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| Edith Ann Lloyd & Celia Regretta Lloyd Orphanage Photo - 1906 - England |
Edith Ann Lloyd was born in Abertillery, Wales in 1894. After the death of her father in 1905, her mother had a difficult time caring for her children and some were taken into the care of an orphanage. In 1906, age 11, Edith was one of 100,000 children sent to Canada during the child emigration movement between 1869 to the late 1930s.
Edith departed October 11, 1906, from Liverpool, England aboard the S.S. Dominion and arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 21, 1906. She was taken to a Dr. Barnardo Home in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. This home was called the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home. She bounced around a few times but as of the 1911 Canadian Census, the age of 16, she was listed as domestic help in Cavan, Ontario with the White's Family. In 1917 Edith married in Peterborough, Ontario and together they had 10 children.
Edith's father was William Lloyd born 1851 in Monmouthshire, Abertillery, Wales. He died from pneumonia in July of 1905. He, like most of his family, was a coal miner. Her mother was Mary Jane Waters born 1857
in Sirhowy, Wales. In the photo above, her sister Celia Regretta Lloyd is shown with her. This was an intake photo that was included in the file Edith requested from England many years ago. Celia was going to travel to Canada as well but she was too ill to make the voyage and remained in England. Her descendants are currently in Wales.
in Sirhowy, Wales. In the photo above, her sister Celia Regretta Lloyd is shown with her. This was an intake photo that was included in the file Edith requested from England many years ago. Celia was going to travel to Canada as well but she was too ill to make the voyage and remained in England. Her descendants are currently in Wales.
I discovered that Edith A Lloyd's name was honoured by
the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Memorial. This is located at the Queen Alexandra School at 180 Barnardo Ave., Peterborough, Ontario. This monument lists 9000 names of children that emigrated from the British Isles between 1884-1923 as "Barnardo Boys & Girls". These children passed through the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home on their way to becoming domestic help or farm labourers. Edith's name is listed with the "1906 Girls". I have included some pictures of the memorial in this post: Visit to the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Memorial.
the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Memorial. This is located at the Queen Alexandra School at 180 Barnardo Ave., Peterborough, Ontario. This monument lists 9000 names of children that emigrated from the British Isles between 1884-1923 as "Barnardo Boys & Girls". These children passed through the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home on their way to becoming domestic help or farm labourers. Edith's name is listed with the "1906 Girls". I have included some pictures of the memorial in this post: Visit to the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Memorial.
Edith passed away on September 10, 1950, in Toronto, Ontario.
To learn more about the Home Children of Canada take a look at the links below. They have been very helpful with my research on Edith, as well as another Home Child in my brother-in-law's family tree.
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