Born
1849 in
Westoe, South Shields, Durham, England
Ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Died
5 Jan 1917
at about age 68
in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Biography
Ada Georgiana Jefferson was born in 1849 in Westoe, South Shields, Durham, she was the daughter of William Jefferson and Georgiana Dawson [1]
1851 census: Westoe Village, South Shields, Durham
William Jefferson Head Married Male 27 1824 Druggist South Shields, Durham, England
Georgianna Jefferson Wife Married Female 22 1829 Druggist Wife North Shields, Northumberland, England
Ada Jefferson Daughter - Female 2 1849 Druggist Dau Westoe, Durham, England [2]
1861 census: Cock Row, Hedworth Monkton And Jarrow, Durham, England
William Jefferson Head M 38 South Shields, Durham, soda manufacturer
Elizabeth J Jefferson Wife F 35 British Subject
Ada G Jefferson Daughter F 11 Westoe, Durham
Catherine A Jefferson Daughter F 10 Westoe, Durham
Balleny W R Jefferson Son M 8 Jarrow, Durham
Georgina A Jefferson Daughter F 6 Westoe, Durham
Francis Jefferson Brother M 40 Westoe, Durham
Florence E Swain Niece F 3 Waltham Abbey, Essex
Ann Gillies Servant F 22 Scotland [3]
1871 census: Newcastle On Tyne, St Andrew, Northumberland
William Jefferson Head M 47 South Shields, Durham chemical manufacturer
E C J Jefferson Wife F 44 Barbados
A G Jefferson Daughter F 21 Westoe, Durham
B W B Jefferson Son M 18 Jarrow On Tyne, Durham
G Jefferson Daughter F 16 Jarrow On Tyne, Durham
F Jefferson Brother M 49 South Shields, Durham
J Richardson Servant F 19 Newcastle Upon Tyne [4]
Ada emigrated to Canada sometime before 1881, where she met and married Frederick Edmund (Eric) Marsh Hamber.
An entry for a Miss Jefferson appears in the passenger list for the ship Peruvian, which arrived in Quebec on 22 May 1878, which may relate to Ada. [5]
1881 census: St Andrews, Lisgar, Manitoba
Eric Hamber 28, born England, schoolmaster
Ada Hamber 28, born England
Eric Hamber 1
Cathleene Hamber 5/12
Harry Jefferson 21, farmer
Thos Forsyth 23 [6]
1901 census: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Fredk E. M Hamber 47, born England, Professor of Mathematics, emigrated 1876
Ada G Hamber 47, born England, emigrated 1878
Eric W Hamber 21, Bank clerk
Kathleen Hamber 19
Harold B Hamber 17
Hereward C. Hamber 14
Elizth Kunselmann 15 [7]
Ada died on 5 January 1917, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was 64 years old,
and was buried in St John's Cathedral Anglican Cemetery [8] . A photo of her headstone can be found here [9]
Sources
↑ (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp ) GRO index Q2 1849 South Shields vol 24 page 289
↑ (https://www.findmypast.co.uk ) 1851 census HO107 Piece number 2399 Folio 274 Page 26
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7XJ-FNH : 6 April 2016), William Jefferson, Hedworth Monkton And Jarrow, Durham, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V511-LKH : 24 July 2015), A G Jefferson in entry for William Jefferson, 1871.
↑ (https://www.ancestry.co.uk ) Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
↑ 1881 census of Canada (https://www.ancestry.co.uk )
↑ 1901 census of Canada (https://www.ancestry.co.uk )
↑ (https://www.ancestry.co.uk ) Manitoba, Death Index, 1881-1943 and Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index
↑ http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/675093
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