Maria Rye
Our Western Home
Article from the Toronto Daily Mail 1888
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Some of the Maria Rye children
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Eliza Morris
This trunk, currently on display at the Niagara Historical Society & Museum at Niagara-on-the-Lake possibly belonged to an Eliza Morris who arrived in Canada aboard the Sarmatian with the Maria Rye party on 12 May 1873. Eliza was a thirteen year old orphan from the Merthyr Tydfil Union in Wales. A 1875 Inspection Report states: Woodstock Centre, Frank Ball, Inspector (Francis R Ball, Barrister), Eliza Morris, Merthyr Workhouse 1873, with John Bowles, Ingersoll. (Oxford County).
There is a death record record for an Eliza Morris who died September 4 1889 at the age of 28 years in Wentworth Hamilton. She was born in England in about 1861.
photo courtesy of Scott Baltjes
Scott Baltjes Books
More information on the Maria Rye children:
Susan Jane Robinson - A Maria Rye Home Child
There is a death record record for an Eliza Morris who died September 4 1889 at the age of 28 years in Wentworth Hamilton. She was born in England in about 1861.
photo courtesy of Scott Baltjes
Scott Baltjes Books
More information on the Maria Rye children:
Susan Jane Robinson - A Maria Rye Home Child
Charges against Maria Rye by Allendale Grainger & her reply 1874
1869 Maria Rye
Maria Rye escorts first party of children to Canada. English social reformer Maria Rye founded the Female Middle Class Emigration Society in 1861 to transport young women to New Zealand, Australia and Canada. In 1869 she turns her attention to rescuing workhouse and orphan children and sending them to Canada. She escorts her first party of 76 children to her distributing home, 'Our Western Home', at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
credit to the Niagara Historical Society & Museum
Maria Rye escorts first party of children to Canada. English social reformer Maria Rye founded the Female Middle Class Emigration Society in 1861 to transport young women to New Zealand, Australia and Canada. In 1869 she turns her attention to rescuing workhouse and orphan children and sending them to Canada. She escorts her first party of 76 children to her distributing home, 'Our Western Home', at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
credit to the Niagara Historical Society & Museum
Canadian Illustrated News October 7 1871
Library and Archives Canada
Niagara Historical Society & Museum
Some Maria Rye Children
Canadian Illustrated News Vol XI No 18 1 May 1875. Reproduced courtesy Library and Archives Canada
Canadian Illustrated News Vol XI No 18 1 May 1875. Reproduced courtesy Library and Archives Canada
"Peckham Home"
Avenue House, High Street,
Peckham, London
Children from Maria Rye's Peckham house were destined for immigration mainly to Canada
Avenue House, High Street,
Peckham, London
Children from Maria Rye's Peckham house were destined for immigration mainly to Canada
Questions on the forms when applying for a child from Our Western Home
What is your full name?
Give me your full address.
Are you married?
Is your wife alive?
Have you any children, and how many?
What is your trade or profession?
How long have you lived in your present neighbourhood?
Do you belong to the Episcopal Church?
If not, state with what body of Christians you do worship?
Give me the name and address of the minister of the church where you worship.
Give me the name and address of the reeve or mayor of the town in which you
live.
If I commit an orphan to your care, state what position she is to hold in
your family.
Also state the age of the child you wish for.
Maria S Rye, Hon. Sec. Our Western Home, Niagara, Ontario, to whom this
form is to be returned when filled up.
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Form of Circular addressed by Miss Rye to the Reeve or Clergyman for
information with regard to an Applicant for a Child. Our Western Home,
Niagara.
Sir,.........
Mr and Mrs ........ having applied to me for one of the orphan girls under
my care, and having given me your name as one of their references, please
tell me, in confidence, whether you consider Mr & Mrs ...... and their
family fit persons to have the charge of a little girl; and also how long
you have known them. An early reply will oblige. Yours very faithfully,
Maria S Rye
Source: Gail Collins Roots Web
What is your full name?
Give me your full address.
Are you married?
Is your wife alive?
Have you any children, and how many?
What is your trade or profession?
How long have you lived in your present neighbourhood?
Do you belong to the Episcopal Church?
If not, state with what body of Christians you do worship?
Give me the name and address of the minister of the church where you worship.
