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British Home Child - Edith Ann Lloyd

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
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The Ogre of the Family

Illustration by Scott Garrett

Original Post 3/12/2017 (Lisa's Family Pages)

I haven’t posted in a few months but I have been doing a lot of research this winter. I revisited my Great Grandmother Henrietta Shepherd's English roots. Her father was Alexander Shepherd and his forefathers were mostly blacksmiths from Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England. Her mother was Ellen Jones, the daughter of William Jones and Charlotte Oxenbridge of Etchingham, Sussex, England.

The Oxenbridge line is very interesting. A few of Charlotte’s ancestors were Knights, and one called Sir Goddard Oxenbridge comes with a legend. Sir Goddard is said to be 7 feet tall, a Giant, and enjoyed eating children for supper. I found mention of this in an old book a couple years ago. When I
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John Andrews or John Hayden?

Original Post 8/14/2014 (Lisa's Family Pages)
I have made some headway on the Howell family tree.  I have been able to go back another generation for Grandma Bessie's maternal line, but I've also found something interesting for the Andrews line.  

Capt. John Andrews married Ruth Barnes at Pool's Island, Newfoundland on December 28, 1829.  When John passed away he left some money to his sister Ann Dowland and her daughter from Bere Regis, Dorset, England.  I was curious to see if I could find out more about John if I researched the beloved sister he mentions in his Will.  All other searches for John Andrews came up with nothing I could trust.  

I started looking and found Mary Ann Dowland in Bere Regis, Dorset.  She was a widow and living with her only daughter Eliza Ann.  She was the head of household and listed as a Grocer in the 1851 England Census for Wareham, Bere Regis. The 1861 census lists her as a Grocer and a Post Mistress. Not bad for a woman in the 1860s.  In her Will, she left all of her money and possessions to her only
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John Barnes & Louisa Tucker - 1821

Original post 3/9/2014 (Lisa's Family Pages)

 A few weeks ago I sent a request to the Anglican Church of Newfoundland.  I asked for a copy of the marriage record for John Barnes and Louisa Tucker married June 2, 1821, in Carbonear.  John Barnes is our first Barnes ancestor to Newfoundland.  I wanted to see if the original would share the names of their parents.

This week I received a reply from the Honorary Archivist at The Archdeacon Buckle Memorial Archive - Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador.   I was very excited to see a copy of this very old document.  Unfortunately, it does not share the names of his parents,  but it does provide the names of two witnesses - one being William Barnes.  William is likely related to John and I am hoping that researching William will help me discover more about John's family in England.

I have included an image of the document below as well as a transcription because it's a bit hard to read.
Transcription:
Entry #10 Parish of Carbonear - Marriage Register 608, Box 2, File 4

Carbonear Church,  Newfoundland,  2 June 1821.  John Barnes,  Bachelor of Wimbourne in the county of Dorset, England and Louisa Tucker, Spinster of Harbour Grace, in Conception Bay Newfoundland, were married in this church by consent of Parents as certified this second day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one by me J. Burt Clerk (?)

This marriage was solemnized John X Barnes & Louisa Tucker between us. 

In the presence of Edwd Peters, Wm Barnes (Edward Peters and William Barnes)

I hereby certify that the above is a just copy of nuptials

J. Burt - Clerk
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As of today (February 9, 2017) I still haven't been able to get back past John and Louisa.  If you have any additional information that might help I would love to hear from you. 


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Marriage of Denis Reardon & Mary Cook

Original post 2/2/2014 ( Lisa's Family Pages)

 I have updated the Davidson/Liscombe family tree and I have added an image to the Historical Documents page.

Denis Reardon and Mary Cook (Kate Reardon’s parents) were married on January 4th, 1862 at the Chapel of Our Lady of Dolours church, in the District of Camberwell in the County of Surrey, England.   Both were of "Full age".  Denis was a milk carrier.  They both lived at 4 Victoria Place, High Street in Peckham. I was able to get more needed information from this which will be helpful.  The names of their fathers are John Reardon and John Cook.  John Reardon was a General Labourer.  John Cook was a "Fruit Hawker" which means he sold fruit on the street.  Their witnesses were John Dinahan & Alice Ginan.  I will look into these names more to see if the witnesses were relatives.  This might get me a bit farther back now that I know the father's names. They left Ireland for England, and then from England travelled to Canada in 1867 - 5 years after they were married.

I used the FreeBMD site to obtain the registration information needed to request the document from the General Register Office of England (GRO).   This site has been helpful for many of our ancestors.


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