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Record #4708
Name :
: Elizabeth Jane KILFORD (1875 - 1911)
  aka : Jennie Kilford


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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Nov 1875

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 18 Mar 1911   Notes : General Peritonitis
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Gloucestershire, Clifton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, York, Toronto
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Jul 1883
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Somerset

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for Elizabeth Jane Kilford: Year of Registration: 1875; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Clifton; County: Gloucestershire; Volume: 6a; Page: 155. Parents: Daniel Kilford and Rachel Lacey, married June 9, 1866, at Clifton, Gloucestershire, England.

Jennie Kilford was one of 6 children from an abusive home where the children were sent out on the streets begging or selling whatever they could get their hands on. An older brother was committed to an Industrial School (Clifton Woods) for begging in 1883.

Jane (Jennie) was admitted to the Bristol Branch of the Macpherson Homes in December 1882.

In 1883, Jennie Kilford, 8, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 16 Macpherson children.

Once she had arrived in Canada, Jennie was sent to the Macpherson Home at Galt (now known as Cambridge), Ontario, arriving there on July 27th, 1883.

Jennie left the home to join her brother Joseph Robert Kilford in Toronto in Dececember, 1888. Joseph who was born 16 October 1868 at Gateshead, Newcastle, was admitted to Barnardo's on 9 June 1883 and emigrated to Canada on 27 March 1884.

About 1890, Jennie Kilford married William Watkins. No marriage certificate found. William and Jennie Kilford Watkins had two children: Lulua Louise Watkins, born: September 17, 1891, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA; and Mildred Watkins, born: April 9, 1898.

William Watkins dies before 1901, leaving Jennie a widow with 2 children to raise in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On September 17, 1907, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Jennie Watkins, 35, widow, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Daniel Kilford and Rachel Lacy; and Christopher Lawless, 35, paper box maker, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to John Lawless and Jane Sinclair.

Jennie Kilford Watkins Lawless died on March 18, 1911, at the age of 39, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, of general peritonitis, 4 days duration. Christopher Lawless died the following year on January 3, 1912, from Brights Disease and heart failure. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-10 19:40:40 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-02-27 11:44:05 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
5631 JOYCE, Laura1872ENG,     Jul 1883 : Somerset CAN MacPherson Homes  
4708 KILFORD, Elizabeth Jane1875ENG, GLS, Clifton Jul 1883 : Somerset CAN MacPherson Homes  
2691 PARSONS, William Adaron1864ENG, GLS, Bristol Apr 1878 : Somerset USA MacPherson Homes