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Record #3922

Name :: : Hilda Winifred WILLIAMS (1898 - 1974)
aka : Winifred H. Williams
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 5 May 1898
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 17 Mar 1974 Notes : Stroke

Abode (1) : Place of BirthWales, Monmouthshire, Newport

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 11 Jul 1911
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sicilian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Winifred Hilda Williams: Year of Registration: 1898; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Cardiff (1837-1974); County: Glamorgan, Monmouthshire; Volume: 11a; Page: 327.

Her granddaughter, Barb Perkins, relates:

Hilda Williams was born in 1898, a middle child among the nine children of Robert and Lewsia Williams. Robert was a dockworker, not a wealthy man, but from photos it is apparent the family was clean, well fed and well housed. They lived in one of the many stone row houses that still line the streets of Newport, near Cardiff, Wales. They were Church of England. The children attended school.

On the second of March, 1906, Hilda's father was struck by a piece of timber at the docks and killed. Hilda's mother was 31 at the time and pregnant with her ninth child. The eldest girls were 11 and 12. There was a year-old baby girl and a little boy of maybe three. Hilda would have been eight. There were two brothers just below her in age and one sister just above ? the middle children.

In the official report, the Barnardo `relieving officer' spoke of Lewsia Williams as "a striving, respectable woman who elicited much sympathy." The ten shillings a week in relief she got from the parish was paid away in rent. Her attempt at setting up a business with one of her brothers trading in fruits and vegetables failed. Still, she managed to keep the family together for a whole year. It was somebody from the parish who said, `I'm going to see if I can get help for you.' That's when Lewsia was approached by the orphanage.

The lady from Barnardo's must have been as convincing as Barb's great-grandmother was desperate. Lewsia had no intention of giving up her four middle children permanently; the arrangement was to last only until she could get back on her feet. The two older girls would look after the younger three while she worked.

The family would never be whole again. Someone somewhere in the Barnardo organization made the decision that the four Williams children, ages six to ten, should be included with a group of orphans scheduled to emigrate to Canada.

In 1911, Hilda Williams, 13 (along with sister, Lavina Williams, 14), arrived at Quebec, Canada, with a group of 176 children en route to Peterborough and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

In 1990, when Barb went to Wales to do more research, people who knew the family described the way it had been ripped apart. They said Barb's great-grandmother never got over it. Even in her old age, after she had remarried and had a tenth child, she still wept for her four lost children.

In Canada the children were separated. One boy was shot (but survived) trying to run away. One sister seemed to have fared fairly well. The other did not. Barb learned that her grandmother was treated roughly, passing through four different homes.

Hilda did eventually find her Canadian siblings and for a time they all lived together as young adults. Relatives in Wales remember receiving packages from them. Barb also knows that, as a young woman, Hilda went back to Wales to visit her mother. Relatives remembered how smartly she was dressed. No matter how modest her means, Barb says, my grandmother was always stylishly turned out.

On December 15, 1917, at the Church of England in Hespeler, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Hilda Winnifred Williams, 19, chocolate dipper, born in Cardiff, Wales to Robert John Williams and Louisa [sic] Evans; and Arnott Louis Hanenburg, 19, munition worker, born in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, to Louis Albert Hanenberg and Mary Welheiser.

Arnott became an architect, and the couple had two children, Vivian and Arnie Junior. Then, on March 31, 1943, Arnie Hanenberg died. He was only 45.

