Born to John and Sarah in Ardwick, Manchester, 4th daughter out of six girls.
Following the death of her father, John, from an industrial accident when Alice was 4, Alice was initially looked after by family members, but then was somehow surrendered by her uncle Edward to one of the 'pioneers' of child migration, Maria Rye.
Alice Heathcote/t was a British Home Child emigrated to Canada by Maria Rye. On September 19, 1872, having just turned 12, Alice departed Liverpool aboard the steamship Sarmatian, arriving in Quebec, Canada on September 30, 1872. From there she travelled with her party to Rye's Distribution Home for Destitute Girls which was known as 'Our Western Home' in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Alice was indentured until the age of 18 to work for a family in Toronto as a domestic. Following a tragic start to her adult life, Alice made her way to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, aboard the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway.
Alice married Charles Wood in Vancouver, BC in 1892. Charles was also British. Alice regaled her grandchildren with her stories of trading at her back door in New Westminster with First Nation traders.
In 1896, Alice, Charles and their toddler Richard, baby Dorothy and another 'on the way' made the long journey back to England. Alice re-united with at least two of her five sisters. Alice and Charles remained in Manchester, England where they raised their children.
Their sons served in WW1.
Following the death of her father, John, from an industrial accident when Alice was 4, Alice was initially looked after by family members, but then was somehow surrendered by her uncle Edward to one of the 'pioneers' of child migration, Maria Rye.
Alice Heathcote/t was a British Home Child emigrated to Canada by Maria Rye. On September 19, 1872, having just turned 12, Alice departed Liverpool aboard the steamship Sarmatian, arriving in Quebec, Canada on September 30, 1872. From there she travelled with her party to Rye's Distribution Home for Destitute Girls which was known as 'Our Western Home' in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Alice was indentured until the age of 18 to work for a family in Toronto as a domestic. Following a tragic start to her adult life, Alice made her way to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, aboard the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway.
Alice married Charles Wood in Vancouver, BC in 1892. Charles was also British. Alice regaled her grandchildren with her stories of trading at her back door in New Westminster with First Nation traders.
In 1896, Alice, Charles and their toddler Richard, baby Dorothy and another 'on the way' made the long journey back to England. Alice re-united with at least two of her five sisters. Alice and Charles remained in Manchester, England where they raised their children.
Their sons served in WW1.
Born to John and Sarah in Ardwick, Manchester, 4th daughter out of six girls.
Following the death of her father, John, from an industrial accident when Alice was 4, Alice was initially looked after by family members, but then was somehow surrendered by her uncle Edward to one of the 'pioneers' of child migration, Maria Rye.
Alice Heathcote/t was a British Home Child emigrated to Canada by Maria Rye. On September 19, 1872, having just turned 12, Alice departed Liverpool aboard the steamship Sarmatian, arriving in Quebec, Canada on September 30, 1872. From there she travelled with her party to Rye's Distribution Home for Destitute Girls which was known as 'Our Western Home' in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Alice was indentured until the age of 18 to work for a family in Toronto as a domestic. Following a tragic start to her adult life, Alice made her way to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, aboard the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway.
Alice married Charles Wood in Vancouver, BC in 1892. Charles was also British. Alice regaled her grandchildren with her stories of trading at her back door in New Westminster with First Nation traders.
In 1896, Alice, Charles and their toddler Richard, baby Dorothy and another 'on the way' made the long journey back to England. Alice re-united with at least two of her five sisters. Alice and Charles remained in Manchester, England where they raised their children.
Their sons served in WW1.
Following the death of her father, John, from an industrial accident when Alice was 4, Alice was initially looked after by family members, but then was somehow surrendered by her uncle Edward to one of the 'pioneers' of child migration, Maria Rye.
Alice Heathcote/t was a British Home Child emigrated to Canada by Maria Rye. On September 19, 1872, having just turned 12, Alice departed Liverpool aboard the steamship Sarmatian, arriving in Quebec, Canada on September 30, 1872. From there she travelled with her party to Rye's Distribution Home for Destitute Girls which was known as 'Our Western Home' in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Alice was indentured until the age of 18 to work for a family in Toronto as a domestic. Following a tragic start to her adult life, Alice made her way to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, aboard the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway.
Alice married Charles Wood in Vancouver, BC in 1892. Charles was also British. Alice regaled her grandchildren with her stories of trading at her back door in New Westminster with First Nation traders.
In 1896, Alice, Charles and their toddler Richard, baby Dorothy and another 'on the way' made the long journey back to England. Alice re-united with at least two of her five sisters. Alice and Charles remained in Manchester, England where they raised their children.
Their sons served in WW1.
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