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Charlotte A. Alexander

Miss Charlotte A. Alexander brought small parties of girls from her Girl's Training Home at The Red Cottage, Great Warley, Brentwood, England to Canada. She gave Marchmont, in Belleville, Ontario, as her receiving home. She placed many of her girls in the Toronto area.

Parties

The following groups have been extracted from passenger lists (and appear in order given on passenger list). The 'C-nnnn' number you see refers to the microfilm number, from the Library and Archives of Canada, on which the passenger lists was found. An 'a' in the age field means adult.

C-4535 - The party sailed on the SS Corean, Captain Charles J. Menzies, from London, England, on May 6, 1887, stopped at Plymouth, England, on May 8, 1887, and arrived at Quebec on May 19, 1887. The vessel was owned by the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company (Allan Line) and the agent listed the following special party: "Miss Alexander's party of girls from Sutton, Surrey to Toronto (16)-Mrs. Rose Wallace, Matron in charge List Number: 15. Toronto. Through per C.P.R. Miss Alexander Sutton, Surry [sic] going to her home 51 Northcote Avenue, Toronto (Miss A. is at Toronto at present)."

NameAgeComments
Sibbald, Miss35 
Wallace, Mrs. Rose35 
O'Donnell, Bridget15 
Collins, Jane17 
Driscoll, Sarah16 
Scanlon, Ann13 
Alexander, Rose14 
Hughes, Annie16 
Jackson, Annie4 
Gates, Nellie13 
Day, [Ann?]17 
Johnston, Jessie16 
Lark, Maud6 
Shawell, Flora10 
Stangroom, Agnes4 
Passmore, Maud6 
Castley, Louisa14 
Leven, Emily21 

C-4537 - Sailed on the SS Nova Scotian from Liverpool, England May 10, 1890, and arrived at Quebec on May 25, 1890. The vessel was owned by the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company (Allan Line) and the agent listed the following special party: "Miss Alexander's party of girls to Cottingham St., Toronto (10) List Number: 13."

NameAgeComments
Hawley, Elizabeth17 
Orr, Alice17 
Kendell, Candace15 
Snell, Florence17 
Hedges, Elizabeth15 
Neville, Isabella11 
Ducke, Maud11 
Davis, Gladys6met & taken away by S, Vaillancort, So. Wallingford VT
Gillett, Elizabeth5 
Gillett, Beatrice3 
Dove, MissaMatron
Stevenson, MissaMatron

Records:

The Library and Archives of Canada has Miss Alexander's personal notes which do contain letters from the girls. They can be found in MG29, C58 Part 1-3.

If any one has additional information on any of these children please contact me.

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