 1894 and their baby sister Gladys Grace was born in September 1896. They were the children of Robert John Winters and Mary Naomi Bridges, who married in Wisbech in 1886.

Mary Naomi died in the December quarter of 1896, aged 33 (reg as WINTER), leaving Robert with four young children, the eldest only six years old. On May 5, 1899 the three oldest children came to Canada with the Annie McPherson agency. They sailed on the Gallia and were sent to Stratford, Ontario.

In 1901, Alfred Sparling, 32, wife Eliza, 41, and children Alfred Smith, 15, adopted, Bertha Winter, 11, adopted, in Plympton, Lambton county, Ontario. Her sister Ethel was living with the Core family in nearby Forest, Ontario. No trace of Herbert in 1901. Youngest child Gladys is living with her father as lodgers, still in Cambridgeshire, England in 1901. [Possible remarriage for Robert WINTERS in Wisbech in Mthe first quarter of 1897 to Alice Louisa BRIDGES - his sister-in-law?]

Bertha married at the home of Mrs. A. Sparling on 3 Feb 1914 to Frederick Pike, who may also have been a BHC. They lived for a time in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario, and eventually moved to London, Middlesex County, Ontario. They had 8 children: John, Allan, Lavern, Helen, Evelyn, Gwen, Coral, and Mary.

In 1920, the sisters sent for Gladys and the ships records indicate her passage was paid for by her sister Ethel. In 1921, Gladys is living with Bertha and her family.

Bertha and Frederick and some of their children are buried in Woodland Cemetery in London Ontario. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-02-15 14:49:40 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2017-05-06 02:46:51 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3085 AUBREY, Jack1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17167 BARNARD, Reginald1885ENG, SRY, Lambeth May 1899 : Gallia CAN Young Colonists Aid  
19770 BEATTIE, John1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17193 BEATTY, John1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17270 BURNS, Matthew1883ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17290 CAFFREY, Kate1886ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
17299 CAVALIER, Edward ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
17346 CHAPMAN, James1890ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes philipchapman  
12860 CLARENCE, Frank1888ENG,    , Brentford May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
10063 CLARENCE, Kate 1890ENG,    , Brentford May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
17365 COSGROVE, William1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17366 COVE, Thomas1866ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
14934 FIELD, Michael1884ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17511 GIBBONS, Christiana1899ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14112 HAYES, Francis1885ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17015 HOBSON, William1886ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
17659 HUME, Edith1881ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
17689 KELLY, Hugh ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
12861 KENT, Albert1889ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
12862 KENT, George1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
12859 KENT, Horace1890ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
14177 KIRBY, James1885ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14241 LOCKETT, George Thomas1886ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
11213 MARTELL, Arthur1892ENG,    , Kingston May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
17968 MOONEY, Edward1887ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
17972 MOORE, Margaret1886ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
17973 MOORE, Patrick1889ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
14249 MURPHY, Arthur1887ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
18046 PLANT, Mary E1884ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
10061 SANDWELL, Jessie1890ENG, KEN, Thanet May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
10062 SPREADBOROUGH, George1885ENG,    , Reigate May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
23321 SUMMERS, William Rew1886SCT,    , Fetteresso 1899 : Gallia CAN   
18358 WILSON, George1887ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
11214 WINTER, Bertha Hilda 1891ENG, CAM, Wisbech May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes DFKBurr  
12856 WINTER, Ethel May1892ENG, NFK, Wisbeach  May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes DFKBurr  
18382 YOUNG, Albert1888ENG,     May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily 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  36 Entries