S.S. SARDINIAN OCT. 23, 1892




SS Sardinian, Quebec, Oct 23,1892
Barnardo Girls' Party.
Film at NAC c-4539
From Brian Rolfe

Reel C-4539 has the ship that brought relative(s) of mine to Canada, the S.S. Sardinian, Liverpool > Londonderry > Quebec, October 22, 1892. It is noted on the passenger manifest in two places that the party numbered 127 girls for Peterboro. The names of the girls are all on two pages, the second of which is of a high quality, both in the regularity of the handwriting and the distinctness of the different letters (a's don't look like e's, for example); and in the darkness of the ink: there is plenty of contrast, and the scratches that are probably part of the original and best copy in existence only interfere with reading in one or two minor instances. The first page is badly faded, however, as if the paper document was left in a sunny window for a couple of years, or the microfilmer set his camera or lights badly. Were it not for the regular hand-writing fewer names would be recoverable from this first page than can be by such as I. The NAC index has only 98 of the 127. In alphabetical order they are: (age) is from update of info
ASH, Florence 13 AMBROSE, Adelaide 8 ADAMS, Elizabeth J. (15) 12 ADDISON, Annie 13 ADDISON, Emily 12 AUSTIN, Myra H. 9 BREADMAN, ADA M. 14 BOURNE, Hanna 13 BOURNE, Annie 10 BOURNE, Rachel 9 BOURNE, Minne 11 BRYANT, Florence A. 13 BRYANT, Lily (10) 12 BARNES, Louisa 14 BARNES, Florence E. 9 BARND, Daisy E. (13) 10 BRAND, Bessie M. 12 BRAND, Annie M. 8 BARKER, Sophia A. 14 BISHOP, Amelia S. 10 BENNET, Sarah 10 BOULTON, Amelia 15 BOULTON, Annie 12 BOULTON, Nellie 11 CARTER, Charlotte 15 CURTIS, Annie 10 CRISP, Mary A. 14 CRISP, Grace 9 COOMBES, Sarah E. 7 CAMPBELL, Susan 19 CUNNINGHAM, Louisa 12 COLLINS, Sophia (30) 11 DAVIES, Ada Eliza 16 DAVIS, Matilda 12 DAVIS, Rhoda (10) 11 DENNIS, Ethel G. (17) 12 DUNFORD, Arabella 12 DEAN, Sarah 12 DAINSEY, Elizabeth 10 EDWARDS, Eliza 14 FITZ, Laura 13 FORWOOD, Alice 12 FRANCIS, Eleanor G. 12 FRANZEN, Wilhelmina 15 FRANZEN, Maria (10) 12 FRANZEN, Peterina 7 FLINT, Emma 11 GODFREY, Dora 12 GRIFFITHS, Louisa 14 GREEN, Hilda Edith(Ethel) 11 GREEN, Georgina(13) 12 GROCOTT, Ellen (12) 10 HISLOP, Emily (15) 12 HISLOP, Maud 9 HOWLAND, Annie L. 14 H______, Alice 14 HURN, Mary 14 HURN, Emily G, 12 HURN, Annie P. 8 HARDY, Caroline 13 HENDERSON, Polly 13 HARRISON, Louisa 10 HATCHER, Lizzie E 12 JONES, Mary 12 JONES, Elizabeth 12 JACKSON, Minnie 12 JACOB, Emma 10 JORDAN, Bertha A. 14 KNOWLES, Alice 12 KING, Sarah 13 KINDER, Annie 15 KINNEARD, Eleanor 14 KNOWLES, Mary 10 LANE, Eliza Rose 12 LANCASTER, Eliza 13 LEWIS, Elizabeth F. 16 LANGDON, Elizabeth 12 LYNCH, Ellen 12 MASSEY, Nellie 12 MCGRADY, Mary A. 15 MORRIS, Maud 12 MCNEIL, Agnes 14 NORTHCOTE, Dorothea S.A. 13 NASH, Alice 11 OUTMILLER, Matilda F. 14 OWLETT, Emily 12 OWLETT, Annie 7 PARKER, Mary Ann 15 PIERCE, Annie 12 ROLFE, Edith 14 ROBINSON, Ellen 14 ROBERTS, Laura 13 ROWLAND, Alice J.J. 13 SHARP, Emma 14 FRANCIS, Maria 14 SOUTH, Eleanor 13 SORRELL, Elizabeth (SNELL?) 