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Record #11214
Name :
: Bertha Hilda WINTER (1891 - 1959)
  aka : Bertha WINTERS
  aka : SPARLING


Father
: Robert John WINTERS
Mother
: Mary Naomi BRIDGES
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Q2 1891

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 1959
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Middlesex , London
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 13 May 1899
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Gallia

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: MacPherson Homes
NotesBertha Hilda Winters (name sometimes recorded as Winter) was born June quarter 1891 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. Her sister Ethel May Winters was born in September 1892. Their brother Herbert Mays Winters was born in March 1894 and their baby sister Gladys Grace was born in September 1896. They were the children of Robert John Winters and Mary Naomi Bridges, who married in Wisbech in 1886.

Mary Naomi died in the December quarter of 1896, aged 33 (reg as WINTER), leaving Robert with four young children, the eldest only six years old. On May 5, 1899 the three oldest children came to Canada with the Annie McPherson agency. They sailed on the Gallia and were sent to Stratford, Ontario.

In 1901, Alfred Sparling, 32, wife Eliza, 41, and children Alfred Smith, 15, adopted, Bertha Winter, 11, adopted, in Plympton, Lambton county, Ontario. Her sister Ethel was living with the Core family in nearby Forest, Ontario. No trace of Herbert in 1901. Youngest child Gladys is living with her father as lodgers, still in Cambridgeshire, England in 1901. [Possible remarriage for Robert WINTERS in Wisbech in Mthe first quarter of 1897 to Alice Louisa BRIDGES - his sister-in-law?]

Bertha married at the home of Mrs. A. Sparling on 3 Feb 1914 to Frederick Pike, who may also have been a BHC. They lived for a time in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario, and eventually moved to London, Middlesex County, Ontario. They had 8 children: John, Allan, Lavern, Helen, Evelyn, Gwen, Coral, and Mary.

In 1920, the sisters sent for Gladys and the ships records indicate her passage was paid for by her sister Ethel. In 1921, Gladys is living with Bertha and her family.

Bertha and Frederick and some of their children are buried in Woodland Cemetery in London Ontario. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-02-15 14:49:40 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2017-05-06 02:46:51 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26312 SPARLING, Charles Henry1925 Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26311 SPARLING, John Marcus1923 Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
11214 WINTER, Bertha Hilda 1891ENG, CAM, Wisbech May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes DFKBurr