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Record #3860
Name :
: Florence Elizabeth ALLEN (1891 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 16 Dec 1891

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
: Jun 1902
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Siberian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesMy grandmother and her brother were sent to Canada by her father. His wife "was in Rubery Hill asylum resulting from insanity resulting from infuenza". Reports by Middlemore state, "Husband did not look after wife sufficiently, in fact, ill treatment helped bring on insanity." But grandmother had previously been admitted to Middlemore along with her brother and sister in August 1896.Mother was in asylum and he was living with another woman who was expecting his child. Grandmother was returned to father in July 1897 due to "urinal incontinence." Her sister was attending a Blue Coat school. In September 1901 grandmother and her brother were readmitted to Middlemore and father signed to let them be emigrated.

I never knew my grandmother but relatives say she never spoke of her childhood and beleived that she was an orphan. She was a grandmother herself before she found out her mother was still living in England. She never saw her parents or sister again. She died never knowing the circumstances of her childhood.

Grandmother was placed with George Thomas family in Peniac, NB. She stayed with the family when they moved to the USA and went out on her own. Her brother was placed in a number of homes in the area as well but ran away when he was 16. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Foreces in WW1 and eventually moved to Cambridge Mass. USA where he lived the remained of his life. The family did not meet grandmother's brother until after her death.

As her grand daughter, I have been the one to research her history and tell her story. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-06-13 13:59:45 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-17 13:47:26 /

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