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Record #2910
Name :
: Marguerite Alice TOWNSEND (1901 - )
  aka : Margaret Townsend; Daisy


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1901

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 7 Jun 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Mongolian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Marguerite Alice Townsend: Year of Registration: 1901; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Birmingham (1837-1924); County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 76. Parents: Harry Toone Townsend and Florence Annie King, married 1900, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. (Marguerite was a twin sister to Teresa Townsend.)

A death registration was found for Florence Annie Townsend: Year of Registration: 1908; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 36; District: Birmingham (1837-1924); County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 162. Family stories say that the only sons born to the family already consisting of six daughters, were twins, who died at childbirth, along with their Mother and they were buried in the coffin with her, one in each arm.

In 1910, Marguerite M. Townsend, 9 (along with sisters, Edith E M Townsend, 10; and Teresa Townsend, 9), arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 154 Middlemore children.

Harry Toone Townsend remarried Rebecca Riley on May 10, 1913, at St. Pauls Church, Aston, Warwickshire, England. They had at least two more children: Sarah Anne Ivy (born January 9, 1914); and Harry Toone (born March 13, 1915), both in Aston, Warwickshire, England. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-01-24 00:08:21 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-09-07 21:29:26 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16983 TOWNSEND, Margurite M1901ENG,     Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
4105 TOWNSEND, Ada1889ENG,     May 1903 : Bavarian CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
13270 TOWNSEND, Ada1899ENG,     Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
3212 TOWNSEND, Charles1890ENG,     Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
3213 TOWNSEND, Charles1887ENG,     Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
5685 TOWNSEND, Doris1904ENG,     Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
2908 TOWNSEND, Edith Ellen Mary 1899ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
14019 TOWNSEND, Elizabeth1890ENG,     Aug 1901 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
11516 TOWNSEND, Frederick James1901ENG,     Apr 1912 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
5041 TOWNSEND, Horace1915ENG,    , Hemel Hempstead Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Barnardos  
16494 TOWNSEND, Margaret1906ENG,     Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
2910 TOWNSEND, Marguerite Alice1901ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
16982 TOWNSEND, Percy1896ENG,     Jun 1909 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
12831 TOWNSEND, Theresa Dorothy1901ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
23241 TOWNSEND, Thomas1898ENG, LDN, London Jun 1910 : Virginian CAN Louisa Birt  
20094 TOWNSEND, Thomas W1870ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos