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Record #8408
Name :
: Olive SOWDEN (1909 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1909

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
: 11 Sep 1920
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Metagama

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesWindsor Workhouse Records

From the Letters Book of the workhouse:
25th Feb 1920
To Mrs Birt, The Sheltering Homes, Myrtle Street, Liverpool
Dear Madam,
The Guardians have approved, in principle, the emigration of children, and are desirous of emigrating the following Orphans or Deserted children
Sowden, Ena aged 13
Sowden, Ethel aged 8
Bonaquest, Edith aged 10
Brown, Charles aged 14
King, Freddy aged 6
Spratley, Mabel aged 7
Brown, Frederick aged 14
Sowden, Olive aged 11
Terry, Edith aged 13
Brown, Leonard aged 14
Attwell, Frederick aged 10
Dolby, Henry aged 6
Spratley, Reginald aged 4
The Guardians propose to emigrate them through your Agency, if you will take them ad, as a preliminary course, are adopting them at the next meeting.
I shall be grateful if you will inform me as soon as possible if you can take all the children, and what date you would like them at your Homes
Yours Faithfully
(Signature illegible)

10th Mar 1920
The Guardians at yesterday?s meeting adopted all the children named in my letter of 20th alto, and had a useful and interesting interview with Mr. Merry your Canadian Representative. I shall be glad if you will inform me as early as possible the children you can receive into your Liverpool Home for the purpose of emigration as when. I presume I shall receive in due course, after you receive the children, the necessary papers to enable me to apply to the Ministry of Health for sanction
Yours Faithfully
J E Gale

(several other letters relating to the process, I didn?t copy them all down. There was one relating to a delay due to ringworm & measles)

27th Jul 1920
The following children have this morning left the Girls Home for Liverpool Sheltering Homes, en-route for Canada
Sowden Ena aged 13
Sowden Olive aged 11
Sowden Ethel aged 8
Terry Edith aged 13
Bonaquest Edith aged 10
Spratley Mabel aged 7
Spratley Reginald aged 4

(5th Sep 1920 ? ?All children consented to emigrate?)

Ready to be sent: Ena Sowden 14, Olive Sowden 11, Ethel Sowden 8, Edith Terry 13, Edith Bonaquest 10, Mabel Spartley (sic) 7, Reginald Spratley 4
Re medical certificate, it is hopeless asking the Medical Officer to fill in certificates for children that have left the Institution, so can you obtain a certificate for Frederick Attwell who is now at Liverpool?

Olive Sowden married a Ryan Hanson 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-06-07 02:59:58 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-07-23 09:34:04 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26854 SOWDEN, Ernest Henry1921ENG, BRK, Windsor Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
15595 SOWDEN, Ethel1911ENG,     Sep 1920 : Metagama CAN MacPherson Homes  
8982 SOWDEN, Francis John1898ENG,     Mar 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8395 SOWDEN, Nellie 1915ENG,    , North Bierley Jul 1924 : Caronia CAN MacPherson Homes  
8408 SOWDEN, Olive1909ENG,     Sep 1920 : Metagama CAN MacPherson Homes