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BHC Registry ID #: 37685Name & Birth
Surname:	BIGGS	Given Names:	Bessie
Born:	1875	Gender:	Female
Born at:	Saint George Hanover Square, London, England

Surname Adopted:		A.K.A. Surnames:
Given Names Adopted:		A.K.A. Given Names:	Elizabeth

Death
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Emigration
Sending or Escorting Organization:	Barnardo's
Canadian Distribution Home Name/Address:	Hazelbrae, Peterborough
Age at Emigration:	11	Ship Sailed:	Parisian
Departure Date:	15 July 1886	Port of Departure:	Liverpool
Arrival Date:	23 July 1886	Port of Arrival:	Quebec
UK Boys/Girls Home Name/Address:
UK Workhouse/Union Name/Address:

Placements
Start Date	End Date	Placed With / Indentured To		Placement Location
		Surname	Given Name

Census
Year	Country	Prov/State	Address, City	Head of Household	Relationship to Head
1881	England	London	5 Flask Lane, Saint George Hanover Square	Joseph T BIGGS	Daughter

Spouse
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Biological Parents

Biological Father
Surname:	BIGGS	Given Names:	Joseph T
Born:	1841	Born at:	Stratford, Middlesex, England
Died:		Died at:

Biological Mother
Surname:	GREGORY	Given Names:	Mary
Born:	1841	Born at:	Hawley, Hampshire, England
Died:		Died at:

Biological Parents' Marriage Details
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Siblings
BHC ID	Surname	Given Names
53627	BIGGS	Minnie Amelia
37666	BIGGS	Florence Daisy
	BIGGS	Albert H
	BIGGS	James G
	BIGGS	Elizabeth
	BIGGS	Joseph Thomas
	BIGGS	Matilda
	BIGGS	Edward C
	BIGGS	Ernest W

Half-Siblings
BHC ID	Surname	Given Names

Sources and Notes

In LAC BHC Index (travel) twice: as Bessie BIGGS, age 11; and Bessie BIGGS, age 12

Record Title: List of children brought from England by Dr. Barnardo: Bessie BIGGS - Age: 12 - Year of Arrival: 1886 - Sent by: Dr. Barnardo --- Source: Library and Archives Canada - Database Item Number: 153247

Record Title: Wm G Annesley, Peterborough. Asking payment $2,048.00 commissions on boys sent out by Dr Barnardo since 1885: Bessie BIGGS - Age: 12 - Year of Arrival: 1886 - Sent by: Dr Barnardo - Notes: Arrived 23 July 1886 at Quebec aboard SS Parisian --- Source: Library and Archives Canada - Database Item Number: 153249

UK GRO Birth Registration Index: Bessie BIGGS - Mother's Maiden Surname: GREGORY - Registration Year: 1875 - Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar - Registration District: Saint George Hanover Square - Inferred County: London - Volume: 1a - Page: 404

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