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Record #9567
Name :
: Florence Ethel WELLS (1897 - )
  aka : F E Wells


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1897

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 / BurialCanada, Pontypool
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 31 Jul 1904
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Southwark

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesOn 12 June 1918, Florence Ethel Wells, 21, born England, daughter of John Wells and Emily Greenwood, married Nelson McMullen
in Manvers, Durham, Ontario

The Greenwood family of Oxfordshire

Elizabeth Greenwood married Alfred Wells in 1899 and was the mother of Ellen and Florence. In the 1901 census she is with her husband and daughters in Chaundys Yard ( see The Harris Family)
This poor woman had the terrible experience of loosing her husband , he had TB and died in 1904. The anxieties of loosing the breadwinner must have been overwhelming and her two eldest girls were sent to Canada when they were tiny children in order to give them a better chance. Her daughter Minnie died in March 1902 when her husband must have been suffering the effects of TB- the year of her husband?s death saw the birth of her son William, significantly not named after his father- There is a birth registration at Headington for a William Alfred Wells Dec 1903

She married Henry Musto in Oxford March 1908 3a 1277 and they appear on the 1911 census (see attached image) She had a child by Henry Musto and her own small son William with her


The Wells of Oxford
Alfred George Wells was the father of Florence and Ellen Wells ? in 1901 he and his family were living at
8 Chaundys Yard, St Ebbes ,Oxford
Alfred Wells aged 30 Brick layers lab: b Oxford (city)
Elizabeth aged 39 b Oxford (city)
Florence aged 4 b Oxford
NELLY aged 3
Minnie aged 1- this little girl died in March 1902
Alfred had married Elizabeth Greenwood in March 1899 Oxford- it is known he died in 1904 of TB and it must have been virulent if he died within three years of this census.

Alfred was the son of James and Mary Wells and in 1891 he was living with his widowed mother at 16 Floyds Row Oxford
Mary Bullock aged 42 b Milton Oxford laundress married *
ALFRED WELLS aged 21 general lab b Oxford son of above
Ellen aged 15 Apprentice laundry b Oxford
John Oxford shoe maker b Salisbury Lodger
* Mary?s surname is cause for remark, in the previous census of 1881 she is living with her husband and family with a lodger called James Bullock, a carpenter

1881 census
23 Church Place St Ebbes
James Wells aged 44 Boot and shoe maker b Oxford
Mary An aged 42 b Milton Oxon
Harry aged 21 cabinet maker b Oxon
Ann S aged 18 laundress b Oxon
James W aged 14 Apprentice shoe maker
ALFRED aged 10
Ellen aged 5
James Bullock aged 40 carpenter lodger
I boarder.

1871 42 New Inn Hall Cottages, St Peter-le-Bailey
James Wells aged 34 cordwainer b Oxford
Mary A aged 32 b Milton under Wychwood
Henry aged 11 b Oxon
Ann aged 8
James aged 6
ALFRED G aged 6 months
James Wells aged 36 , tailor b Oxford , lodger

1861 Victoria Place , Oxford St, St Peter-le-Bailey
James Wells aged 24 cordwainer b Oxford
Mary Ann aged 22 b Milton Oxford
Harry aged 1
There is a marriage in Oxford for James Wells and Mary Ann Harris Dec 1859

James the shoe maker was the son of James and Elizabeth Wells, and in the 1851 census this family were living at
Arnolds Yard ,Queen St ,St Peter-le-Baily
James Wells aged 63 Green grocer b Rousham Wiltshire
Eliza aged 48 b Watford
JAMES aged 14 scholar b Oxford
Eliza aged 11
Mary Ann aged 8

1841 census
44 Castle St, St Peter-le ?Bailey Oxford
James Wells aged 50 gardener . NBIC
Eliza aged 35 NBIC
JAMES aged 4 b Oxford (BIC)
Eliza aged 2
Also present was Elizabeth Styles aged 15. No relationships are given on the 1841 census.

Mary Ann Harris married James Wells in Oxford in 1859- she was the daughter of Nathaniel Harries an ag lab and his wife Ann. They are living at Milton House Milton Oxford in 1841

Nathaniel Harris aged 30 Ag lab BIC
Ann aged 35 BIC
Ann aged 8 BIC
Ellen aged 5 BIC
MARY aged 2 BIC

Nathaniel died Dec 1848 Thames 16 76 and in 1851 his widow Ann and her children were living at Great Milton
Ann Wells aged 45 b Cuddesden Oxon
Ellen aged 15 school teacher
HANNA aged 8
Mary aged 3
Ann Harris aged 77 widow on Parish Relief b Worminghall Bucks

Banns were read for Nathaniel Harris and Ann Cowley at Gt Milton in June 1830 according to the IGI. I can?t find a baptism for Nathaniel but Ann Cowley was baptised at Cuddesdon 12/10/1806, the dau of James and Hannah Cowley- I can?t find that marriage at this time


From this point the Church registers will need to be researched. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-08-23 08:07:01 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-09-19 05:34:20 /

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12766 WELLS, Albert1899ENG,    , St Pancras May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20587 WELLS, Albert Edward1890 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
16499 WELLS, Alison1887SCT,     Jun 1888 : Hibernian CAN Emma Stirling  
6342 WELLS, Cyril1898ENG,     May 1907 : Victorian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
16769 WELLS, Ellen Elizabeth1898ENG,     Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
5141 WELLS, Esther E1918ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1930 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
9567 WELLS, Florence Ethel1897ENG,     Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
4394 WELLS, Francis Edward1898ENG, DEV, Plympton Jun 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
11704 WELLS, George1888ENG,     May 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20460 WELLS, George1894 May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
26968 WELLS, Harold Robert1926ENG, LEI, Blaby Nov 1938 : Themistocles AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5142 WELLS, Harry W1917ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1930 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
7840 WELLS, Sarah1860ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
21549 WELLS, Sidney J1914ENG,     Jun 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
21623 WELLS, William1876ENG,     Aug 1890 : Sardinian CAN Unknown Catholic Group