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Record #11214
Name :
: Bertha Hilda WINTER (1891 - 1959)
  aka : Bertha WINTERS
  aka : SPARLING


Father
: Robert John WINTERS
Mother
: Mary Naomi BRIDGES
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Q2 1891

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 1959
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Middlesex , London
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 13 May 1899
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Gallia

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesBertha Hilda Winters (name sometimes recorded as Winter) was born June quarter 1891 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. Her sister Ethel May Winters was born in September 1892. Their brother Herbert Mays Winters was born in March 1894 and their baby sister Gladys Grace was born in September 1896. They were the children of Robert John Winters and Mary Naomi Bridges, who married in Wisbech in 1886.

Mary Naomi died in the December quarter of 1896, aged 33 (reg as WINTER), leaving Robert with four young children, the eldest only six years old. On May 5, 1899 the three oldest children came to Canada with the Annie McPherson agency. They sailed on the Gallia and were sent to Stratford, Ontario.

In 1901, Alfred Sparling, 32, wife Eliza, 41, and children Alfred Smith, 15, adopted, Bertha Winter, 11, adopted, in Plympton, Lambton county, Ontario. Her sister Ethel was living with the Core family in nearby Forest, Ontario. No trace of Herbert in 1901. Youngest child Gladys is living with her father as lodgers, still in Cambridgeshire, England in 1901. [Possible remarriage for Robert WINTERS in Wisbech in Mthe first quarter of 1897 to Alice Louisa BRIDGES - his sister-in-law?]

Bertha married at the home of Mrs. A. Sparling on 3 Feb 1914 to Frederick Pike, who may also have been a BHC. They lived for a time in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario, and eventually moved to London, Middlesex County, Ontario. They had 8 children: John, Allan, Lavern, Helen, Evelyn, Gwen, Coral, and Mary.

In 1920, the sisters sent for Gladys and the ships records indicate her passage was paid for by her sister Ethel. In 1921, Gladys is living with Bertha and her family.

Bertha and Frederick and some of their children are buried in Woodland Cemetery in London Ontario. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-02-15 14:49:40 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2017-05-06 02:46:51 /

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27622 ANNESS, James Edward 1901ENG, LND, Pancras  Jul 1914 : Empress of Britain  CAN Salvation Army  DFKBurr  
27665 DOBB, Ernest William Blundell 1889ENG,    , Lancashire, Ormskirk  1900 :  CAN Barnardos  DFKBurr  
12477 DOBB, James1888ENG, LAN, Ormskirk, Birkdale Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
27609 KEATS, Alice Elizabeth 1898ENG, SFK, Ipswich  Jul 1914 : Corinthian  CAN Barnardos  DFKBurr  
27720 LAWRENCE, Alice Nellie 1888ENG, LND, St Pancras  Oct 1897 : Labrador  CAN Barnardos  DFKBurr  
27719 LAWRENCE, Amy Emeline 1884ENG, LND, St Pancras  Oct 1897 : Labrador  CAN Barnardos  DFKBurr  
27717 LAWRENCE, Charles Edward 1877ENG, MDX, Islington  Jun 1890 : CIRCASSIAN CAN Barnardos  DFKBurr  
27718 LAWRENCE, Sidney George 1881ENG, MDX, St. Pancras  Jul 1894 : SARDINIAN CAN Barnardos  DFKBurr  
27615 LEWIS, Arthur 1900ENG, GLS Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain  CAN Salvation Army  DFKBurr  
27616 MARTIN, Edward 1901ENG, GLS Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain  CAN Salvation Army  DFKBurr  
27666 NEWELL, Emma 1895ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne  May 1907 : Dominion  CAN Bernardos  DFKBurr  
17923 NEWELL, Robert1897ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
27614 ODIAM, Robert Alfred 1900ENG, LND, St. Pancras , St. Giles  Jul 1914 : Empress of Britain  CAN Salvation Army  DFKBurr  
27633 OSBORNE, Minnie Harriet Mahala 1899ENG, ESS, Rochford  Jul 1914 : Empress of Britain  CAN Salvation Army  DFKBurr  
27635 OSBORNE, Thomas 1900ENG, ESS, Rochford  Jul 1914 : Empress of Britain  CAN Salvation Army  DFKBurr  
27721 PIKE, Frederick 1889WAL, CGN, Cardiff  Apr 1904 : SOUTHWARK CAN Barnardos  DFKBurr  
11878 RAPLEY, Wilfred George1897ENG, SRY, Dorking Jul 1908 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home DFKBurr  
19093 ROBERTS, Mary1900ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
27659 RODBER, Albert Edwin 1894ENG, MDX, Fulham  Sep 1901 : Tunisian  CAN Barnardos  DFKBurr  
3416 STANLEY, Albert1903ENG, SOM, Yatton Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
3415 STANLEY, Alfred James1897ENG, SOM, Bedminster Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
3414 STANLEY, George Samson1895ENG, SOM, Poole Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
3417 STANLEY, Gilbert1900ENG, SOM, Yatton Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
16792 TRICKER, William Edward1898ENG, SFK, Ipswich Jul 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos DFKBurr  
11214 WINTER, Bertha Hilda 1891ENG, CAM, Wisbech May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes DFKBurr  
12856 WINTER, Ethel May1892ENG, NFK, Wisbeach  May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes DFKBurr  
27603 WINTER, Herbert Mays 1898ENG, CAM, Wisbech  May 1899 : Gallia  CAN Annie McPherson  DFKBurr  
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