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Record #14929
Name :
: Mary Ellen TUNSTALL (1873 - )
  aka : Ellen Sunstall; Ellen Tun


Father
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1873 (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, Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 10 Jun 1883
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesIn 1883, Ellen Tunstall, 10 (along with sister, Annie Tunstall, 9), arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 126 children.

"Report of Mr. John Smith, Government Immigration Agent at Hamilton, Ontario, on girls brought out from the West Derby and State Workhouses by Miss Rye as of December 18, 1884.

Ellen Tunstall, 10. William Sanderson, Effingham, Pelham. A good girl, willing and obedient, goes to day school in winter, and attends the Protestant church and Sunday school regularly.

The home is everything that could be desired.

Sixteenth Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1886-87; Copy of Reports of Inspection of Children sent out to Canada, as of February 12, 1887.

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

Ellen Sunstall, aged 10, from parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, placed with William Sanderson, farmer, Effingham, Ontario. The girl is very much improved since I last saw her, she is well liked and is well spoken of. Attends church and Sunday school, and has a very good home, and the Sandersons are fond of her."

Ellen Tunstall gave birth to a child out of wedlock: Gladys Tunstal(l), born March 4, 1898, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.

On June 15, 1903, at Essex, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Ellen Tunstall, 30, born in England to Henry Tunstall (mother unknown); and William Havens, 53, widower, painter, born in Detroit, Michigan, USA, to Robert Havens and Jane Maxwell. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-07-06 20:45:14 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-07-07 07:59:50 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
14930 TUNSTALL, Annie1874ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent Jun 1883 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
14929 TUNSTALL, Mary Ellen1873ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent Jun 1883 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye