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Record #23874
Name :
: Harriet Alma HEATH (1878 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 16 Sep 1878

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthIndia, Bangalore
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Apr 1891
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Maria Rye

Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesHarriet was sent to Canada with her half sister Sarah Shirt aboard the Parisian on April 5th 1891. She was 12 at the time as confirmed in the ship's passenger list. Harriet's father was William Edward Augustus Mew Heath, he married Harriet's mother Mary Anne Shirt nee Davis in 1877 after the death of her husband Thomas Shirt who was serving in the British Army India......Harriet had a full brother William Augustus Heath...also two half siblings Sarah as already mentioned and John Thomas Francis Shirt who was the only child to stay in the UK.

William, Harriet's father was also serving in India when in 1879 on a skirmish at Doaba he was shot and had to have his leg amputated in the field, he was later discharged from the Army and returned to the UK...the family moved to Dartford in Kent where William Jnr was born, between 1881 and 1883 William snr moved to London to find work and sent his family back to his parents on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, during his time in London he met a woman called Ellen Cooper whom he embarked on an affair with, they had a child called Nellie Heath.

William snr never returned to Hampshire to collect his family, he abandoned them to the poor law, and Mary can be found in the workhouse in Freshwater, Isle of Wight....an application to put her oldest son John into Gordon's boy's home described her as "Miserably poor" it was later that year that the other 3 children were given up and sent to Canada.

Harriet married Alexander Stewart Johnson,he died under two years after the birth of their child who's name I still haven't found...it is the descendants of that family i'm trying to locate. Nik Emery

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ContributorsCreated : 2014-02-05 13:58:45 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-09-03 23:37:07 / alanmack

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3047 ABBOT, William1878ENG,     Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3019 ABBOTT, Alfred1869ENG,     Aug 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3028 ABBOTT, Edith1887ENG,     Jul 1892 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3031 ABBOTT, Ernest1865ENG,     Nov 1882 : Parisian CAN Unknown  
8354 ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper1885ENG, LND, Homerton Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3038 ABBOTT, Herman Henry1882ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3046 ABBOTT, Lily1873ENG, YKS, Leeds Sep 1883 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
3088 ABRAHAM, Maggie1875ENG,     Jul 1888 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3094 ABRAHAMS, James1872ENG,     Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3098 ABRAHAMS, Sam1872ENG,     Apr 1890 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3109 ACASTER, Ebenezer William1867ENG, BRK, Newbury, Stockcross Aug 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3123 ACKERMAN, Arthur Edward1877ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3124 ACKERMAN, George Abraham1875ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3138 ACKLAND, William1869ENG,     Jul 1884 : Parisian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3133 ACLAND, Arthur Edward1874ENG, MDX, Holloway Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3163 ADAIR, Millicent1880ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jul 1897 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
16636 ALABASTER, George William1877ENG, SSX, Chichester May 1890 : Parisian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
20305 ALBONE, Cornelius1875ENG, BDF, Biggleswade Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
20306 ALCOCK, Daniel1877ENG, OXF, Sibford Gower Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23343 ALDRIDGE, Charles Henry1888ENG, LDN, London Jun 1901 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays lostgirl19  
8850 ALEXANDER, Kate1885ENG,     Jul 1899 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
8467 ALGER, Ada1876ENG, LND, St Olave Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
9026 ALGER, Ellen 1872ENG, LND, St. Olave Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23754 ALLEN, Annie E1879ENG,     Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23757 ALLEN, Harriet L1875ENG,     Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
6522 ANDERS, Thomas1878ENG,     Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
12469 ANDERSON, Alfred1885ENG,     Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23770 ANDERSON, Eleanor J1878ENG,     Sep 1888 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
4456 ANDERSON, Ethel Rows1884ENG, YKS, Normanby Aug 1890 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
13482 ANDERSON, George ENG,     May 1887 : Parisian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
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