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Record #16673
Name :
: Alice Violet SQUIRES (1901 - 1994)
  aka : Lulu Alice Squires


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 31 Aug 1901

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 3 Sep 1994
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Hackney
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Cobourg
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Jun 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
: Oliver; Taylor; Bessey; Halbert; Coulson
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Alice Violet Squires: Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1901; District: Hackney; County: London; Volume: 1b; Page: 460. Parents: William Charles H. Squires and Mary Ann Harrowell, married March 25, 1894, at All Angels, Hackney, London, England.

Alice Violet Squires, 2, and Amy Ella Squires, 2 months, were admitted by their mother, Mary Ann on October 22, 1903.

Barnardos reported:

Mr. Squires was "of exemplary character". He was a carman for Messrs Palmer & Co., grocers of 84 Chatsworth Road, Hackney, where he was well-liked. On February 24, 1903, he died after six days' illness from pneumonia. His wife, Mary Ann, was 33 at the time. From an Insurance Company, Mary Ann received ?21; fram a Club ?12; and ?5 was subscribed by her husband's fellow workmen.

After defraying the funeral expenses, (?7 10s), the remainder of the money supported Mary Ann and her five children (supplemented by her earnings as a charwoman) until after the birth of Amy, who was a postmumous child. On account of her approaching confinement, the mother had to give up her work, and as she had been further incapacitated by a "bad hand", her employer, Mrs. Bainton, of 57 Powerscroft Road, Hackney, was obliged to get a substitute.

Finding herself almost destitute, Mary Ann at length applied for parish relief, and was granted six loaves and a small allowance of grocery. When Barnardo's officer arrived, the children were clamouring for food, which arrived while he was there. They were living in two very small rooms, the rent of which (5/- per week) was three weeks in arrear.

The Rev. Watson, 54 Powerscroft Road, had been making efforts to get the two eldest children into a Primitive Methodist Home, at Arlesford, Hants, and they had been actually accepted. They, however, failed to pass the doctor, and had to be operated on for tonsilitis. The question of their ultimate admission was still in abeyance, and there was a great probability of the vacancies being filled up.

Being unable to support six children, Mary Ann decided to give newborn Amy and two-year-old Alice to Barnardo's Home foster parent organization. Barnardo's Home was also given the right to resettle Alice and Amy in Canada. Mary Ann raised the remaining four children at 13 Maclaren Street in Hackney.

Following her admission to Barnardo's on October 22, 1903, Alice was placed in the Girls Village Home at Barkingside in Ilford, Essex, and on November 16, 1903 was boarded out with foster parents in the village of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. She was moved from there on April 26, 1904 to foster parents in the village of Beckley in East Sussex, where she remained for nearly eight years. She returned to the Girls Village Home on February 1, 1912 for a period of four months.

On 14 June 1912, Alice left England's shores aboard the S.S. Tunisian and sailed to a new life in Canada. She arrived in Quebec on June 22, 1912. Her sister Amy was also emigrated to Canada and sailed with Alice on that date. Both lived in several, and different, foster homes in Southern Ontario.

On June 27, 1912, Alice ws placed with Mrs. Joseph Oliver, Whitfield, PO, Ontario.

On August 14, 1912, Barnardo's reported that "...They are both settled in happily in their homes."

On August 24, 1913, Barnardo's reported that Alice was a "healthy-looking girl, tall, fair, and blue eyes. Tidy and smart. Conduct and behaviour fair. Treated very kindly. Attending Presbyterian Chruch and Sunday School regularly. D. Sch. 3904B. Book 3. Nice farm home. Satisfactory room. Boarded out."

On April 3, 1914, Alice was placed with Mrs. J. P. Taylor, Cheltenham, Ontario, Canada.

In June 1915, Alice was placed with Mrs. Herbert R. Bessey, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada.

On January 22, 1916, Alice was placed with Mrs. William George Halbert, RR #1, Camilla, Ontario, Canada.

On July 18, 1916, Alice was placed with Mrs. R. Coulson, Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada.

On November 8, 1917, Barnardo's reported that Alice was "a well-grown, healthy girl, rather untidy, suitable clothes. Fairly good. Willing worker. Treated kindly. Methodist Church and Sunday School. Plain home, kindly mistress, 2 sons. Sleeps with mistress. ... Alice says she is lonely, but has a good many privileges."

On August 20, 1918, Barnardo's reported that Alice was a "well-grown, healthy girl. Needs new everyday clothes. Good worker, but headstrong. As one of family. Church and Sunday School regularly. Aged lady and two middle-aged sons. Small frame house, untidy. Sleeping arrangements most unsatisfactory. $4.00. Alice finds plenty to do here, and is dissatisfied with her wages."

On June 3, 1919, Alice was working as a "ward maid" at the Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

On January 6, 1910, Alice was placed with Mrs. Bernard Dench, R.R. #4, Lakefield, Ontario, Canada.

On May 3, 1920, Barnardo's reported that Alice was a "healthy girl, average size. Suitable clothing. Giving satisfaction so far. Kindly treated. Does not attend church at present. Good farm home. Loving couple, 4 children. Good room. ... Alice states she is out of the care of the Home. Is ungrateful. Does not wish a visitor."

In September, 1920, Alice was placed with Mrs. D. Hewitt, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.

On October 14, 1921, Alice was placed with Mrs. Crow, York Mills, Ontario, Canada.

On August 12, 1922, Alice was placed with Mrs. Harold Dynicut, Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

On November 22, 1922, Barnardo's reported that "Alice is working at above address and that her sister Amy is working in the same home."

On January 16, 1923, at Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Lulu Alice Violet Squires, 20, domestic, born in England to William Walter Squires and Mary August; and Archibald Thomas Longhurst, 20, deliveryman, born in Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, to Archibald Walter Longhurst and Fanny Esther Burton. Amy Ella Squires was a witness to the marriage.

At least 6 children were born of this marriage, including: Stanley Longhurst, born December 29, 1921, in Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, died 1965; Archibald Walter Longhurst, born November 16, 1923, in Ontario, Canada, died 1971, in Grafton, Ontario, Canada; Francis Harvey Longhurst, born October 16, 1926, in Ontario, Canada, died 1989, in Kingston Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; and Robert Lorne Longhurst, born and died in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

Alice Violet Squires Longhurst died on September 3, 1994, at the age of 93, at Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-10 20:45:16 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-09-10 22:00:42 /

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