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Record #8902
Name :
: Lucy HOWELL (1887 - )


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1887

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 17 Jun 1899
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Siberian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Middlemore
NotesIn 1901, Lucy Howell, 14, adopted, with John and Margaret Lewis in Ball Creek, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Report from the Middlemore Homes:
THE MIDDLEMORE HOMES
(Registered as a Charity No 208224)
55 Stevens Avenue, Bartley Green, Birmingham B32 3SD
Telephone: 0121427 2429 General Secretary: Teresa Soden
26 July 2000
Ms Eileen Clark
2781 Oxford Street
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
B3L 2V4
Dear Ms Clark
Please find enclosed all the information that we have on file relating to your Grandmother, Lucy Howell.
Yours sincerely
Teresa Soden General Secretary
Encs




Middlemore Family Centre
Manager: Linda Ward
Telephone: 0121 427 9791

Second Page of Three

[MS 517/471 ? Admissions Register: Girls 1873-1914]
Date 1899
February 9th
Name Howell Lucy
Age 14 [yrs] Feb 10/99
Address Thomas Howell, Model Lodging House - Summer Lane
Remarks Mother dead -father a loafer would rather beg than work - no home utterly destitute
Case in Application Book 1947
When & Why left To Canada June 5th 1899




Third Page of Three

[MS 517/246 - Application Book No 2 1895 - 1903]
Date 1899
Feb 9th

No. 1947
Name and Age of Child Lucy Howell 12 yrs July 5th 1898
Name and Address of Parent Thomas Howell, Model Lodging-house, Summer lane
School Standard 4th
Description of Child Nice bright face tall for age, ruddy complexion
Legitimate? Yes
Members of Family 4 brothers & 1 sister
Deaths in Family? None
Circumstances Mother dead, father a worthless fellow ? a sandwich man
carrying boards around town but would rather beg than
work for a living. Father took girl to Night Shelter, Bath
Row & they brought her to us being too young for them.
No home. Case of utter destitution
Report of Visitor Child brought by Miss Griffiths, Night Shelter, Bath Row 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-07-15 06:34:49 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-06 11:12:39 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
7707 HOWELL, Ada M.1867ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
7708 HOWELL, Agnes1859ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
8896 HOWELL, Alfred1896ENG,     Oct 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
5267 HOWELL, Alfred E1913ENG,    , Torquay Mar 1930 : Scythia CAN Salvation Army  
22310 HOWELL, Arthur Frederick1881ENG, LND, Hendon Aug 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
25399 HOWELL, Fanny1890SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
21018 HOWELL, G1881ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
6979 HOWELL, Harriet1860ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
27006 HOWELL, James1914ENG,     Aug 1921 : Themistocles AUS Fairbridge Homes  
8524 HOWELL, Julius1892ENG,     Apr 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8902 HOWELL, Lucy 1887ENG,     Jun 1899 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
27005 HOWELL, Mary1915ENG,     Aug 1921 : Themistocles AUS Fairbridge Homes  
22408 HOWELL, Thomas1891ENG,     May 1907 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association