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Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 * Name: John Clavell. Mansel [post Mansel-Pleydell] * College: ST JOHN'S* Entered: Michs. 1835* Died: 1902Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 13, 1835. [Elder twin s. ...

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Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 * Name: John Clavell. Mansel [post Mansel-Pleydell] * College: ST JOHN'S* Entered: Michs. 1835* Died: 1902Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 13, 1835. [Elder twin s. ...

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Alexander Balfour was a Scottish merchant and founder of the Liverpool shipping company Balfour Williamson. Balfour ran the Liverpool side of the business, while his partners worked in Chile.Balfour wa...

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Alexander Balfour was a Scottish merchant and founder of the Liverpool shipping company Balfour Williamson. Balfour ran the Liverpool side of the business, while his partners worked in Chile.Balfour wa...

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Dr. George C Cossar MP (1880 - 1942)

Dr. George C Cossar was the originator of schemes for improving the position of slum lads of Glasgow. He was one of the outstanding figures in philanthropic work in Glasgow. who devoted much of his tim...

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Dr. George C Cossar MP (1880 - 1942)

Dr. George C Cossar was the originator of schemes for improving the position of slum lads of Glasgow. He was one of the outstanding figures in philanthropic work in Glasgow. who devoted much of his tim...

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Vere Henry Louis Foster MP (1819 - 1900)

Vere Foster=~Founder Irish Female Emigration Fund.~Vere Henry Louis Foster was one of the greatest Irishmen ever. He was born in Copenhagen on April 25, 1819, while his father, a member of the Irish ar...

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Vere Henry Louis Foster MP (1819 - 1900)

Vere Foster=~Founder Irish Female Emigration Fund.~Vere Henry Louis Foster was one of the greatest Irishmen ever. He was born in Copenhagen on April 25, 1819, while his father, a member of the Irish ar...

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Henry Willett MP (1823 - 1903)

Henry Willett born Catt (1823-1903) was a founding father of Brighton Museum. He was a wealthy collector of paintings, porcelain, rocks and fossils, especially those of the Brighton area. He wanted his...

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Henry Willett MP (1823 - 1903)

Henry Willett born Catt (1823-1903) was a founding father of Brighton Museum. He was a wealthy collector of paintings, porcelain, rocks and fossils, especially those of the Brighton area. He wanted his...

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John Pounds (1766 - 1839)

John Pounds (1766-1839)John Pounds was a shoemaker and teacher born in Portsmouth. He is the man most responsible for the creation of the concept of Ragged schools . After Pounds' died, Thomas Guthrie ...

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John Pounds (1766 - 1839)

John Pounds (1766-1839)John Pounds was a shoemaker and teacher born in Portsmouth. He is the man most responsible for the creation of the concept of Ragged schools . After Pounds' died, Thomas Guthrie ...

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Rev. Thomas Guthrie MP (1803 - 1873)

"Min. of St John's"

Guthrie DNA Project Designation: Guthrie Family Group 17 Haplogroup: R-M269 (No deep clade SNP testing yet) Geni Y-DNA Linked: No Refer to Guthrie Genealogy: Guthrie Ancestry and Genetic Genealogy ___...

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Rev. Thomas Guthrie MP (1803 - 1873)

"Min. of St John's"

Guthrie DNA Project Designation: Guthrie Family Group 17 Haplogroup: R-M269 (No deep clade SNP testing yet) Geni Y-DNA Linked: No Refer to Guthrie Genealogy: Guthrie Ancestry and Genetic Genealogy ___...

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Mrs. Ellinor Close (deceased)

Mrs. Ellinor Close===Mrs. Ellinor Close had an idea, called the "scattered farm system" which she proposed to the Canadian Government. Mrs. Close wanted to bring young children between two and three ye...

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Mrs. Ellinor Close (deceased)

Mrs. Ellinor Close===Mrs. Ellinor Close had an idea, called the "scattered farm system" which she proposed to the Canadian Government. Mrs. Close wanted to bring young children between two and three ye...

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Edmund Amos Struthers (1855 - 1935)

Edmund Amos Struthers (1855-1935)Surveyor, community activist.Born near St. Johns, Quebec on 22 January 1855, he moved as a child to Wisconsin where he was educated at Fort Atkinson. In 1872 he accompa...

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Edmund Amos Struthers (1855 - 1935)

Edmund Amos Struthers (1855-1935)Surveyor, community activist.Born near St. Johns, Quebec on 22 January 1855, he moved as a child to Wisconsin where he was educated at Fort Atkinson. In 1872 he accompa...

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William Booth MP (1829 - 1912)

William Booth (10 April 1829 – 20 August 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General (1878–1912). The Christian movement with a quasi-military str...

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William Booth MP (1829 - 1912)

William Booth (10 April 1829 – 20 August 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General (1878–1912). The Christian movement with a quasi-military str...

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Kinglsey Ogilvie Fairbridge (5 May 1885 – 19 July 1924) was the founder of a child emigration scheme to British colonies and the Fairbridge Schools. His life work was the founding of the "Society for t...

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Kinglsey Ogilvie Fairbridge (5 May 1885 – 19 July 1924) was the founder of a child emigration scheme to British colonies and the Fairbridge Schools. His life work was the founding of the "Society for t...

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Ellen Franks MP (1813 - 1905)

Mrs Ellen Smyly nee Franks=Founder Smyly's HomesMrs Smyly (nee Ellen Franks) was born on 14th November 1815. Appalled by the numerous starving children on the streets of Dublin in the early 1850s, she ...

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Ellen Franks MP (1813 - 1905)

Mrs Ellen Smyly nee Franks=Founder Smyly's HomesMrs Smyly (nee Ellen Franks) was born on 14th November 1815. Appalled by the numerous starving children on the streets of Dublin in the early 1850s, she ...

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Reverend Benjamin Waugh MP (1839 - 1908)

Reverend Benjamin Waugh=The Reverend Benjamin Waugh (20 February 1839–11 March 1908) was a Victorian social reformer and campaigner who founded the UK charity, the National Society for the Prevention o...

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Reverend Benjamin Waugh MP (1839 - 1908)

Reverend Benjamin Waugh=The Reverend Benjamin Waugh (20 February 1839–11 March 1908) was a Victorian social reformer and campaigner who founded the UK charity, the National Society for the Prevention o...

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Ellen Agnes Wallace MP (1841 - 1900)

Ellen Agnes Bilbrough, born 21 Nov 1841, was the daughter of Brooks Priestley and Anne Lister Bilbrough and sister to Arthur Brooks Bilbrough, above. She was most likely born at Gildersome in Park Hous...

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Ellen Agnes Wallace MP (1841 - 1900)

Ellen Agnes Bilbrough, born 21 Nov 1841, was the daughter of Brooks Priestley and Anne Lister Bilbrough and sister to Arthur Brooks Bilbrough, above. She was most likely born at Gildersome in Park Hous...

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Rev. Robert Wallace (1855 - 1932)

The Marchmont Home in Belleville Ontario was run by ELLEN BILBROUGH-WALLACE and the REV. ROBERT WALLACE. The house was located at 193 West Moira Street. BELLEVILLE,Ontario. 1881 Robert Wallace, "Studen...

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Rev. Robert Wallace (1855 - 1932)

The Marchmont Home in Belleville Ontario was run by ELLEN BILBROUGH-WALLACE and the REV. ROBERT WALLACE. The house was located at 193 West Moira Street. BELLEVILLE,Ontario. 1881 Robert Wallace, "Studen...

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Edward de Mountjoie Rudolf MP (1852 - 1933)

Edward de Mountjoie Rudolf=Founder of the Waifs and Strays Society, now called The Children's Society* Hidden lives revealed - A Biography of Edward Rudolf (1852 - 1933) * Child Welfare: Historical Dim...

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Edward de Mountjoie Rudolf MP (1852 - 1933)

Edward de Mountjoie Rudolf=Founder of the Waifs and Strays Society, now called The Children's Society* Hidden lives revealed - A Biography of Edward Rudolf (1852 - 1933) * Child Welfare: Historical Dim...

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James William Condell Fegan MP (1852 - 1925)

James William Condell Fegan (1852 – 1925) was an English Nonconformist evangelist, founder of a succession of orphanages for boys. Marriages Sep 1889 * Fegan James William Plymouth 5b 515 * POPE ...

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James William Condell Fegan MP (1852 - 1925)

James William Condell Fegan (1852 – 1925) was an English Nonconformist evangelist, founder of a succession of orphanages for boys. Marriages Sep 1889 * Fegan James William Plymouth 5b 515 * POPE ...

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Rev Thomas Bowman Stephenson=====Major Reference The Life of the Reverend Thomas Bowman Stephenson * Birth: Dec. 22, 1839* Death: Jul. 16, 1912Charity Founder who began his career as a Methodist prea...

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Rev Thomas Bowman Stephenson=====Major Reference The Life of the Reverend Thomas Bowman Stephenson * Birth: Dec. 22, 1839* Death: Jul. 16, 1912Charity Founder who began his career as a Methodist prea...

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Maria Susan Rye MP (1829 - 1903)

Maria Susan Rye , (31 March 1829 – 12 November 1903),English social reformer and a promoter of emigration, especially of young women living in Liverpool workhouses. She was the daughter of solicitor Ed...

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Maria Susan Rye MP (1829 - 1903)

Maria Susan Rye , (31 March 1829 – 12 November 1903),English social reformer and a promoter of emigration, especially of young women living in Liverpool workhouses. She was the daughter of solicitor Ed...

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Monsignor James Nugent (1822 - 1905)

Father James Nugent was born in Hunter Street, Liverpool on 3 March 1822. He was the eldest of nine children born to John and Mary Nugent. At that time educational facilities for Catholics were few, so...

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Monsignor James Nugent (1822 - 1905)

Father James Nugent was born in Hunter Street, Liverpool on 3 March 1822. He was the eldest of nine children born to John and Mary Nugent. At that time educational facilities for Catholics were few, so...

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