Dr. Bernardo's Children-England to Canada

[Suemagoo]

I am looking to confirm the names of the parents whose 2 young daughters were sent to Canada in 1919 as part of the Dr. Bernardo's Homes. My husband's grandmother and sister came from Blackburn, Lancashire, but there 2 brothers remained in England. I found a 1901 Census for the family. The father's name is Emmanuel Pickering and Mother is Mary Hannah Pickering. When I found the marriage records in Canada for the 2 girls, Rebecca and Mary, the parents names are Daniel Pickering and one record says Agnes Merrick and the other Annie Merrick.  I have tried so many different name variations but get nothing back from English records. In 1911, I find the girls living as "boarders" with Alfred Dean and his wife Eliza Annie Dean. I don't know if these people are relatives to the girls and what happened from the 1901 census with the parents to before they left England in 1913 for Canada.
Can anyone please advise as I'm not getting anywhere and don't know what to do next.
Thank you very much in advance.

[keyboard86]

Hi why am I finding the birth registrations on the GRO Index for Rebecca and Mary in Blackburn with mmn BARNES?
Census ref for 1901 Blackburn RG13/3911/28/17
Keyboard86

[Jackiemh]

There is a George Pickering b1893 Blackburn Lancs in the 1911 Census
at sea that might be worth looking at (brother listed on the 1901 Census).
Jackie

[keyboard86]

There is a George Pickering b1893 Blackburn Lancs in the 1911 Census
at sea that might be worth looking at (brother listed on the 1901 Census).
Jackie

  He's possibly mmn BARNES as well.
And to complete the whole family in 1901 Robert Pickering b 1896 is mmn Barnes.
Keyboard86

[LisaRobinson87]

There is a death for Emmanuel Pickering in 1909 Blackburn

[Millmoor]

There are these articles in the British newspaper archive;

11 Oct 1904 Lancashire Evening Post

"At Blackburn this morning Emmanuel Pickering and his wife Annie were sent to gaol for a month for willfully neglecting their four children whose ages range from four to ten years". They lived in a house with one room upstairs and one down. "The parents had  lately been freely indulging in drink..the children and house were in a filthy condition".

15 Oct 1904 Preston Herald covers the same case but with even more detail. It concludes that the children were sent to the workhouse.

31 July 1906 Northern Daily Telegraph- address given as 14 Rose Hill. Emmanuel and Annie again guilty of neglect... "the case was becoming a scandal in the neighbourhood". Emmanuel was bound over and Annie was sent to gaol for three months.

31 July 1906 Lancashire Evening Post same case reported.


There are baptisms in Blackburn St Michael and All Angels for:
George Pickering 5 Oct 1893(born 18 Sept.)
Robert Pickering 26 March 1896(born 18 March)
Mary Pickering 21 July 1898(born 7 July)
(Cannot see a baptism for a Rebecca Pickering).
Parents named as Emmanuel and Annie Pickering. Address 9 Stanley Street.

There is  an Emmanuel Pickering married to Annie showing in the 1901 census in Blackburn - he is a manager and I am sure is not the Emmanuel outlined above.

William

[LisaRobinson87]

85, Cleaver Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
 
Emmanuel   Pickering   Head   44   
Mary Hannah   Pickering   Wife   37   
George   Pickering   Son   7   
Robert   Pickering   Son   5   
Mary   Pickering   Daughter   2   
Rebecca   Pickering   Daughter   0   

I think this is the family in 1901

[Annette7]

Emmanuel's wife shown as Annie on childrens baptisms but is Mary Hannah on 1901 census - is this same person or has Emmanuel taken up with someone else?

Childrens births show mothers maiden name as Barnes so presumably is Annie Barnes.

There is no marriage for an Emmanuel Pickering to a Barnes (definitely not the marriage to an Annie Waring in 1894 Blackburn).

So, doesn't look like Emmanuel/Annie were married - he was born ca.1857 Blackburn, son of a William and Mary.

Annette

[Suemagoo]

My most sincere thank you to all who have given me this tremendous information so quickly!!! The four children (which include my Husband's Grandmother) are definitely the correct children and I suspect there were 2 Mothers. It would appear not married, but maybe Annie died in 1900 and our Rebecca who was born around 1901 was from this Agnes Hannah.  I have tried the name Merrick, which both girls entered on their marriage records here in Canada, as the surname of their Mother, but who knows where that name comes from. I thought maybe it was the middle name of Mary or Agnes Hanna, but tried on ancestry with no luck. There is a death record for Emmanuel Pickering in 1909 from Blackburn, which I will try and get a copy of to see, if any family listed.
I did find a 1911 census record for the 2 girls who were staying with foster parents until 1913 when they left England, which was confirmed by my Husband's Mother, but before that, the thought of those girls and their brothers in a workhouse is so sad and upsetting to think of. Different time, cruel times, but I am going to try my best to find out all I can about Rebecca for my husband as he was very close to his Grandmother.

Thank you again. You are all the nicest people!!!

Cheers from Canada!