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Margaret,
Ooh, this provides more info (occupations and addresses) than the marriage record I found previously.
Brilliant - thank you again,
Liz
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Just checked the occupation of Daniel Keeler in Barham, Kent (husband of Matilda).
1851-1881 censuses, he is Ag. Labourer.
1891 census he is a gardener.
1901 he is an engine driver.
He died 1904.
Barham is in the 'Garden of England' area - so I wonder whether 'gardener' could be fruit grower? Perhaps he was a grocer as well.
Or maybe it's a completely different Daniel Keeler who was a fruit grocer in Toronto.
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On the 1911 Canadian census Henrietta gives her date of birth as 17th September 1887.
Margaret Amelia was born September quarter of 1887 ?
Births Sep 1887 (>99%)
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KEELER Margaret Amelia Bridge 2a 810
Coincidence ?
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listed with lots of other 'children'
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Margt Keeler
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Date of Arrival: 23 Apr 1904
Vessel: Tunisian
Search Ship Database: View the 'Tunisian' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia and St John, New Brunswick
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-498
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Hi Choccy,
Hmmm, you may well be onto something here. Hetti had a sister, Margaret Keeler, who also moved to Canada.
Margaret Amelia b. 1887 is the daughter of Daniel and Matilda Keeler, the same family mentioned earlier in this thread. She is the only daughter of Daniel & Matilda that I can't account for in 1901 census.
Here is the best record I could find on collectionscanada for a Margaret Keeler travelling to Canada as one of the 'Home Children':-
Surname: KEELER Given Name: Margaret Age: 16 Sex: F (makes birth year abt. 1888)
Ship: Tunisian Year of Arrival: 1904 Departure Port: Liverpool Departure Date: 14 April 1904
Arrival Port: Halifax Arrival Date: 23 April 1904 Party: Rev. Robert Wallace
Destination: Belleville, Ontario Comments: 63 children
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Type of Record: Passenger Lists Group of Children Traveling Together
So it could easily be the same person (except where is she on 1901 census?)
And I am beginning to wonder if this lady is really Hetti.
But (of course there has to be a complication, doesn't there?) my cousin's mum said that Hetti had a half sister called Margaret.
Sure enough, her marriage record gives the following info:-
Marriage record: Ontario, Canada, Marriages 1801-1926. CC believes this to be correct for his Gt. Aunt Margaret:-
Name: Marguriete A. Keeler, age 22 in 1915 (note spelling of forename)
Father: Daniel Keeler; Mother: Margaret Morton
Spouse: Gordon Edward Ferris
Marriage: 27 July 1915 in Canada.
CC remembers that they separated in 1930's. G.E. Ferris died late 1950's, Margaret died 1967-68.
I have tried researching Margaret’s mother, Margaret Morton. There are 3 born Kent between 1860-1900.
A theory is that Daniel Keeler (Hetti’s father) fathered Margaret. 1891 census shows him with wife Matilda (Hetty’s mother), but what happened after that: in 1901 census he is an engine driver, living apart from rest of his family.
Another possibility is that their son, Daniel Harrup Keeler (b. 1870), is Margaret's father. He has completely disappeared from 1891 census, but turns up in 1901 married to Eliza Foster (married 1900).
I found this Margaret Morton (Death) in Kent:-
Margaret Morton; Est. birth yr: 1875;
Yr of Reg: 1892 Q Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 17;
District: Elham County: Kent Volume: 2a Page: 914
She could have been Margaret's mother, dying soon after giving birth - if Margaret was b. abt. 1892-93 as per marriage record. It seems more likely that Daniel Harrup Keeler would have fathered her child (he 22, she 17) than his father Daniel (who would have been abt. 47).
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Sorry Choccy you beat me to it with passenger list.
I reckon it's highly likely.
And Margaret Amelia could have changed her name to Henrietta Gladys.
Perhaps to avoid confusion with her younger half-sister Margaret (Marguerite?) who joined her in Canada later.
Thank you everyone for your wonderful response to my query.
I have to go out now, but will be back later to check for updates.
Best wishes
Liz
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