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Record #3950

Name :: : Robert KAY (1880 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1880 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of Birth

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 16 Apr 1894
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Buenos Ayrean
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Quarriers

Notes(EDITORS NOTE: There is a possibility that his parents were William Alexander Kay and Elizabeth Shaw of Glasgow, but not documentation exists.)

In 1894, Robert Kay, 14, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 139 Quarrier children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

In 1901, Robert Kay, 18, was shown as a domestic to Alfred and Elizabeth Amey of Earnestown, Lennox, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 15, 1882 and his immigration year as 1893.

On April 13, 1913, at Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Robert Kay, 25, farm labourer, born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of James Kay (mother's name is unknown); and Katherine Young, 17, born in Lingfield, Surrey, England, daughter of William Young (mother's name unknown).

Robert and Katherine Kay had three children: Mary Elizabeth Kay; William Ernest Kay; and Harold Robert Kay.

Katherine Young Kay died on November 25, 1918, at the age of 22, in Bath, Ontario, Canada, of tuberculosis of the lungs, the duration of which was 2 years. Her death certificate recorded that she had been born in England and the name of her parents was unknown. The informant was Mrs. A. Amy, the wife of the man who had employed Robert Kay.

On November 26, 1919, at Bath, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Robert Kay, 30, widower, farmer, born in Lancashire, England, son of William Kay and Elizabeth Watson; and Ida Lovinia Handy, 22, born in Victoria Harbor, Ontario, Canada, daughter of John Charles Handy and Elizabeth Beulah.

Robert and Lovinia Kay had three children: Alice Louisa Kay; Sarah Helen Kay; and Charles Johnathan Kay.

Robert Kay died July 20, 1924, at Simcoe, Ontario, Canada of pulmonary tuberculosis, the duration of which was 1 year 6 months. His death certificate recorded that he was born in Scotland on April 13, 1882; that he was a farmer; and that his mother's name was Elizabeth Watson.

His grandson, Stephen Kay, noted:

My Grandfather Robert KAY was a homechild and he married Katie YOUNG daughter of Henry E YOUNG and Ellen Mary Ann KENNAIRD/KENNARD (also a homechild).

Robert KAY was sent to Canada 1894 with no birth certificate and had many ages stated. On his marriage certificate in 1913, his father is stated as James KAY. He was shipped from Quarrier's Home Scotland and on his marriage and death records stated he was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Family members tried to find a birth record for him in Scotland but no luck. I found a Robert Notman KAY born in Atherton, Lancashire, 1880. I sent for the birth certificate and all that was on it was the mother being Elizabeth KAY.

I have the so-called background information from Quarrier's Home in Scotland which doesn't really tell much at all. No place of birth, just that he was said to be 12 years of age in Aug. 1892; his father a collier, dead. Mother Eliza M S NOTMAN married again (I feel he was sent to Scotland to get rid off fast to Canada). There was no mention of any brothers or sisters although on the 1881 he had an older brother Benjamin KAY born 1878 and in 1891 census Benjamin, Robert, and sister Jane born 1890. I cant find anything on Benjamin at all I also have his birth certificate but again Elizabeth KAY as mother no fathers name.

I have letters from an Aunt Jeanie JAMIESON who lived in Cheffoo, China she died in 1918. A Letter from 1920 Shanghai, China, from his sister and one from her husband asking why Roberts name was KAY and hers was WATSON she wanted to know who her parents were. Her letter was signed "your affectionate sister, Maysie." I would assume she had been adopted and found out about Robert after the aunt died and wrote to him because of the questions. I searched for marriages for Elizabeth KAY between 1891-94 and found one for 1893 to James PEARSON and got a copy of it and it stated she was a widow it stated David NOTMAN as the father of Elizabeth KAY but I still cant find a marriage of NOTMAN to KAY.

I also got the marriage of Elizabeth's sister Jeanie NOTMAN to JAMIESON and her father was David NOTMAN. The NOTMAN family were from Scotland.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-30 13:42:27 / From original database

Last Updated : 2016-05-09 00:44:04 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 35 Entries

Surnames starting with: K »KARL »KEEL »KELL »KEMP »KENT »KERW »KING »KIRK »KNIG »KNOW »KOPP »KRUS » KZZZ

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
26117	KARSEWSKI, A	1886	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
12873	KAY, Albert	1912	ENG,	Apr 1928 : Montnairn	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22280	KAY, Albert	1889	ENG,	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11199	KAY, Andrew	1892	SCT,	May 1905 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
3863	KAY, Henry	1870	ENG,	May 1885 : Parisian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
8346	KAY, Iris	1910	ENG, YKS, Rotherham	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
13235	KAY, Mary E	1877	ENG,	Jun 1885 : Polynesian	CAN	Barnardos
22572	KAY, Mary Ellen	1884	ENG, , Durham City	1884 : - Unknown -	CAN	Unknown
3950	KAY, Robert	1880		Apr 1894 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers	LesleyW2015
21237	KAY, Thomas Henry	1897		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
18923	KAY, William	1889	ENG,	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
6066	KAYE, Annie	1883	ENG,	Aug 1895 : Numidian	CAN	Maria Rye
12318	KAYE, Frederick	1931	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
5448	KEANE, Arthur Joseph	1899	ENG, SSX, Petersfield	Jan 1913 : Australind	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
26955	KEARLE, Albert Gordon	1925	WAL, GLA, Cardiff	Nov 1938 : Themistocles	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
15214	KEARNEY, Annie Hellen Elizabeth	1892	ENG,	Jun 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
15213	KEARNEY, Hubert Richard	1894	ENG, , Fulham	Jun 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
4421	KEARNEY, John	1891	IRL, , Dublin	Jun 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
20703	KEARNEY, Sarah	1901	ENG,	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
6691	KEARY, Charles	1913	ENG, LAN, West Derby	Mar 1927 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
12894	KEATING, Andrew	1882	ENG, , Camberwell	Jun 1897 : State of California	CAN	Lord Archibald Douglas
8497	KEATING, Frank	1885	ENG, , St Pancras	Aug 1899 : Laurentian	CAN	Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee
22412	KEATING, Mary	1884	ENG,	May 1898 : Laurentian	CAN	Southwark Catholic Emigration Committee
17808	KEATLEY, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
27609	KEATS, Alice Elizabeth	1898	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	Jul 1914 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos	DFKBurr
24589	KEATS, Louis	1895		Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22929	KEAY, Joseph	1895	ENG,	May 1898 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
27356	KEAY, Maureen Ann	1939	ENG, GLS, Forest of Dean	Sep 1947 : Asturias	AUS	Catholic Episcopal Migration & Welfare Assoc.
4180	KEEBLE, Charles	1892	ENG, MDX, Lambeth	Jun 1906 : Virginian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
13559	KEEFE, Daniel	1874	ENG,	Jul 1887 : Sarmatian	CAN	Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee
19379	KEEFE, H. O.	1864		May 1882 : Polynesian	CAN
13508	KEEFE, James	1873	ENG,	Jul 1887 : Sarmatian	CAN	Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee
24373	KEEFE, John	1856		May 1870 : Peruvian	CAN	Annie MacPherson Homes
25111	KEEGAN, Michael	1876	ENG,	Sep 1883 : Polynesian	CAN	Liverpool Catholic Children's Protection Society
12160	KYNOCK, Alice Mary	1917	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: K »KARL »KEEL »KELL »KEMP »KENT »KERW »KING »KIRK »KNIG »KNOW »KOPP »KRUS » KZZZ

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 35 Entries

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