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From: "Art Lowe" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Alice KNIGHT (BHC)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:04:12 -0400
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010920084544.01fe4a50@ist.uwaterloo.ca>


Isabel & Marjorie, thank you for the information that was sent to me.
I will send for a copy of the correspondence from NAC as suggested.

Thanks again.

Art


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marj Kohli" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Alice KNIGHT (BHC)


> At 07:01 PM 8/26/01 +0000, Isabel Hayes wrote:
> >Good Afternoon Art:
> >
> >When looking at the National Archives of Canada (NAC) I noticed that
Alice
> >Knight is listed on reel C-4528 have you ordered this to confirm her name
> >is on the ships listing? At the bottom it also states General
> >Correspondence, Series RG17, Vol 135, Docket 14134 (Text file) how about
> >ordering this from the NAC through your local library (reel also).
> >
> >Isabel
>
> Art,
>
> If you want the RG17 document that Isabel has pointed out you can have the
> NAC copy it for you. The RG17 series is not on microfilm it is paper. NAC
> will photocopy for about 20cents a page.
>
> Regards..
>
> Marjorie Kohli
> Waterloo, ON Canada
>
> http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/
>
>
> >>From: "Art Lowe" <>
> >>Reply-To:
> >>To:
> >>Subject: [UK-W&H] Alice KNIGHT (BHC)
> >>Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:42:46 -0400
> >>
> >>Listers,
> >>
> >>I am a recent member to this list and am posting my
> >>interest in the hope that someone may be able to provide
> >>me with some additional information.
> >>
> >>Alice KNIGHT was my great grandmother and I have been
> >>able to gather the following info. up to now.
> >>
> >>She was an inmate of the Colchester Workhouse and listed
> >>in 1874 as a ten year old orphan. That same year she was
> >>taken as part of a group of 150 children organized by Marie
> >>Rye to emigrate to Canada. She set sail on the SS Sarmatian
> >>from the port of Liverpool, June 4, 1874 and arrived at the port
> >>of Quebec, June 15, 1874, where she was sent on to
> >>Niagara-on-the-Lake to be adopted out.
> >>
> >>On her marriage registration in the 1880s, she shows her father
> >>to be John KNIGHT and her mother as Elizabeth FISHER. On another
> >>document filled out by her son in 1940 states that she was
> >>born in Colchester, England on August 4th. The year is uncertain,
> >>but would be from 1864 - 1866.
> >>
> >>I am interested in absolutely any information on Alice KNIGHT.
> >>
> >>Thanks for any forthcoming help..
> >>
> >>Art LOWE
> >>Barrie, Ontario, Canada
> >>
> >>
>
>
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