Bessie Burford (1906 - 1983)

Born 16 Jul 1906 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Kenneth Herbert Sheridan — married 16 Jun 1924 in York, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 1983 at about age 76 in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Bessie's birth was registered in the Jul-Aug-Sep quarter of 1906 in the King's Norton district.^[1] Bessie Burford. ^[2][3]

Born 16 July 1906. Worcestershire, England. ^[4][5]

Event: Arrival 19 May 1922. Quebec, Canada. ^[6] Departure 1922 Southampton, England. ^[7]

Marriage Husband Kenneth Herbert Sheridan. Wife Bessie Burford. Marriage 16 Jun 1924. York, Ontario, Canada. ^[8]

• Fact: Birth Registration (1906) Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England
• Fact: Arrival in Canada (19 May 1922) Bessie was placed in the Barnardo orphanage along with her identical twin sister Belinda, around the age of six when her father deserted the family. Bessie’s mom, Fanny Gertrude, her older brother Hector and her infant brother Benjamin went to the workhouse. Bessie was sent to Canada without her identical twin sister Belinda who stayed behind as she was deemed too sickly to go to Canada and eventually was retrieved by her mom in the mid 1920s. When Bessie arrived Canada she was first sent to the Hazelbrae home in Peterborough Ontario, from Peterborough she was sent to a Barnardo home in Toronto, Ontario.
• Fact: Burial Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
   GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 4 February 2023)
   Burford, Bessie (Mother's maiden name: Turner).
   GRO Reference: 1906 Jul-Aug-Sep in King's Norton Volume 06C Page 400.
2. ↑ Source: #S-152972039 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 671
3. ↑ Source: #S-152952813 Library and Archives Canada; Form 30A Ocean Arrivals (Individual Manifests), 1919-1924; Rolls: T-14939 - T-15248
4. ↑ Source: #S-152972039 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 671
5. ↑ Source: #S-152952813 Library and Archives Canada; Form 30A Ocean Arrivals (Individual Manifests), 1919-1924; Rolls: T-14939 - T-15248
6. ↑ Source: #S-152952813 Library and Archives Canada; Form 30A Ocean Arrivals (Individual Manifests), 1919-1924; Rolls: T-14939 - T-15248
7. ↑ Source: #S-152952813 Library and Archives Canada; Form 30A Ocean Arrivals (Individual Manifests), 1919-1924; Rolls: T-14939 - T-15248
8. ↑ Source: #S-152972039 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 671

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 July 2020, 18:08), entry for Bessie Burford(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LY3J-QN2); contributed by various users.
• Source: S-152952813 Repository: #R-794777820 Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Repository: R-794777820 Ancestry.com
• Source: S-152972039 Repository: #R-794777820 Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928 Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S-153025428 Repository: #R-794777820 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=82678969&pid=327