Notes A birth registration was found for Matilda Maud Flaxman: Year of Registration: 1889; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Bromley; County: Greater London, Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 414. Parents: Robert Flaxman and Louise Nye.)
In 1901, Matilda Flaxman, 12, was shown residing at 45 Havelock Road, Bromley, Kent, England. Other family members included: Robert Flaxman, 32, builders labourer; Louisa Flaxman, 33, laundress; Albert Flaxman, 13; Minnie Flaxman, 11; Lottie Flaxman, 10; Freddy Flaxman, 9; Reuben Flaxman, 6; James Flaxman, 4; Charles Flaxman, 1. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 684; Folio: 34; Page: 37.)
In 1902, Matilda Flaxman, 11 (along with her sisters, Minerva Flaxman, 10, and Ethel Flaxman, 9), arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in a group of 400 Barnardo children en route to Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. (Matilda may have travelled with her sister, Minnie (Minerva) Flaxman.)
On June 30, 1908, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Maud Matilda Flaxman, 19, born in Kent, England, to Robert Flaxman and Louise Nye; and George Edward Small, 27, manager, born in Shelbourne, Ontario, Canada, to John Small and Louisa Lewis.
George Edward and Matilda Maud Flaxman Small had at least one child: Ivey May Small, born April 21, 1909, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
In 1911, Maud M. Small, 22, was shown residing at 438 King, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, along with her husband, George E. Small, 41, restaurant worker; and daughter, Iva M. Small, 2.