Hilda Winnifred Williams Hanenberg died March 17, 1974.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-24 17:59:16 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-20 09:22:34 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
18355	WILLIAMS, A. E.	1881	ENG,	Apr 1899 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
12308	WILLIAMS, Adrian J	1930	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
7877	WILLIAMS, Albert	1915	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1931 : Laurentic	CAN	Waifs & Strays
8331	WILLIAMS, Albert	1914	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
13940	WILLIAMS, Albert	1889	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
7482	WILLIAMS, Alfred	1866	ENG,	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
21553	WILLIAMS, Alfred M	1915	ENG,	Jun 1929 : Berrima	AUS	Barnardos
23706	WILLIAMS, Alice	1898	ENG,	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
18573	WILLIAMS, Anne	1887	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
6272	WILLIAMS, Annie	1896	ENG,	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
16880	WILLIAMS, Annie	1898	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
16179	WILLIAMS, Arthur	1881	ENG,	Apr 1893 : Vancouver	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
19920	WILLIAMS, Arthur	1887	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19921	WILLIAMS, Arthur	1887	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
22176	WILLIAMS, Arthur		ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
22253	WILLIAMS, Arthur	1877	ENG,	Apr 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
12309	WILLIAMS, Basil W	1928	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
20624	WILLIAMS, Beatrice	1900	ENG,	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
9574	WILLIAMS, Bertie	1889	ENG,	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
25097	WILLIAMS, Caroline	1899		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
7603	WILLIAMS, Charlotte	1859	ENG,	Nov 1870 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
25550	WILLIAMS, Christine May	1915		Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
9020	WILLIAMS, Constance	1893	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
9193	WILLIAMS, Cyril	1887	ENG, LDN, London	Oct 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
25729	WILLIAMS, Daisy	1892	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
17384	WILLIAMS, Dale	1884	ENG,	Apr 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
20434	WILLIAMS, Delia	1894		May 1908 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
12327	WILLIAMS, Derick R	1925	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
25549	WILLIAMS, Dorothy Vera	1913	ENG, HAM, Andover	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5660	WILLIAMS, Edith	1896	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
14323	WILLIAMS, Edith	1888	ENG,	Jul 1899 : Montrose	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
25614	WILLIAMS, Edith	1898	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
26268	WILLIAMS, Edith Harriet	1925	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
15750	WILLIAMS, Edmund	1901	ENG,	Jul 1912 : Corsican	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
6718	WILLIAMS, Edward	1912	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
12130	WILLIAMS, Edward	1917	ENG,	Jun 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
7526	WILLIAMS, Emma	1842	ENG,	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
18932	WILLIAMS, Emma	1893	ENG,	May 1905 : Bavarian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
6022	WILLIAMS, Ernest	1891	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Barnardos
16954	WILLIAMS, Ernest	1893	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
18356	WILLIAMS, Ernest	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
14891	WILLIAMS, Ethel	1886	ENG,	Oct 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
14892	WILLIAMS, Ethel	1894	ENG,	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
4892	WILLIAMS, Ethel N	1909	ENG, , Fulham	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
6593	WILLIAMS, Eva	1912	WAL, , Ynysborth	Jul 1927 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
16502	WILLIAMS, Florence	1909	ENG,	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
25708	WILLIAMS, Florence	1900	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
13995	WILLIAMS, Frank	1892	ENG,	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
13956	WILLIAMS, Frederick	1888	ENG,	1901 : - Unknown -	CAN	Barnardos
16879	WILLIAMS, Frederick	1898	ENG,	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
6719	WILLIAMS, George	1911	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
7161	WILLIAMS, George	1862	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
8330	WILLIAMS, George	1913	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
18373	WILLIAMS, George	1853	ENG,	Jun 1869 : Nestorian	CAN	Clerkenwell Emigration Society
16128	WILLIAMS, George Max	1875	ENG,	Apr 1890 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
4727	WILLIAMS, Gilbert Charles John	1900	WAL, MON, Newport	Sep 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8412	WILLIAMS, Gladys May	1906	ENG,	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
25488	WILLIAMS, Harold	1898	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
16759	WILLIAMS, Henry James	1891	ENG,	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
16462	WILLIAMS, Herbert Alfred	1895	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3922	WILLIAMS, Hilda Winifred	1898	WAL, MON, Newport	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
11931	WILLIAMS, James Richard	1913	ENG,	1927 : - Unknown -	AUS	Barnardos
8636	WILLIAMS, Jane	1910	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jul 1925 : Athenia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
8242	WILLIAMS, John	1914	ENG,	Sep 1928 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
25775	WILLIAMS, John	1894	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
13622	WILLIAMS, John D.	1878	ENG,	May 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
22540	WILLIAMS, John Frederick	1910	ENG,	Mar 1923 : Montcalm	CAN	Louisa Birt
11930	WILLIAMS, John William	1912	ENG,	1926 : - Unknown -	AUS	Barnardos
24202	WILLIAMS, Joseph	1855	ENG,	May 1870 : Ganges	CAN	Boy's Refuge, Whitechapel, London
20886	WILLIAMS, Joseph George	1913	ENG,	Jan 1924 : Baradine	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10769	WILLIAMS, Julia	1870	ENG,	Jun 1880 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
3923	WILLIAMS, Lavinia Ellen	1896	WAL, MON, Newport	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
19809	WILLIAMS, Leonard	1900	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown
7793	WILLIAMS, Louisa	1859	ENG,	Jul 1870 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
24553	WILLIAMS, Lucy	1895		Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
7800	WILLIAMS, Margaret	1863	ENG,	Jul 1870 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
19091	WILLIAMS, Margaret Ann	1898	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
25615	WILLIAMS, Mary	1899	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
3515	WILLIAMS, Mary Ann	1895	ENG,	Jun 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
7483	WILLIAMS, N.E.H.	1872	ENG,	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
20269	WILLIAMS, Nellie	1882	ENG,	May 1898 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
20270	WILLIAMS, Nellie	1904	ENG,	Feb 1914 : Alsatian	CAN	Louisa Birt
21505	WILLIAMS, Norman A.	1898		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
26084	WILLIAMS, Phoebe	1875		Jun 1881 : Parisian	CAN	Middlemore
16458	WILLIAMS, Robert	1884	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
4728	WILLIAMS, Robert John	1901	ENG, , Newport	Sep 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
7570	WILLIAMS, Sarah	1859	ENG,	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
7031	WILLIAMS, Susan	1863	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
7484	WILLIAMS, Thomas	1866	ENG,	Jun 1878 : Sarmatian	CAN	Middlemore
21188	WILLIAMS, Victor Howard	1912	ENG, WOR, Kings Norton	Mar 1925 : Demosthenes	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
19998	WILLIAMS, Wallace	1914	ENG,	Mar 1930 : Albertic	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
7146	WILLIAMS, Walter	1855	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
22872	WILLIAMS, Wilfred	1891	ENG,	Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
7261	WILLIAMS, William	1914	ENG, LDN, London	Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Barnardos
7485	WILLIAMS, William	1877	ENG,	Jun 1879 : Moravian	CAN	Middlemore
12440	WILLIAMS, William	1893	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
13862	WILLIAMS, William	1876	ENG,	May 1887 : Circassian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
26269	WILLIAMS, William Edward	1926	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
18201	WILLIAMS, William H	1873	ENG,	Apr 1889 : Sardinian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
24977	WILLIAMS, William R.	1901		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4193	WILLIAMS, Wilson Michael	1874	ENG, CON, Flushing	- Unknown -	CAN	Unknown
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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