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Record #8467
Name :
: Ada ALGER (1876 - 1928)


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Date of Birth
: 25 Dec 1876

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 27 Oct 1928   Notes : Arterial Hypertension, Chronic Myocarditis
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, St Olave
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, York, Toronto
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Jul 1886
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesBy 1871, the family consisted of George Alger, 34, wife Sarah, 29 and 5 children George W aged 10, James aged 8, Elizabeth aged 6, Thomas aged 3 and Henry aged 7 months residing in St Olave, London, England.

A death of a Henry Alger, aged 1, was recorded in Dec Qtr of 1871 in St Olave, London, England.

A birth registration was found for Ada Alger: Year of Registration: 1877; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: St Olave Southwark (1837-1901); County: London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 302. Parents: George Thomas Alger married Sarah Ann Messenger, married Sept Qtr of 1860 in Bermondsey, London, England.

Ada Alger was baptized on February 21, 1877, at Saint Crispin, Bermondsey, Southwark, Middlesex, England.

A death of a George Thomas Alger, aged 41, was registered in Jun Qtr of 1878 in St Olave, London, England.

By 1881, George Alger, aged 20, was in service as a footman in the household of the Earl and Countess of Roedean in Westminster, London. James Alger, aged 18, was a prisoner in HMP Wandsworth Prison. Elizabeth Alger, aged 16, was living with her Uncle Ralph Neal and family.

In 1886, Ada Alger, 10 (along with sister, Ellen Alger, 15), arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 173 Barnardo children en route to Ontario, Canada.

On October 27, 1928, Ada Alger, 52, died at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, of Arterial Hypertension, Chronic Myocarditis, and Chronic Nephritis. Her parents were Thomas Alger and Mary Messenger; informant R J Hayhoe, 216 Indian Road, no relation. Ada Alger is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetary, Ontario, Canada. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
8467 ALGER, Ada1876ENG, LND, St Olave Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
9026 ALGER, Ellen 1872ENG, LND, St. Olave Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23748 ALGER, Florence1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
23749 ALGER, Winnie1885ENG,     Nov 1894 : Laurentian CAN Barnardos