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Record #3884

Name :: : Sarah May HYAM (1905 - 1993)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 5 Jul 1905
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 30 Oct 1993

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey

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

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Oct 1920
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Scandinavian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Sarah Hyam: Year of Registration: 1905; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Lambeth; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 327. (EDITORS NOTE: Sarah was born 5th July 1905 in the Lambeth Union Infirmary.)

On July 10 1905, Sarah Hyam was baptised at St Philip, Lambeth, daughter of Sarah, who was a servant residing at Lambeth Workhouse

On July 21, 1910, Sarah Hyam was admitted to Barnardo's. Sarah was admitted under a Custody and Maintenance Order made at Oxted, Surrey, petty sessions. The case was brought by the NSPCC as Sarah had been ill-treated by both her mother and father. It was alleged that at one point she was sent to live with an aunt in Purley, Surrey to conceal the marks of violence from the police.

For several weeks before admission Sarah had been cared for in the Bletchingly Union. It was said that she became afraid at any suggestion of her returning to her mother.

Unfortunately Sarah's mother and father are not named nor are any other relatives with the exception of a mention of a half sister, Ethel who was said to be 7 weeks old at the time of Sarah's admission.

On admission she was boarded out in Acton with a Mrs Finch and she remained there until 22nd September 1919 when she was transferred to the Girls Village Homes, Barkingside.

In 1920, Sarah Hyam, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 112 girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Group escorted from England to Canada by Dr and Mrs. Hobday. SS. Scandinavian sailed from Southampton September 24, 1920 arrived in Montreal October 3, 1920. She named her next of kin in England as Mother-Mrs Pepper, 4 Rutherford Cottages, Wallingham?, Surrey

Note her mother Sarah Hyam married Ebenezer Pepper in 1909 and had at least three children with her husband - Ethel born 1910, William T born 1913, and Helen born 1917, all children born in Godstone, Surrey

Went to Peterborough for 4 days, then to Toronto for 5 days (Jarvis Street). Arrived London, Ontario October 12, to live and work at Mr & Mrs. Humphries, 334 James St, for 6 years.

On October 7 1926, Sarah May Hyam, 21, born Surrey, England, daughter of William, married William George Lowman, 26, born Brighton, Sussex, England, son of Harry Lowman and Emily Jackson, in London, Middlesex, Ontario

Sarah Hyam was mentioned in the May 1927 edition of Ups and Downs as being now Mrs W G Lowman. Mrs Reazin visited

Sarah Hyam Lowman died October 30 1993, London, Ontario, Canada.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-13 16:07:16 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-12-15 11:33:31 /

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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
3034	ABBOTT, Frederick	1853	ENG, HRT, Wheathampstead	Sep 1872 : Scandinavian	CAN	Middlesex Industrial School
3136	ACKERMAN, William David	1912	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
3129	ACKERS, Edmund	1907	ENG, , Plymouth	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
3146	ACKLAND, Henry George	1907	ENG, , Honiton	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
8777	ADAMS, George	1900	ENG,	Apr 1916 : Scandinavian	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
5397	ADAMSON, Doris	1907	ENG, YKS, Hull	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
5396	ADAMSON, Royal May	1902	ENG,	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10483	ADDISON, Thomas Snowden	1905	SCT,	Apr 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Quarriers
10484	AITKEN, Robert Plenderleith	1904	SCT, , Limefield, Wiston & Roberton	Apr 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Quarriers
10485	ALLAN, Peter Miller Walker	1906	SCT, , Bathgate	Apr 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Quarriers
10739	ALLEBONE, Stanley Leslie	1906	ENG, LND, Islington	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
9847	ALLEBONE, Walter Edward	1903	ENG, LND, Islington	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
23194	ALLEN, Reginald	1909	ENG,	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10486	ANDERSON, Ernest Adolphus	1904	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Apr 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Quarriers
22717	ANDREWS, Caroline	1903	ENG, KEN, Tonbridge	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
24137	ANDREWS, Henry	1855	ENG,	May 1870 : Scandinavian	CAN	Boy's Home, Great Queen Street, London
10896	ANNALL, Frederick William	1901	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
8342	APLIN, Harriet	1903	ENG,	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10487	APPLETON, George Ernest	1907	ENG, KEN, Blean	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
24138	ARNANDIN, H.	1856	ENG,	May 1870 : Scandinavian	CAN	Boy's Home Great Queen Street, London
4531	ARNOLD, Daisy Ellen	1906	ENG, , Newbury	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
24139	ARNOLD, Frederick	1853	ENG,	May 1870 : Scandinavian	CAN	Boy's Home, Great Queen Street, London
24031	ASBERRY, Michael Henry	1913	ENG,	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
5600	ASBERRY, Robert Joseph	1910	ENG,	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10488	ASHE, Dorothy May	1909	ENG, , Isle of Wight	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10415	ASHLEY, Harold Vincent	1907	ENG, , Devizes	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
23829	ASHWIN, Ethel M	1904	ENG,	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10489	ATKINSON, Eliza King	1910	ENG, NBL, Tynemouth	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
3572	AUSTEN, Edward Henry	1908	ENG, KEN, West Ashford	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10490	AUSTEN, Jonathan Saunders	1911	ENG, KEN, West Ashford	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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