HOME      FORUM      HELP      SEARCH      
News : The Surname Interests Table (SIT), the Database for Special Interests Groups (DBSIG) and Ancestral Anniversaries
are now "mobile friendlier" more here ...
The RootsChat Reference Library

RootsChat.Com »  RootsChat Reference Library »   Database for Special Interest Groups (DBSIG) »   British Home Children : Quick Search

Record #4170
Name :
: Elsie Eliza A. BERRY (1894 - 1945)


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 13 Dec 1894

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: May 1945
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Chelsea, London
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Newburgh
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 12 Jun 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for Elsie Eliza A Berry: Year of Registration: 1895; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Chelsea (1841-1981); County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1a; Page: 421. (Parents: George Henry Berry and Lucy Ellen Robins, who married in Greenwich, London, England, in 1892.)

In 1901, Elsie Berry, 6 years of age, was shown residing at 124 Townmead Road, South Fulham, London, England. Other family members included: Frederick Berry, 3; George Berry, 4; George H. Berry, 42, tool makers engineer; Lucy E. Berry, 29; and Rose Berry, 7. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 68; Folio: 99; Page: 66.)

In 1909, Elsie Berry, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 83 children en route to Stratford, Ontario, Canada. (Sister, Rose L. Berry, 15, arrived with Macpherson's Homes on the Tunisian in 1908.)

On August 2, 1913, at St. Catherines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Elsie Berry, 18, born in England to George Henry Berry and Lucy Robins; and Edward Albert Corney, 21, born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, to Lawrence Joshua Corney and Jane Board.

Elsie Eliza A. Berry Corney Died in May, 1945, in her 50th year at Newburgh, New York, USA, and is buried in the Corney plot at Woodlawn Cemetery at New Windsor, New York, along with her husband Edward Albert Corney, who died in 1947; Edward Lawrence Corney, who died April 20, 1999; and Agnes May Fullerton Corney, who died April 19, 1980. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-09 13:58:10 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 14:24:41 /

Family History ResearchersRootsChatters with family connections to Elsie Eliza A. BERRY:



 
Readers Comments

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  21 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
23568 BERRY, Cecil W1908ENG,     May 1924 : Demosthenes AUS Barnardos  
6645 BERRY, Daniel1914ENG,    , Dalton Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
7999 BERRY, Eliza.1845ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
14901 BERRY, Elizabeth ENG,     - Unknown - CAN Unknown  
4170 BERRY, Elsie Eliza A.1894ENG, MDX, Chelsea, London Jun 1909 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
26213 BERRY, F T H1895ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
6537 BERRY, George 1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
14064 BERRY, Henry1886ENG,     Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
8045 BERRY, Mary1846ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
23678 BERRY, Mary E1902ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
7493 BERRY, Muriel1893ENG, LDN, London Jun 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
17358 BERRY, Percy Charles1901ENG,     Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
25774 BERRY, Richard1894ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
6646 BERRY, Robert1919ENG,    , Dalton in Furness Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
4171 BERRY, Rose Lucy E.1893ENG, MDX, Chelsea, London Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
13314 BERRY, Ruth1902ENG,    , Edmonton Aug 1912 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
9253 BERRY, Thomas1890ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
6647 BERRY, William1913ENG,    , Dalton in Furness Mar 1927 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
20259 BERRY, William ENG,     May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
21517 BERRY, William1896 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20603 BERRY, William Francis1892 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos