Good Morning,
I am writing from London, Ontario (Canada) and was told of your posting on the Archer family by a person that had seen it on this site.
Our grandmother was an Archer, Mary Agnes, born in Burton on the Trent in 1878. She had a sister, Rose, who was born in Poplar, London, England, in 1879. In the 1881 census of London both girls were in St. Vincent's Orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity. In 1882 they were on a ship from Liverpool to Quebec City with other children from Cardinal Mannings group. We know that Mary was adopted by a family in Ottawa in about 1886. The family of both girls are listed as Catholic.
We have been searching for five years now to find the name of the birth parents of our grandmother and her sister. There may have been more children in the family but these are the only two we know of that we can verify came to Canada.
I don't know if there might be a connection to your Archer family but would love to hear from you.
You can e-mail me at
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Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ann