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Record #7671
Name :
: Mary Jane ALLISON (1859 - )
  aka : Mary J. Allison


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1859 (approx.)

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 / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Nov 1870
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Peruvian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Maria Rye
Notes"Autumn of 1870 placements- Miss Rye:

The following are children taken from workhouses in the autumn of 1870 andpart of a report to the Guardians of the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square:

...Mary Jane Allison - to Mr. James Reilly, Fonthill, Ontario; has two sons; farmer; lived there 26 years. Child bound as servant, but to sit at same table."

On 26th October 1870, Mary Jane Allison was admitted to Miss Rye's Home for emigration to Canada from St George's Union, her address was given as Mr Jas Reilly, Fonthill, Ontario, farmer, child bound as servant, in Miss Rye's report

In 1870, Mary J. Allison, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 100 Maria Rye girls and 1 boy, en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, 40 were sent to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

From: 1875 Letters -What the Children Say About Canada - St George?s, Hanover Square - pg 42-43

[Spelling is as transcribed.]

"Fonthill, Jan. 9th, 1871.

Dear Miss Rye:

I wright these few lines to you, hopeing to find you quite well. I like to be hear very well, and they are all kind to me that is here, and is Miss Alaway quite well, and please give my love to all the girls, are they all quite well? And I go to Sunday schooll every Sunday, and I have every thing I want, and there is a girl lives close to here, her name is Elizabeth Hodge, and I hope I will have some more live closer to me; and how did you spend your christmas with the girls? I had a very happy one, and I hope you did also, and are you goying back to England once more, and wish you could bring my brothers here if you could, for I would like them to be here were I am also. I thank you very much for bringing me over here, and I thank you for your kindness to me while I was with you, so no more at present. Yours affectionately, Mary J Allison"

In the 1875 Inspection Report:

"Fonthill Centre - Mr Geo Hansler, Inspector, St Geo

Hanover Square Workhouse, 1870, MC, goes Church & Sunday School, with James Reilly, Fonthill, here 5 years. This man has moved to St Catharines, was told this was a fine girl with him." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-05-03 08:11:43 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-11-17 20:42:43 /

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