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Record #4673

Name :: : Mary Harriet COLLINS (1885 - 1976)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 31 Dec 1885
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 5 Apr 1976 Notes : coronary failure

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, , London

54 Crawford St

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Deloraine

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 17 Oct 1896
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Mongolian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Waifs & Strays

NotesMary had a brother Charles George, born 24 Apr 1883 and a sister Frances Helen born 3 Mar 1889. All were born in Marylebone, and the family consisted of their parents Harriet (Powell) and Samuel John Collins and themselves.

Their father died 3 Oct 1891, when Mary was almost 5 years old. Harriet was unable to support herself and the children and on 19 Dec 1891 Mary was placed in St Hilda's Home for Girls on New St in Marylebone. Charles was also placed in a home, but nothing more is known about either him or Frances. Harriet remarried 4 Feb 1893.

On 21 Jul 1896 Harriet signed a Form of Consent to Emigration for Mary. An Emigration Health Report showed that Mary was in good health and she was declared suitable for emigration. Mary recalled later that her mother told her she would have a better life in Canada .. but she never told her she would not see her family again. On 3 Aug 1896 Mary was received at Peckham House; this was a Home where children often went just before emigration.

Mary sailed on the SS Mongolian, a ship of the Allan Line, from Liverpool on 8 Oct 1896, and arrived in Quebec 17 Oct 1896. She was with a group of children known as Miss Rye's Party, and their destination was Miss Rye's Home at Niagara on the Lake. Her age was listed as 9 yrs, however she was closer to 11. Years later when her birth certificate was obtained for pension purposes, she was quite surprised to find that she was two years older than she had thought.

She lived and worked in 3 or 4 homes in Ontario; she attended school and church, was paid a wage, and was generally well treated.

At some point Mary moved west to Manitoba. She was doing housework in the home of Henry Thompson when she met her future husband, Gustav Leopold Neumann. They were married on 18 Dec 1912 in Melita, MB. They had seven children: Henry George, a second son who lived only a few hours, Marian, Margaret Helena, Augusta, Charles Reinhold and Elsie May. They had 21 grand-children ... about 100 direct descendents to date.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-07 15:40:46 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-03-28 22:20:46 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
18169	COLLINS, Alfred F	1875	ENG,	Apr 1888 : Sardinian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
21261	COLLINS, Alice H	1900	ENG,	Jun 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
19554	COLLINS, Amelia	1887	ENG,	May 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Annie Macpherson Homes
25024	COLLINS, Cecil	1898		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
18338	COLLINS, Charles	1886	ENG,	Jun 1891 : Parisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
23510	COLLINS, Charles Frederick	1869	ENG, , lambeth	Jun 1883 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
9321	COLLINS, Charles William	1894	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
22976	COLLINS, Colin E.	1894	ENG,	May 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
25054	COLLINS, Dora	1899		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
21878	COLLINS, E	1871	ENG,	Jul 1884 : Parisian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
4569	COLLINS, Edith	1899	ENG,	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22516	COLLINS, Edith	1911	ENG,	Jul 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
11425	COLLINS, Edmund	1909	ENG, , Paddington	May 1923 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
27264	COLLINS, Edward Clinton	1925	GBG,	Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
13753	COLLINS, Edwin	1892	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
10774	COLLINS, Emma	1865	ENG,	Jun 1880 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
19049	COLLINS, Florence May	1901	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
23160	COLLINS, Frank	1899	ENG,	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19656	COLLINS, Frederick	1887	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
8918	COLLINS, George	1901	ENG,	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
8974	COLLINS, George	1903	ENG,	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
18217	COLLINS, George	1875	ENG,	Oct 1889 : Carthaginian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
7227	COLLINS, Gilbert	1915	ENG, SSX	Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Barnardos
19942	COLLINS, Harold	1888	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
27759	COLLINS, Harriett	1893	ENG, , sheffield	Jun 1905 : Bavarian	CAN	Barnardos
6033	COLLINS, Henry	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Barnardos
8431	COLLINS, Henry	1890	ENG,	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
23511	COLLINS, Henry Albert	1875	ENG, , Lambeth	Jun 1883 : Circassian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
18860	COLLINS, J Henry	1890	ENG,	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
12917	COLLINS, James	1889	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
16216	COLLINS, James	1879	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jul 1895 : Siberian	CAN	Maryhill School (Glasgow)
19722	COLLINS, James	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
4755	COLLINS, Jane	1870	ENG,	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
14727	COLLINS, Jeremiah	1873	ENG,	Jul 1885 : Sarmatian	CAN	Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)
14735	COLLINS, John	1871	ENG,	Jul 1885 : Sarmatian	CAN	Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)
25669	COLLINS, Joseph	1899	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
16057	COLLINS, Louisa May	1878	ENG, , lembeth	Jun 1883 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
9049	COLLINS, Mary	1892	ENG,	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4673	COLLINS, Mary Harriet	1885	ENG, LDN, London	Oct 1896 : Mongolian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
16067	COLLINS, Michael	1870	ENG,	Aug 1884 : Sarmatian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
12913	COLLINS, Peter	1883	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
11473	COLLINS, Samuel	1907	ENG, LDN, London	Oct 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Father Hudsons Homes
23153	COLLINS, Stanley	1900	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
27265	COLLINS, Sydney Frank	1926		Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
11466	COLLINS, Thomas	1906	ENG, KEN, Dover	Jul 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
22287	COLLINS, Thos	1888	ENG,	Apr 1904 : Kensington	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
6032	COLLINS, Walter	1894	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Barnardos
22696	COLLINS, Walter	1895	ENG,	May 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
18218	COLLINS, William	1875	ENG,	Oct 1889 : Carthaginian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
2647	COLLINS, William George	1859	ENG, , Angmering	Aug 1871 : Prussian		Maria Rye	gdc
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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