12 SHARP, Elizabeth M. 12 SMITH, Ruth 16 SMITH, Mary H. 14 SMITH, Maud J. 16 SHIPLEY, Martha 13 SHIPLEY, Lizzie 12 SAYER, Jessie H. 12 SEWELL, Polly 13 STRINGER, Mabel 12 SKINNER, Martha 13 SEAL, Mary Ann (SEAT?) 13 STIRRAT, Isabella Y. 12 SIMPSON, Mary 14 TUCK, Emily Ann 14 TUCK, Catherine Alice 7 THORNTON, Isabel 13 WILES, Edith 12 WEBB, Florence 14 WALLACE, Jessie 13 WELLS, Maria 14 WELLS, Isabella 12 WHITE, Alice Julia 13 WALES, Ellen 9 WILLIS, Sophia R. 14 WILLIS, Mabel J. 14 WALLIS, Mary J. 9 WALSH, Florence E. or C. 13 WALDER, Elizabeth S. 14 FRANCIS, Mary 5 WALDER, Alice J. 12 PARKER, Bessie 17 SUMMERS, Charlotte 17 Notes. 1. On the first page is written: "127 girls landed at Quebec i.e. Levis. Went on to Peterboro p.G.T.R. Mr A.B. Owen in charge." Since he is not listed as a passenger it can be assumed that he met the party at Quebec possibly to conduct them through immigration (but could he time his arrival at Quebec efficiently when the first contact ship-to-shore was when the St Lawrence river pilot boarded?) and on the rail trip. It is said in 'Ups and Downs' (circa 1902) that this was the usual practice with girls' parties - for him to meet them; he spend lots of time on 'the golden bridge' leading boys' parties from Britain to Canada, via Quebec, Portland or Boston. In meeting the girls' parties he could get to see the girls and apply his influence in determining their placements: he knew what the customers wanted. 2. The ticket numbers for the girls are 5285 to 5300 inclusive, 8 per ticket except 7 for # 5300. 3. Saloon Passengers. [# refers to ticket number. The numbers for the 35 odd saloon passengers are all over the map, depending partly I suppose on the office from which they were issued .] #4179 Miss Loveday #4179 Miss Clark (must be, the quality of the film is good, but at first glance it reads CLACK.) Jane(t) Loveday was a long-time employee and officer of the Home, gaining the position of Secretary of the Girls' section. She died in a fire at Ottawa in September 1906, her remains being identified on the basis of information supplied by the Home. Because they are numbered contiguously to Miss Loveday's ticket I include: #4177 Miss B Grant #4178 Rev L Stevenart And because the name is associated with powerful Canadians of the day and era: #4156 Mr Stewart Tupper #4156 Mrs ditto #4156 & servant 4. I can't figure out who the attendants in steerage were. There are 4 adult males bound for Montreal with ticket numbers 5281 to 5284. There is no ticket # 5301 listed. These may be (some of) them: #5302 Mich Egan F spinster adult Montreal #5303 Chas Reader M Lab. 21 Winnipeg. This hypothesis is based solely on the closeness of their ticket #s. 5. This reinterpreted list has about 15 more names than the database list plus about 9 that are substantially different than the database list. For example some BRYANTs become BOURNEs, PASSES becomes PIERCE, 2 CUSPs become CRISPs. 6. It is said in Ups and Downs that Barnardo halted the emigration of girls for the years 1890 and 1891 "because of changes in the staff and other circumstances." Capt. W. G. Annesley was Superintendent until then at Peterborough, Mrs. Annesley Matron, Miss Joyce and Mr A. B. Owen Visitors (these from Sept 20 1887 letterhead.) See Gail Corbett's 'B. Children in Canada' p.48 for what some of these other circumstances might have been.

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