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Record #5740
Name :
: Lizzie CONWAY (1868 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1868 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Aug 1875
Country
: Canada

Ship
: - Unknown -

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Louisa Birt
NotesIn 1875, Lizzie Conway, 7, arrived at Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 41 Louisa Birt children. No manifests are available to display the name of the ship, however, the information was gleaned from the papers of Col. J. W. Laurie.

From: "The Little Immigrants: The Orphans Who Came to Canada" by Kenneth Bagnell, page 32.

"During the years between 1873 and 1876, Louisa Birt made many trips to Halifax, bringing in total almost six hundred children and delivering them to the supervision of J. Wimburn Laurie, who, like most other people who had worked in child immigration, had a program which, in its theory, had the best interests of everyone at heart. 'On arrival,' he told the provincial immigration agent in 1875, 'they come at once under my charge, the legislature by enactment confirming the action of their parents or nearest relatives and appointing me the legal guardian. Regular applications distinctly prescribing the conditions under which the children are allotted are received by me, and these in all cases must be recommended by a clergyman. I make the best selection that careful enquiry and local knowledge will admit of and, whilst looking on the allotment as a permanent arrangement, I require quarterly reports, giving full particulars of the child's health, conduct, progress in and out of school, and this in every case certified by the local minister." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-25 05:40:57 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-12-17 19:45:59 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
20003 CONWAY, Albert V1874ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
20008 CONWAY, Alfred J1873ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
14236 CONWAY, Edward1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
14368 CONWAY, Ellen1882ENG,     Oct 1898 : Parisian CAN Southwark Catholic Emigration Society  
14125 CONWAY, Emily Alice1884ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
3574 CONWAY, George1888ENG,     Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
24135 CONWAY, John1853ENG,     May 1870 : Medway CAN Unknown Industrial School  
7297 CONWAY, Leo James1914ENG, LAN, Liverpool Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
5740 CONWAY, Lizzie1868ENG,     Aug 1875 : - Unknown - CAN Louisa Birt  
14152 CONWAY, Mabel L1887ENG,     Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
8685 CONWAY, Margaret1883ENG, LDN, London Oct 1898 : Parisian CAN Southwark Catholic Emigration Society  
8046 CONWAY, Mary1847ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
15888 CONWAY, Richard1869ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
14126 CONWAY, William Charles1887ENG,     Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos