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Re the daughter there is a Canadian passenger list from April 1896 showing a 10 year old of that name on the Parisien - final destination Stratford, Ontario. This information seems to be confirmed in the Home Children records in the Canadian archives.
William
Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)