Alice Tilke

  General Notes:

Born abt 1862 according to 1871 census
Born abt 1865 according to 1881 census
Born abt 1870 according to 1901 census
Born abt 1863 according to Ellis Island entries (subject to below !)

See Ellis Island entry - Alice was 45 not 35 (1908 entry)
was 59 not 69 (1922 entry)

  Noted events in her life were:

• Resided: Aged 9 - Daughter - Scholar - Colaton Raleigh Village -, 1871 census, St Thomas, Colaton Raleigh, Devon England. Entered in Ancestry 1871 census as Tilker.

• Resided: Aged 16 - Daughter - Bishops Court Farm -, 1881 census, Ottery St Mary, Honiton, Devon England. Bishops Court Farm = 220 acres

• Resided: Aged 31 - Lodger ? - Hospital Nurse - 140 Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale -, 1901 census, Paddington, Greater London, Middlesex England. Entered as Litke on Ancestry 1901 census

• Resided: Aged 45 -, 1908, London City, Middlesex England. Port of Departure Liverpool
Port of Arrival New York
Date of Arrival 14th March & 11th Apr 1908
Vessel Baltic

Health Good
Height 5ft 2''
Complexion Fair
Hair Fair then Brown (on 2nd trip)
Eyes Blue then Gray (on 2nd trip)

Alice travelled to New York on the Baltic (eta 14th March) & was either refused entry or returned to the UK (with Thomas?) for another reason. Her entry on the manifest has been crossed out. She then went back to New York on the same vessel again (Baltic).
Thomas was also on board (eta 11th April).

• Resided: Nurse - rms, 1422 Grant -, 1913, Denver, Colorado USA. See Newspaper entry on file

• Resided: Aged 56 - Brookside, Newton Poppleford, 1919, St Thomas, Newton Poppleford, Devon, England. Port of Departure Southampton
Port of Arrival New York
Date of Arrival 17th October 1919
Vessel Adriatic

Health Good
Height 5ft 1''
Complexion Fair
Hair Brown
Eyes Blue
Marks Scar on right hand

Unce Thomas paid for the passage & was also on board
Stay in USA entered as indefinite.

• Resided: Aged 59 -, 1922, Junction City, Kansas USA. Port of Departure Southampton
Port of Arrival New York
Date of Arrival 30th Sept 1922
Vessel Aquitania

Health Good
Height 5ft 1''
Complexion Fair
Hair Brown
Eyes Blue
Marks none

Stay in USA as 1 year

• Resided: Aged 60 -, 1924, Junction City, Kansas USA. Port of Departure Southampton
Port of Arrival New York
Date of Arrival 10th Oct 1924
Vessel Berengaria

Health Good
Height 5ft 1''
Complexion Fair
Hair Light Brown
Eyes Blue
Marks Moles on left hand

Uncle Thomas also on board.
Stay in USA = Perm ?