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Record #9567

Name :: : Florence Ethel WELLS (1897 - )
aka : F E Wells
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland

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

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 31 Jul 1904
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Southwark
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesOn 12 June 1918, Florence Ethel Wells, 21, born England, daughter of John Wells and Emily Greenwood, married Nelson McMullen
in Manvers, Durham, Ontario

The Greenwood family of Oxfordshire

Elizabeth Greenwood married Alfred Wells in 1899 and was the mother of Ellen and Florence. In the 1901 census she is with her husband and daughters in Chaundys Yard ( see The Harris Family)
This poor woman had the terrible experience of loosing her husband , he had TB and died in 1904. The anxieties of loosing the breadwinner must have been overwhelming and her two eldest girls were sent to Canada when they were tiny children in order to give them a better chance. Her daughter Minnie died in March 1902 when her husband must have been suffering the effects of TB- the year of her husband?s death saw the birth of her son William, significantly not named after his father- There is a birth registration at Headington for a William Alfred Wells Dec 1903

She married Henry Musto in Oxford March 1908 3a 1277 and they appear on the 1911 census (see attached image) She had a child by Henry Musto and her own small son William with her

The Wells of Oxford
Alfred George Wells was the father of Florence and Ellen Wells ? in 1901 he and his family were living at
8 Chaundys Yard, St Ebbes ,Oxford
Alfred Wells aged 30 Brick layers lab: b Oxford (city)
Elizabeth aged 39 b Oxford (city)
Florence aged 4 b Oxford
NELLY aged 3
Minnie aged 1- this little girl died in March 1902
Alfred had married Elizabeth Greenwood in March 1899 Oxford- it is known he died in 1904 of TB and it must have been virulent if he died within three years of this census.

Alfred was the son of James and Mary Wells and in 1891 he was living with his widowed mother at 16 Floyds Row Oxford
Mary Bullock aged 42 b Milton Oxford laundress married *
ALFRED WELLS aged 21 general lab b Oxford son of above
Ellen aged 15 Apprentice laundry b Oxford
John Oxford shoe maker b Salisbury Lodger
* Mary?s surname is cause for remark, in the previous census of 1881 she is living with her husband and family with a lodger called James Bullock, a carpenter

1881 census
23 Church Place St Ebbes
James Wells aged 44 Boot and shoe maker b Oxford
Mary An aged 42 b Milton Oxon
Harry aged 21 cabinet maker b Oxon
Ann S aged 18 laundress b Oxon
James W aged 14 Apprentice shoe maker
ALFRED aged 10
Ellen aged 5
James Bullock aged 40 carpenter lodger
I boarder.

1871 42 New Inn Hall Cottages, St Peter-le-Bailey
James Wells aged 34 cordwainer b Oxford
Mary A aged 32 b Milton under Wychwood
Henry aged 11 b Oxon
Ann aged 8
James aged 6
ALFRED G aged 6 months
James Wells aged 36 , tailor b Oxford , lodger

1861 Victoria Place , Oxford St, St Peter-le-Bailey
James Wells aged 24 cordwainer b Oxford
Mary Ann aged 22 b Milton Oxford
Harry aged 1
There is a marriage in Oxford for James Wells and Mary Ann Harris Dec 1859

James the shoe maker was the son of James and Elizabeth Wells, and in the 1851 census this family were living at
Arnolds Yard ,Queen St ,St Peter-le-Baily
James Wells aged 63 Green grocer b Rousham Wiltshire
Eliza aged 48 b Watford
JAMES aged 14 scholar b Oxford
Eliza aged 11
Mary Ann aged 8

1841 census
44 Castle St, St Peter-le ?Bailey Oxford
James Wells aged 50 gardener . NBIC
Eliza aged 35 NBIC
JAMES aged 4 b Oxford (BIC)
Eliza aged 2
Also present was Elizabeth Styles aged 15. No relationships are given on the 1841 census.

Mary Ann Harris married James Wells in Oxford in 1859- she was the daughter of Nathaniel Harries an ag lab and his wife Ann. They are living at Milton House Milton Oxford in 1841

Nathaniel Harris aged 30 Ag lab BIC
Ann aged 35 BIC
Ann aged 8 BIC
Ellen aged 5 BIC
MARY aged 2 BIC

Nathaniel died Dec 1848 Thames 16 76 and in 1851 his widow Ann and her children were living at Great Milton
Ann Wells aged 45 b Cuddesden Oxon
Ellen aged 15 school teacher
HANNA aged 8
Mary aged 3
Ann Harris aged 77 widow on Parish Relief b Worminghall Bucks

Banns were read for Nathaniel Harris and Ann Cowley at Gt Milton in June 1830 according to the IGI. I can?t find a baptism for Nathaniel but Ann Cowley was baptised at Cuddesdon 12/10/1806, the dau of James and Hannah Cowley- I can?t find that marriage at this time

From this point the Church registers will need to be researched.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-08-23 08:07:01 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-09-19 05:34:20 /

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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
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3168	ADAM, Isabella	1897	SCT,	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
3172	ADAM, Margaret	1899	SCT,	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
22563	ADDIS, Frederick	1893	ENG,	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
5680	ALCORN, Margaret-Ann Irwin	1897	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
11090	AMBROSE, Frederick Wm	1895	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
17069	ANDREWS, John	1888	ENG,	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
12637	ANGLIS, Philip George	1886	ENG, LND, Lewisham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
10199	ANTRAM, Harold	1893	ENG, , Islington	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
9063	ARNOLD, Arthur G	1894	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
16738	ARNOLD, Percy Alexander	1894	ENG, LND, Paddington	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
22885	ARNOLD, Thomas	1890	ENG,	May 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
12638	ASHDOWN, Pitman W	1890	ENG, , Edmonton	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	National Childrens Home
17306	AULD, Florence Christison	1900	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
10015	AYRE, David	1891	ENG, DUR, Durham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
22672	AYRES, Frederick	1895	ENG,	May 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22019	BARKER, JOSEPH HENRY	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18459	BARNES, A E	1892	ENG,	1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18517	BARNES, F	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18536	BARNES, Frederick	1893	ENG,	1904 : Southwark	CAN	Unknown
11091	BARNES, Henry Barber	1895	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18808	BARNES, William H	1895	ENG,	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
23526	BARTLETT, Jessie Matilda	1896	ENG, , Portsmouth, Hampshire,	Nov 1904 : Southwark	CAN
10264	BEADELL, Frank	1893	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
18902	BEARD, Joseph C.	1888	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
20723	BEDDOW, Frank	1891	ENG,	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
10919	BEDDOW, Stephen	1899	ENG, , Lambeth	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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