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Record #15843
Name :
: Queenie May ANSCOMBE (1909 - 1923)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1909

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 10 Aug 1923   Notes : Burned to Death
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Dover
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Kent, Raleigh
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 22 Sep 1922
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
: Harwood
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Queenie May Anscombe: Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1909; District: Dover; County: Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 1077. Parents: George Anscombe and Elizabeth M. B. Holmes, married June 13, 1886, in Peckham, Surrey, England.

Elizabeth M. B. Holmes Anscombe died in 1913 at Dover, Kent, England.

A death registration was found for George Anscombe: Date: Dec 1918; Age: 52; District: Dover; County: Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 2665

In 1922, Queenie Anscombe, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 172 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She declared that she was a school girl; that her intended occupation was school; that her birthplace was Dover; that she was a member of the Church of England; that her passage was paid by Dr. Barnardo's Homes; and that she was destined to Mr. Hobday, 535 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her next of kin was listed as her sister, Miss Nellie Anscombe, who resided at 49 Glenfield Road, Buckland, Dover, England.

The Toronto Star
Saturday, August 11, 1923

BARNARDO GIRL BURNED
USED KEROSENE ON FIRE

Chatham, Ont., Aug. 1.--Queenie Anscombe, thirteen years of age, and a former inmate of the Barnardo Home, Toronto, perished in the flames which totally destroyed the farm dwelling of Orval Harwood, eighth concession, Raleigh Township, this morning. The fire started from an explosion which followed the little girl's attempt to light a wood fire in the kitchen with the use of kerosene.

On August 10, 1923, at Raleigh, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Queenie Anscombe, 13, student as school was "urned to death, I believe, by pouring kerosene on a lighted fire. Explosion & house burned", in the words of the coroner, T. L. McRitchie. She was buried in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-01-06 20:10:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-07 09:55:47 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
15843 ANSCOMBE, Queenie May1909ENG, KEN, Dover Sep 1922 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
22179 ANSCOMBE, William Andrew1883ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos