Margaret Bertha FURSEY (1875- )
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth |
Q4 1875 |
Shoreham, Sussex, England |
| Census |
3 Apr 1881 (age 5) |
Steyning, Sussex, England2 |
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Roman Road |
| Census |
5 Apr 1891 (age 15) |
Steyning, Sussex, England3 |
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1 Rock Street, Southwick |
| Census |
31 Mar 1901 (age 25) |
Shoreham, Sussex, England4 |
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1 White Rock Road, Southwick |
| Occupation |
31 Mar 1901 (age 25) |
Dressmaker; Shoreham, Sussex, England4 |
| Occupation |
31 Mar 1901 (age 25) |
Dressmaker, Teacher; Shoreham, Sussex, England4 |
| Census |
1 Jan 1920 (age 40) |
Waimea-Kauai, Hawaii Territory, USA5 |
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First Street, Makaweli Town, Kauai
Using the name Bertha M, Margret is a teacher at Makaweli School, Kauai Island, Hawaii, in partnership with two American women, Carrie Thompson, 43, and Jeannie Fowlds, 24. Thompson's 5 year-old daughter is with them. |
| Occupation |
1 Jan 1920 (age 40) |
Teacher, Makaweli School; Waimea-Kauai, Hawaii Territory, USA5 |
| Naturalisation |
23 Feb 1924 (age 48) |
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Her naturalisation papers were issued in the Circuit Court of Honolulu. |
| Census |
1 Apr 1930 (age 51) |
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA6 |
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801 Victoria Street, Hawaii
Margaret is listed as a boarder in an hotel in Honolulu.She cites India rather than Java as her father's place of birth. |
| Occupation |
1 Apr 1930 (age 51) |
Teacher, Public School; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA6 |
Individual Note
Margaret travelled a great deal. We can trace some of her journies.On 29th July 1912 she arrived in Quebec from Glasgow, on board the Hesperian, single, aged 35, her destination Honolulu.She is recorded as crossing the border from Canada to the USA, describing herself as a tourist, going to Honolulu. According to the 1930 census return she moved to the USA in 1913, though it appears from the above it was 1912. In 1927 she sailed from Honolulu to Wilmington, California on board the SS City of Honolulu. She gives her address as Los Angeles, and knocked two years off her age. On 14th June 1930 she sailed from Honolulu to San Francisco on the SS Malolo.On 8th July 1930 she arrived in London from New York, on board the SS Minnekanda. Her proposed address in London was the Hotel Imperial. She had knocked 4 years off her age.On 6th August 1930 she sailed for New York from Southampton,on the Homeric, giving her destined address as the Brookland Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. Her address in England had been c/o Hooper, Southwick, Sussex. On 7 September 1954 she appeared on the BOAC passenger manifest for London to New York.
Sources
| 1 | "Nick Heard". www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009
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| 2 | "Census 1881Fursey 5". RG11/1102 Folio 45 Page 27 ED 35. Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 3 | "Census 1891 Fursey 6". RG12/823 Folio 81 Page 7 ED40. Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 4 | "Census 1901 Shoreham, Sussex ED 62 RG13/944 Folio 29 Page 4 (Elizabeth Fursey nee Adams)". ED 62 RG13/944 Folio 29 Page 4. Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 5 | "Census 1920 Waimea-Kauai, Hawaii Territory, USA Roll T625_2039 Page 37A ED137 Image 437 (Margaret Bertha Fursey)". Roll T625_2039 Page 37A ED137 Image 437. Cit. Date: 1 January 1920. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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| 6 | "Census 1930 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Honolulu Roll 2634 Page (A ED52 Image 554.0 (Margaret Bertha Fursey)". Honolulu Roll 2634 Page (A ED52 Image 554.0. Cit. Date: 1 April 1930. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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