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Record #3592
Name :
: May ASTLEY (1899 - )
  aka : Mary Astley


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1899

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Mar 1911
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sicilian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesIn 1891, William Astley, 29. wife Selina, 27, and children Charles W, 8, Lillian, 5,Rose, 4, and George, ? months, in Aston, Warwickshire

In 1901, Sarah Ames, 81, boarders Mary Neal, 50, Beatrice Anns, 16, daughter Selina, 35, grandchildren Rose, 14, Emma, 11, Daniel, 9, Ernest, 6, Mary, 3, in Aston, Warwickshire

In 1911, May Astley, 12, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 116 girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

In 1911, May Astley, 12, is shown as servant to John Paget and family in Strong, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. No birth date, and immigration year is shown as 1911.

On May 1, 1916, in Sundridge, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between May Astley, 18, born in Birmingham, England, daughter of William T. Astley and Selena Ames; and George Irwin Harmer, 21, farmer, born in Strong Township, Peuensey, Ontario, Canada, son of William H. Harmer and Alice Dobles. [No marriage between a William Astley and Selena Ames could be found in England. No census could be found which showed either a William or a Selena Astley with a child by the name of May. A May Astley was found having been born in 1899, but she died in 1903.)

On April 2nd 1918, a son named Frederick Maurice Harmer died aged 3 days in Sunridge, Parry Sound, Ontario, cause given as Convulsions, he was the son of George Harmer and May Astley, the informant was his father

A death registration in Sundridge, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, was found for Baby Boy HARMER, born and died on April 1, 1929, after surviving 20 minutes due to prematurity. Burial - Sundridge. Son of George Harmer born Strong Twp & May Astley born Birmingham England. Informant was George Harmer, father, Sundridge (Parry Sound Dist). Certificate No. 028105-29 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-11 14:48:50 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-05-25 13:17:07 /

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