Give me the name and address of the reeve or mayor of the town in which you
live.
If I commit an orphan to your care, state what position she is to hold in
your family.
Also state the age of the child you wish for.
Maria S Rye, Hon. Sec. Our Western Home, Niagara, Ontario, to whom this
form is to be returned when filled up.
*********************
Form of Circular addressed by Miss Rye to the Reeve or Clergyman for
information with regard to an Applicant for a Child. Our Western Home,
Niagara.
Sir,.........
Mr and Mrs ........ having applied to me for one of the orphan girls under
my care, and having given me your name as one of their references, please
tell me, in confidence, whether you consider Mr & Mrs ...... and their
family fit persons to have the charge of a little girl; and also how long
you have known them. An early reply will oblige. Yours very faithfully,
Maria S Rye
Source: Gail Collins Roots Web
The Rye Plot in St. Marks Anglican Church Cemetery,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
photos courtesy of tallow65 on Flicker
Buried in the Rye Plot are:
DAVIS, Mary, 16 (died October 12, 1884);
KAREY, Ethel, 11 (died June 6, 1888);
FERRIS, Ada, 15 (died June 16, 1885;
BAYLEY, Emily, 75 (died December 14,1922),Matron, Western Home;
RADLEY, Herbert, 2, (died February 13, 1870);
SCHOFIELD, Elizabeth, 21 (died February 2, 1871);
NEWBOLD, Caroline, 14 (died August 18, 1873);
HUTCHINS, Edith, 17 (died June 28, 1873);
LUCAS, Elizabeth, 16 (died December 21, 1874);
WARD, Sarah, 12 (died April 8, 1881);
PORTER, (only the name here and no stone).
DAVIS, Mary, 16 (died October 12, 1884);
KAREY, Ethel, 11 (died June 6, 1888);
FERRIS, Ada, 15 (died June 16, 1885;
BAYLEY, Emily, 75 (died December 14,1922),Matron, Western Home;
RADLEY, Herbert, 2, (died February 13, 1870);
SCHOFIELD, Elizabeth, 21 (died February 2, 1871);
NEWBOLD, Caroline, 14 (died August 18, 1873);
HUTCHINS, Edith, 17 (died June 28, 1873);
LUCAS, Elizabeth, 16 (died December 21, 1874);
WARD, Sarah, 12 (died April 8, 1881);
PORTER, (only the name here and no stone).
St. Catharine's Public Library
Special Collections
St. Catharines Public Library
54 Church Street
St. Catharines, ON
L2R 7K2
(905) 688 6103 EXT 220.
Non-summer hours are 10-9 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,10-6 Friday and 9-5 Saturdays. Closed Monday.
Special Collections on Home Children include information on the Maria Rye home on Niagara-on-the-Lake; the most popular books on the topic (these are circulating books); and immigrant children passenger lists from the NAC. These are not available for loan and are on 4 reels of microfilm. (Thanks to Gail Benjafield, SPCOLL Librarian for this information.)
Source - http://www.genealogic.co.uk
Links
SARMATIAN SHIPMATES
DEDICATED TO THE BRITISH HOME CHILDREN
WHO SAILED WITH THE MARIA RYE PARTY
ABOARD THE SARMATIAN IN JUNE OF 1874
Historical Maria Rye Manuscripts
The Western Plot by Gail Collins
Letters from Maria Rye Children
Special Collections
St. Catharines Public Library
54 Church Street
St. Catharines, ON
L2R 7K2
(905) 688 6103 EXT 220.
Non-summer hours are 10-9 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,10-6 Friday and 9-5 Saturdays. Closed Monday.
Special Collections on Home Children include information on the Maria Rye home on Niagara-on-the-Lake; the most popular books on the topic (these are circulating books); and immigrant children passenger lists from the NAC. These are not available for loan and are on 4 reels of microfilm. (Thanks to Gail Benjafield, SPCOLL Librarian for this information.)
Source - http://www.genealogic.co.uk
Links
SARMATIAN SHIPMATES
DEDICATED TO THE BRITISH HOME CHILDREN
WHO SAILED WITH THE MARIA RYE PARTY
ABOARD THE SARMATIAN IN JUNE OF 1874
Historical Maria Rye Manuscripts
The Western Plot by Gail Collins
Letters from Maria Rye Children
