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Record #4105
Name :
: Ada TOWNSEND (1889 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1889 (approx.)

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
: 2 May 1903
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Bavarian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
Notes[POSSIBLE PARENTAL MATCH:] Marriages Dec 1888; Daventry, Northamptonshire; Volume: 3b; Page: 237; MALTBY Elizabeth / TOWNSEND Thomas.

In 1901, Ada Townsend, 12, is shown residing at 50 Coppice Street, Tipton, Staffordshire, England. Other family members included: Ann N. Townsend, 2; Elizabeth Townsend, 39, widow, charwoman; George Townsend, 14, fitter engine; Harry Townsend, 9; and Selina Townsend, 5. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2735; Folio: 17; Page: 25.)

Thomas died about 1901 and Elisabeth remarried about 1902 to a market porter in Shudehill, Manchester, Lancashire, England, and her new husband apparently did not want Ada.

In 1903, Ada Townsend, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 21 children en route to Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

Ada's family never gave consent for her to leave England and were very willing to pay for her return passage and were going to consult solicitors regarding the situation; however nothing seems to have been done.

Ada was placed in Morriston, Ontario, Canada before her marriage.

On May 5, 1913, at Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Ada Townsend, 23, born in Manchester, England, to Thomas Townsend and Elizabeth Mavitt; and Murdoch Campbell, 45, widower, born in Ripley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, to Malcolm Campbell and Annie McLean.

Ada and Murdoch spent the rest of their lives in Kincardine, Ontario. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-08-29 19:03:59 / From original database

Last Updated : 2008-10-20 11:03:20 /

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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