Notes Ivor was one of eight children born to William Jenkins & Emma Gwilliam. His father William died suddenly in 1898. Ivor's mother was unable to cope with the children on her own and eventually they were taken to the workhouse. Ivor was the only child of the family to be emigrated. My grandmother (Ivor's sister) remembered waving him off at Sharpness in Gloucestershire (he probably sailed from here to Liverpool where his journey to Canada began). My grandmother said his lasts words were "I'll come back and see you one day" but she never saw him again. He used to write letters and he once sent an embroidered cushion to one of his other sisters. He married Minnie Gertrude Stuart and had a daughter, Gertrude. We are unsure whether his daughter married and had children. Ivor's mother remained in the workhouse until her death in 1945.
Emigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada. ..
"JENKINS Ivor, 12, SS Lake Erie, 1904, Liverpool 7 June 1904 - Quebec 17 Jun 1904 (party of 41 from Bristol Emigration Society - destination St. John, NB.)
1904 Immigration certificate - On 17 Jun 1904, Mrs M.E. Forster certified that 38 children, including Ivor Jenkins, age 12, from Bristol Workhouse "having been inmates of workhouses, are brought out under the authority of the local Government Board for the purpose of settling in Canada, and that they have passed a satisfactory medical inspection at the port of departure".
1904 Placement list - Ivor Jenkins, age 12, placed with Fred H. Keith, Farmer, Penobsquis, Kings Co., NB.
1905 inspection report - carried out by the Government inspector and recieved by the Bristol Board of Guardians in January 1906; "A plain home, but satisfactory. Attends Baptist Church. Receives board, clothing and schooling".
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