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Record #4622
Name :
: Marjory WAPSHAW (1897 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1897 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 21 Mar 1908
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Marjory Wapshaw: Year of Registration: 1897; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: West Derby; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 495. Parents: William John Wapshaw and Mary Eliza Watts, married 1886 in West Derby, Lancashire, England.

In 1901, Margery Wapshaw, 4 years of age, was shown residing at 58 Arthur Street, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England. Other family members included: Mary Wapshaw, 31; Ruth Wapshaw, 11; James Wapshaw, 8; Harry Wapshaw, 1; and boarder, Thomas Watt, 49. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 3452; Folio: 77; Page: 26.)

[EDITORS NOTE: Another child, William Wapshaw, 13, was shown as a boy under detention at Boys Industrial School, Sunderland, Lancashire, England. William George Wapshaw went on to serve in World War I in the Border Regiment, 2nd Battalion (service number 34051, where he was killed in action at Aldershot. He was awarded the Victory medal posthumously. No one claimed his medal.]

In 1908, Marjorie Wapshaw, 11, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 244 Barnardo girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. (Her brother, Thomas Wapshaw, 7, arrived in 1909 on the ship Corsican in a group of 161 Barnardo boys; and her brother Harry Wapshaw, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, on the ship Tunsian, in a group of 95 Barnardo boys.) 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-09 16:44:47 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 16:37:22 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4621 WAPSHAW, Harry1899ENG, LAN, Liverpool Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
4622 WAPSHAW, Marjory1897ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4623 WAPSHAW, Thomas1901ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos