Family members said my ggrandfather was born in Ware, Kent County. I thought it was in Hertfordshire, too. I started out looking there and couldn't find anything. I asked some more questions from my relatives and they said that he was born in the Hamlet of Ware in Kent County. The area was in the parish of Ash, according to old maps. It is located between Sandwich and Canterbury. Rumours say he was a bastard child of royalty and that his parents died in an accident, so he was sent to an orphanage. Another rumour is that his parents died and he went to live with a spinster aunt, whom he didn't like and put himself into an orphanage. We may never know. We know he was sent sealed letters from England, which my relatives felt were royal seals, but he destroyed them without opening them. I did find a William Kent who was sent to Strattford, Ontario in 1907 on the S.S. Tunisian, which may be him. He departed from Liverpool on July 25, 1907 and arrived with Mr. Merry's party to Quebec on August 2, 1907. Annie McPherson probably was the sending party, since Mr. Merry was her brother-in- law. I get a little more information from each one who sends mail to me. Thankyou for your interest. Bob Kent

Hi Bob Have you looked at the National Archives Canada site on Home Children? there are interesting pieces on some of the children, letters they wrote, marriages, etc. Worth a try http://www.archives.ca/02/020110_e.html You might be better to key it in on your search engine, as the _ gets covered with the underlining. Good Luck Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob kent" <budmat@sympatico.ca> To: <BRIT-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:59 PM Subject: [BRITNAMES] William Alfred Kent 1889 > Family members said my ggrandfather was born in Ware, Kent County. I > thought it was in Hertfordshire, too. I started out looking there and > couldn't find anything. I asked some more questions from my relatives and > they said that he was born in the Hamlet of Ware in Kent County. The area > was in the parish of Ash, according to old maps. It is located between > Sandwich and Canterbury. Rumours say he was a bastard child of royalty and > that his parents died in an accident, so he was sent to an orphanage. > Another rumour is that his parents died and he went to live with a spinster > aunt, whom he didn't like and put himself into an orphanage. We may never > know. We know he was sent sealed letters from England, which my relatives > felt were royal seals, but he destroyed them without opening them. I did > find a William Kent who was sent to Strattford, Ontario in 1907 on the S.S. > Tunisian, which may be him. He departed from Liverpool on July 25, 1907 and > arrived with Mr. Merry's party to Quebec on August 2, 1907. Annie McPherson > probably was the sending party, since Mr. Merry was her brother-in- law. I > get a little more information from each one who sends mail to me. Thankyou > for your interest. > Bob Kent > > > > ==== BRIT-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== > Browse the archives, > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BRIT-SURNAMES-L/ > > >