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Record #3592
Name :
: May ASTLEY (1899 - )
  aka : Mary Astley


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1899

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Mar 1911
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sicilian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesIn 1891, William Astley, 29. wife Selina, 27, and children Charles W, 8, Lillian, 5,Rose, 4, and George, ? months, in Aston, Warwickshire

In 1901, Sarah Ames, 81, boarders Mary Neal, 50, Beatrice Anns, 16, daughter Selina, 35, grandchildren Rose, 14, Emma, 11, Daniel, 9, Ernest, 6, Mary, 3, in Aston, Warwickshire

In 1911, May Astley, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 116 girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

In 1911, May Astley, 12, is shown as servant to John Paget and family in Strong, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. No birth date, and immigration year is shown as 1911.

On May 1, 1916, in Sundridge, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between May Astley, 18, born in Birmingham, England, daughter of William T. Astley and Selena Ames; and George Irwin Harmer, 21, farmer, born in Strong Township, Peuensey, Ontario, Canada, son of William H. Harmer and Alice Dobles. [No marriage between a William Astley and Selena Ames could be found in England. No census could be found which showed either a William or a Selena Astley with a child by the name of May. A May Astley was found having been born in 1899, but she died in 1903.)

On April 2nd 1918, a son named Frederick Maurice Harmer died aged 3 days in Sunridge, Parry Sound, Ontario, cause given as Convulsions, he was the son of George Harmer and May Astley, the informant was his father

A death registration in Sundridge, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, was found for Baby Boy HARMER, born and died on April 1, 1929, after surviving 20 minutes due to prematurity. Burial - Sundridge. Son of George Harmer born Strong Twp & May Astley born Birmingham England. Informant was George Harmer, father, Sundridge (Parry Sound Dist). Certificate No. 028105-29 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-11 14:48:50 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-05-25 13:17:07 /

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3004 AARON, Alfred Robert1899ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
3003 AARON, John Richard1895ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
3131 ACKERS, Victor Roy1904ENG, DEV, Plymouth Sep 1915 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
3159 ADAIR, Henry Bower1895SCT,    , Dumfries Apr 1906 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
3173 ADAM, Robert Goulay1895ENG,     Apr 1911 : Sicilian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
23724 ADAMS, Lizzie1898ENG,     Jul 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
17045 ADAMS, Mary 1896ENG,     Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
6389 ADAMSON, Christina Alison1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
6256 ADDIS, Herbert1897WAL, MON, Newport Jul 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
12583 AIRY, Frederick1900ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
4595 AITCHESON, Edith1906ENG,     Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
3156 AITON, William Lyle1888SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
19366 AKEHURST, Wilfred John Kelly1896ENG, SRY, Chertsey Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
23738 ALBURN, Doris1903ENG,     Sep 1915 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
9622 ALDERSON, John Robert1899ENG,     Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
8683 ALDERTON, Frederick1902ENG, SFK, Thingoe Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
9626 ALDERTON, Walter Isaac1904ENG, SFK, Thingoe Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
8813 ALDERTON, William1900ENG, SFK, Thingoe Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
16550 ALDRIDGE, Ada Florence1900ENG, LND, Clapham Jul 1911 : Sicilian  Barnardos Niksmum  
6358 ALEXANDER, William1893SCT,     Apr 1906 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
12600 ALFORD, Stephen1900ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
23226 ALLAN, Jane1891SCT,    , Larbert Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
23225 ALLAN, Joan1895SCT,    , Larbert Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
19153 ALLDER, Alec William Alfred1902ENG, LND, Marylebone Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
10893 ALLEN, Albert Edward1904ENG,     Sep 1915 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
5694 ALLEN, Albert Ernest1904ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
5695 ALLEN, George1903ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
26755 ALLEN, Herbert1899 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
23047 ALLEN, Lily1897ENG,     Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
23762 ALLMARK, Florence1901ENG,     Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
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