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Record #4741
Name :
: Sarah DRISCOLL (1872 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 28 Dec 1872

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 17 May 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corean

Placement Family
: Mrs. Cecilia E. Downes
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Charlotte Alexander
Notes[POSSIBLE MATCH] A birth registration was found for Sarah Ann Driscoll: Year of Registration: 1873; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: St Olave Southwark (1837-1901); County: London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 191.

[POSSIBLE MATCH TO MOTHER] A death registration was found for Clara Driscoll: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845; Year of Registration: 1876; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 31; District: Whitechapel; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 301.

In 1887, Sarah Driscoll, 16, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 18 girls from Miss Alexander's party from Sutton, Surrey, England, accompanied by Mrs. Rose Wallace, matron, and en route to Miss Alexander's home at 51 Northcote Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (The girls were from Charlotte A. Alexander's Girl's Training Home at The Red Cottage, Great Warley, Brentwood, England.)

On June 26, 1907, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Sarah Driscoll, 30, born in England to (Unknown) Driscoll and Clara Chappell; and Samuel Fraser Burns, 30, contractor, born in Scotland to Thomas Burns and Mary Jane Lowrey.


Excerpt from Ruffled Mistresses and Discontented Maids: Respectability and the Case of Domestic Service, 1880-1914, by Magda Fahmi NAC CAAP MG29 C58 Volume 1

Some young servants, to be sure, must have welcomed the security of a family environment Sarah Driscoll, for instance, arrived in Canada in 1887 at the age of sixteen and was apprenticed as a servant with a Mrs. Cecilia E. Downes of Toronto. In 1890, she wrote T would rather work here for five Dollars than any were [sic] else for eight as I have no working clothes to buy and they kindly look after making my Dresses and I feel certain that I can trust Mrs. Downes that she will look after my welfare." Driscoll evidently appreciated the Downes' benevolence, writing in 1888: "I had such nice presents giving me at Christmas My Mistress gave me a nice print dress and my Master gave a little round box The Miss Downes gave me penwipes and a little Bloter and cup and saucer and plate to match and the little children made me a pincushion and to [sic] little woolen mats." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-19 15:27:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-13 09:25:45 /

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25324 DREW, Allison1882SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
21718 DREW, Ernest1884ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
15512 DREW, Ernest Edward1905ENG,     Oct 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
19562 DREW, Francis1886ENG,     May 1895 : Parisian CAN Annie Macpherson Homes  
9481 DREW, Samuel 1884ENG,    , St Germans Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
9999 DREWETT, Daisy E1886ENG, LDN, London Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
10000 DREWITT, Walter H1883ENG,    , New Cross Jul 1894 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
9126 DREYER, Horatio J1893ZA_,     Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
26112 DRINKWATER, A W1894ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
27198 DRINKWATER, Basil Aylen1921ENG, GLS, Evesham May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26328 DRINKWATER, Beresford Douglas1918ENG, WOR, Evesham, Offenham Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26253 DRINKWATER, Donald Ivan1925ENG, WOR, Evesham Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
14399 DRISCOLL, Cornelius1880ENG,     Jun 1895 : Mongolian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
16063 DRISCOLL, Cornelius1868ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
20646 DRISCOLL, Emma1902ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
12100 DRISCOLL, George Edward1915ENG, LND, Shoreditch May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
7051 DRISCOLL, James1866ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN MacPherson Homes  
16269 DRISCOLL, James1872ENG,     Jul 1885 : Sarmatian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
20737 DRISCOLL, Jane1894ENG,     Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
14394 DRISCOLL, John1882ENG,     Jun 1895 : Mongolian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
15039 DRISCOLL, John1883ENG,     Sep 1897 : Numidian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
20736 DRISCOLL, Mary1893ENG,     Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
20738 DRISCOLL, Patrick ENG,     May 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4741 DRISCOLL, Sarah1872ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4004 DRISCOLL, Thomas1871ENG,     Jul 1886 : Polynesian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
4003 DRISCOLL, William1872ENG,     Jul 1886 : Polynesian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
5289 DRIVER, Ernest1913ENG, LAN, Royton Aug 1930 : Duchess of York CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
8075 DRIVER, John1915ENG, YKS, Leeds Mar 1932 : Montclare CAN YMCA  
18963 DRIVER, Michael1891ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
4111 DRIVER, Violet Muriel1904ENG, MDX, Edmonton Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
26454 DRIVER, William1896ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4110 DRIVER, William Thomas1902ENG, MDX, Edmonton Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
12484 DROPSEY, George 1892ENG,    , Poplar Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26738 DRUMMOND, Alfred1904 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
13394 DRUMMOND, Grace1902SCT,     Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
26737 DRUMMOND, John1902 Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
11805 DRUMMOND, William McQueen1893SCT,    , Stirling Sep 1906 : Tunisian CAN Louisa Birt  
2762 DRURY, Henry1875ENG,     Sep 1882 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
8037 DRURY, Mary1853ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
22460 DRURY, Richard George1874ENG,     Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
12118 DRURY, Victor Adrian1919ENG, ESS, West Ham Dec 1928 : Bendigo AUS Fairbridge Homes  
4149 DRYDEN, Charles Frederick1900ENG, NTT, Nottingham Apr 1915 : Metagama CAN Labourers & Domestics  
23318 DRYDEN, Mary Stein1878ENG,    , Edinburgh May 1887 : Peruvian CAN Emma Stirling  
26845 DRYDEN, William Thomas1924ENG, NBL, Tynemouth Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
9596 DRYSDALE, Barbara 1909ENG,    , Newcastle upon Tyne Jul 1924 : Caronia CAN MacPherson Homes  
6451 DUBB, Ernest1890ENG,     Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
21095 DUBBIN, R1887ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
21110 DUBBIN, Victor1890ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
4524 DUCE, Edith1902ENG,     Mar 1914 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
4955 DUCHAN, Neil1910ENG,    , Dumbarton Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
3857 DUCK, Albert Rice1905ENG, MDX, Lambeth, London Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
3854 DUCK, Arthur Owen1903ENG, MDX, Lambeth, London Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
11533 DUCKE, Maud1879ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
8651 DUCKERS, Emma1910ENG, CHS, Birkenhead Jul 1925 : Athenia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
2682 DUCKETT, Ellen1877ENG,     Oct 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
2677 DUCKETT, John Henry1883ENG, LAN, Liverpool Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
6450 DUCKHAM, Blanche1887ENG,    , Plymouth Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos cardinalcanary  
17543 DUCKHOUSE, Albert Edward1901ENG, WAR, Solihull Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos alhal  
17542 DUCKHOUSE, Stephen1897ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos alhal  
7609 DUCKLING, Elizabeth1859ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
5356 DUCKWORTH, William1910ENG,     Jun 1924 : Montreal CAN Salvation Army  
5856 DUCLES, Margaret1893ENG,     Oct 1904 : Bavarian CAN Barnardos  
3856 DUDDY, Margaret Aliza1881ENG, LAN, Manchester Aug 1905 : Canada CAN United British Womens Emigration Association  
9344 DUDMAN, Bert1892ENG,    , St Saviour Southwark Mar 1909 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
17977 DUDMAN, Edward S ENG,     Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
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