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Record #16607
Name :
: Annie KENNEDY (1895 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 14 Oct 1895

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
: 8 Aug 1908
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Hyland
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
Notes[POSSIBLE MATCH] A birth registration was found for Anna Kennedy: Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1893; District: Woolwich; County: London; Volume: 1d; Page: 130. [EDITORS NOTE: School admissions and Barnardos records found indicated a birth date of October 14, 1895, so this birth registration may or may not be the correct child.]

Annie is the older sister of Ethel Kennedy (1900-1989).

Their mother was Margaret Kennedy; their father's name is unknown.

Next to nothing is known of Annie's life prior to her journey to Canada. Her sister Ethel did remember her leaving for Canada a few years before she did in 1913.

Annie Kennedy was admitted to Salters Hill School, Lambeth, London, England, on February 3, 1902. Her guardian was named as the Superintendent, Lambeth Parish Schools. Her date of birth is shown as October 14, 1895. Her last school attended was Gipsy Road. She was transferred on August 25, 1903.

In 1908, Annie Kennedy, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of Barnardo children: 118 boys to Toronto and 101 girls to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Placements made by Miss J. G. Kennedy, Hazel Brae, Peterboro, between Dec. 1, 1907 and Oct. 31, 1908, reports: ANNIE KENNEDY, (Date of birth October 14, 1895) was placed with D. Hyland, Hurdsman Bridge, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.

At some time after her arrival in Canada, Annie sent Ethel a photograph, possible taken at the Barnardo Home, Hazelbrae, in Peterborough, Ontario where she appears to have spent at least three years, appearing there on the 1911 Canadian Federal Census.

As a Christmas present in 1918, Annie sent a small Bible to Ethel with the inscription, "To my dear sister Ethel / Love, Annie

She did come to visit Ethel once after they had both arrived in Canada, but Ethel does not remember when exactly.

[POSSIBLE MATCH] An Annie Kennedy, 15, is also shown as a domestic for Edward and Evelenn May in Esquesing, Halton, Ontario, Canada, arriving 1908 to Canada, in the 1911 Canadian census. [Place: Esquesing, Halton, Ontario; Page: 9; Family No: 97.]

Family tradition has it that she lived in Cannington, Ontario for an indeterminate time, possibly placed with a family there and some time later moved to the Detroit, Michigan U.S.A. area and married a man with the surname Fitzgerald. No evidence, however, has yet been found to document these possible events. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-08-21 09:21:33 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-08-21 15:58:50 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
24321 KENNEDY, Alice1883 Oct 1900 : Numidian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Society  
16607 KENNEDY, Annie1895ENG,     Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
14346 KENNEDY, Douglas1890ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
24323 KENNEDY, Edmond1882 Oct 1900 : Numidian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Society  
2906 KENNEDY, Edward1894ENG,     Jul 1910 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
6146 KENNEDY, Emma1881ENG,     Jun 1894 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
16605 KENNEDY, Ethel1900ENG, LND, Woolwich Sep 1913 : Virginian CAN MacPherson Homes  
24322 KENNEDY, James1886 Oct 1900 : Numidian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Society  
14180 KENNEDY, Joseph1885ENG,     Aug 1898 : Laurentian CAN Southwark Catholic Emigration Society  
25870 KENNEDY, Maggie1885 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
13515 KENNEDY, Patrick1873ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
16187 KENNEDY, William1878ENG,     Jun 1892 : Circassian CAN Crusade of Rescue