S.S. SARMATIAN MAY 7, 1888




SS Sarmatian 7 May 1888
From: Sheila Beatty Alexander 

The S.S. Sarmatian sailed from Liverpool 26 April 1888 and arrived in
Quebec 7 May 1888.  All children were sent to Mr. Wallace at Marchmont
House, Belleville, Ontario.  This was the ship my grandfather, Henry
Beattie, was on.   The handwriting is extremely hard to read. (from NA
film #C-4536, Ships manifest for port of Quebec City 1887-1889 [LDS
#889459]).  The children were sent from the Painswick Emigration Home.
(So far I have identified approximately 125 children that were sent from
the Painswick Emigration Home operated by Miss Harriett Wemyss, with
Mrs. Eliza Steele as matron, to Marchmont House betweem 1887-1891.)

HART, Miss adult LUTTON,(Sutton,Tutton) Miss adult LUTTON,(Sutton,Tutton) Ruth 13 ??BASE,(Barr??) ??Hannah?? 16 LUSK,(Lush,Lurch,Larch) Beatrice 11 PARTENS,(Postens) Minnie 11 KNAPP, Katie 9 WILMOTT, Maud 8 NEWMANN, Harriett 8 GROVER,(Earaer,Banoer) Marianne 7 JEFFRIES, Nellie 6 MEADE, Dorothy 4 GLOVER,(Grover) Eunice or Emma 9 PATSWORTH,(Pilsworth)Eilene(Ellen)8 CROZIER, Maggie 8 YOUNG,(Gossing) Bertie 9 BARNES, Frank 5 HARDING, Willie 6 GLASSON, Sophie* 4 KNAPP, Johnnie 4 STOKES, Alice 6 STOKES, Clara 4 HOLLIMAN,(Rollhasia) Bessie 8 YOUNG, Geo 10 KNAPP, Bessie 9 [and on another page:] [to] Belleville Mr. Wallace NOTMANN, Craig** 49 BEATTY, Henry*** 14 DYER, Frank 14 COX, Herbert**** 13 WILMOTT, Willie 10 BEDFORD, Sydney 7 28 [children] [Notes:] * Sophie's last name on this film does not look like Glassan, (it could be interpreted as Furson) however, I am sure it is Glassan due to the Painswick magazine letter which stated that Sophie Glassan, age 4, sent to Canada in the Spring of 1888. ** Who is this Craig Notmann and does he really belong with this group?? *** Henry Beatty's Marchmont file, received from Barnardos, states he was from Painswick, which I now know to be Painswick Emigration Home, and was received at Marchmont on 9 May 1888. He was accompanied by Miss Hart. Henry wrote and mentioned a Mrs. Steele and Mr. Horne, as well as asking for Herbert Cox' address. **** This name could also be interpreted as Robert Cook or Cork. I believe it is Herbert Cox due to the mention of Herbert Cox in Henry's record. Also the following from the Canadian NA file #71013, RG 17, Vol. 626. Within this file is a booklet by the Marchmont Home called "Summary of Work Among the Children in 1888." "May 9th, 1888: It is well that our Home in a sense resembles a sieve, when a number of children arrive they speedily pass through otherwise we should soon be crowded out. A small mixed party, the fourth, [emphasis added - SB] reached Belleville today, rosy-cheeked little lassies and lads mostly for adoption, from Miss Wemyss' pleasant cottage homes in Painswick, a little country village on the Cotswold hills, Gloucestershire. These are always particularly nice children, beautifully trained and outfitted with loving thoughtfulness. Little four year old Sophy was the pet of this party, an exceedingly clever and winning child; she has been adopted by a lady and gentleman who have no family of their own and are devotedly attached to her. They write that their home has been quite transformed since she came into it. Another little pet in this party was surnamed 'the knitter' from her precocious cleverness with knitting needles. Her adopted mother writes, Dec 1st: - Clara is well and as cheerful as a little lark. She likes to be petted more than any child of her age I ever saw, she kisses me sometimes twenty-five times a day, and is always ready to climb on her papa's knee when he comes in." The two children mentioned must be Clara Stokes and Sophie Glassan.

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