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Record #13927
Name :
: Christopher Charles STEVENS (1880 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1880

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Tilehurst
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 19 Aug 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: - Unknown -

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Christopher Charles Stevens: Year of Registration: 1880; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Bradfield; County: Berkshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 357. Parents: Edmund James Stevens and Ellen Lewis, married 1869, Bradfield, Berkshire, England.

A death registration was found for Ellen Stevens: Year of Registration: 1883; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Age at Death: 34; District: Bradfield; County: Berkshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 183.

In 1887, Christopher Stevens, 7 (along with sister, Rose Ellen Stevens, 9, and brothers Arthur Stevens, 11, Walter Stevens, 6, and Frank Stevens, 12), arrived in Canada in a group of 28 Middlemore children en route to the Guthrie Home, London, Ontario, Canada.

"Copy of Reports of Inspection of Pauper Children sent out to Canada made by Immigration Officers of the Dominion Government and received from the Colonial Office on the 12th December 1888.

Report of Mr. John Smith, Government Immigration Agent, at Hamilton.

Christopher Stevens, aged 7. From Bradfield Union. Placed with A. W. Ireland, Forest P.O., Village Forest, Tp. Plympton, Lambton, Ontario Returned to the Guthrie Home, troubled with urinal discharges. Weak and puny, dirties his bed and clothes, and entirely unfit to earn his living in the future. The child should never have been brought out, and should be returned." 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-03-22 21:40:02 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-03-23 15:45:45 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3253 STEVENS, Albert1887ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
6234 STEVENS, Arthur1892ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
23605 STEVENS, Arthur E1908ENG,     May 1924 : Demosthenes AUS Barnardos  
13925 STEVENS, Arthur Ernest1876ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
14886 STEVENS, Catherine E1888ENG,     Aug 1901 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
15004 STEVENS, Christopher1884ENG,     Sep 1898 : Numidian CAN Westminster Catholic Society  
13927 STEVENS, Christopher Charles1880ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
3783 STEVENS, Edith Ellen1895ENG,     Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
15176 STEVENS, Elizabeth1890ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
5037 STEVENS, Ernest 1914ENG, LDN, London Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Barnardos  
17254 STEVENS, Ernest1908ENG,     May 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
13924 STEVENS, Frank Edmund1875ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
4851 STEVENS, Frederick James1909ENG,     Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
19875 STEVENS, Harry1895ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
4414 STEVENS, Henry William1903ENG,     Jul 1914 : Victorian CAN Crusade of Rescue  
26786 STEVENS, Horace William1927 Dec 1934 : Baradine AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21064 STEVENS, J J1881ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
21543 STEVENS, Jack1918ENG,     May 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
15822 STEVENS, James1900ENG,     1912 : - Unknown - CAN Barnardos  
19534 STEVENS, James Samuel1910ENG,     Jul 1926 : Celtic CAN Canadian Government Scheme  
15943 STEVENS, Jesse Balaclava1873ENG,     Aug 1886 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
19336 STEVENS, John Williams1903ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
16775 STEVENS, Minnie Louisa1893ENG,    , Oxford Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26668 STEVENS, Mona1900 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
13926 STEVENS, Rosa Ellen1878ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
16383 STEVENS, Thomas ENG,     Jun 1891 : Circassian CAN Barnardos  
13928 STEVENS, Walter Cecil1881ENG, BRK, Tilehurst Aug 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Middlemore  
15821 STEVENS, William Oliver1899ENG, GLS, Chipping Sodbury May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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