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winifred elley 1891 hampshire

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malyon

malyon Report 17 Jun 2015 20:49

that's great thank you gritty :-) :-)

yes thats her i remember her in 1950 abit older then the photo so stern looking she frightened me i was just 6yrs

Gritty

Gritty Report 17 Jun 2015 20:31

Ancestry has this file with a photo of her:

New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944

Name: Winifred Elley
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1892
Birth Place: England (Farnborough)
Arrival Year: 1915
Naturalization Record Type: Declaration of Intent
Event Date: 29 Jan 1932
Event Place: New York, USA
Court: Southern District, New York

Her last foreign residence was recorded as Nizza, Italy.

Have pm'd page from ancestry in case you don't have it.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 17 Jun 2015 20:31


Winnifred Elley

in the New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
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Name: Winnifred Elley
Arrival Date: 9 Aug 1915
Birth Date: abt 1891
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: london
Age: 24 Years 6 Months
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Genova
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Duca D Aosta
Search Ship Database: Search for the Duca D Aosta in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

She's with a group of nuns, all Italian except her, heading to a convent in Paterson, New Jersey.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Gritty

Gritty Report 17 Jun 2015 20:29

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Winnifred Elley (religious sister)
Arrival Date: 9 Aug 1915
Birth Date: abt 1891
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: london
Age: 24 Years 6 Months
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Genova
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Duca D Aosta

malyon

malyon Report 17 Jun 2015 20:22

please could you help with this my gt.aunt winifred elley was a nun in america i can only find her going to america in 1950 that was the year my grandad died and winifred came over for the funeral she returned in 1950 what puzzels me is that she must have gone to america before 1950 my mother said she went around 1916-1918 but cant find her going thank you


Winifred Elley
England and Wales Birth Registration Index
Name: Winifred Elley
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1891
Registration District: Hartley Wintney
County: Hampshire
Event Place: Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England
Volume: 2C
Page: 178
Line Number: 294


Winifred Elley
New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909
Name: Winifred Elley
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1950
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Birthplace: England
Ship Name: Canadian Aircraft Cf-Gjz