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Record #17220
Name :
: Victoria Beatrice Alice ATTERWILL (1897 - 1990)
  aka : Bea Atterwill; Queenie Be
  aka : ATTERWELL
  aka : ATTWELL


Father
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 22 Jun 1897

Marriage (1)
: 31 Jul 1926   Spouse/Notes : George Richard Linton in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario
Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1990
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Pancras
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Hamilton
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 May 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Victoria Beatrice Aaron Atterwill: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1897; District: Pancras; County: London; Volume: 1b; Page: 136. Parents: John George Atterwill and Ellen Catherine Bessey Lovelock, married 1889, Middlesex, England.

Victoria Beatrice Alice Atterwill was baptized at St. Barnabas, Camden, Middlesex, England, on July 14, 1899. Parents: Joseph George and Ellen Atterwill.

One story states that their mother, Ellen, died on 13 October 1901 of heart failure brought about by the rupture of a blood vessel. Another states Ellen had died in child birth with a baby girl May.

Joseph Atterwill, their father, had a farm to run and could not keep the 3 girls so he sent them away. May went to his sister to raise. He kept the older boys to help on the farm.

Victoria Beatrice Atterwill, born June 22, 1897, and Ellen Margaret Atterwill, born October 24, 1895, in Kentish Town, were admitted to Barnardos with their brother, Joseph Lawrence Atterwill on February 6, 1903.

In 1909, Victoria Atterwell, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 103 Barnardo children en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Victoria (or "Bea" as she was called) had a rough go. She was removed from one home for cruel and abusive treatment and put in a somewhat better one.

She had worked as a waitress in tea/coffee shops while residing at 183 Tragina North, Ontario, Canada.

On July 31, 1926, at Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Victoria Beatrice Alice Atterwill, 29, born in England to Joseph George Lawrence Atterwill and Ellen Lovelock; and George Richard Linton, 29, knitter, born in England to John Richard Linton and Eliza Ann Logsdale.

Victoria sang in the St. Albans Anglican Church choir, where she was a member for over 50 years. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-10-08 08:04:41 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-08-28 19:28:24 / alanmack

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
17221 ATTERWILL, Ellen Margaret 1895ENG, LND, Pancras May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
17220 ATTERWILL, Victoria Beatrice Alice1897ENG, LND, Pancras May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
3568 ATTWELL, Frederick William1909ENG, SRY, Old Windsor Sep 1920 : Metagama CAN MacPherson Homes  
25141 ATTWELL, Richard1916ENG, SRY May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes