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Record #15490

Name :: : Catherine STEWART (1873 - )
aka : Kate
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1873 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthIreland

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 14 Apr 1882
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Parisian
Placement Family: : Dan and Mary Phillips

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Maria Rye

NotesKate Stewart was a home child brought over on the SS Parisian in April 1882 by Miss Rye. She was placed with Dan and Mary Phillips of Westminster, London Ontario - an elderly couple who took in other home children. Kate would have been 13 when she wrote to her brother Johnny, 17, back in England. Johnny, my great grandfather, lost touch with her and always regretted failing to maintain contact. Kate would marry William S Tilton in London, Ontario Sept 4 1888 at the age of 15. Kate was the daughter of James Stewart and his wife Catherine Sheehan. Other siblings include Sarah, George, James, Alexander and Charles. Sarah and James would also be brought to Canada at the same time. Jamie's final destination according to his ticket was Halifax. Kate and Sarah brought to Our Western Home. Sarah would be adopted by a Mr. R.T., a farmer in Brussels Ontario.

Kate Stewart, Home Child's Letter to Brother in England 1885
Westminster
Dec 11th 85 [1885]

Dear Brother Johnny,

I received your letter & was very pleased to hear from you, & hope you will write again soon & tell me any news of mother & all that you can ? I hope you are doing well. I am very well ? & very comfortable going to school now again regularly.

Mrs. Phillips was very sick a long time & I had to stay at home to help her. Next Wednesday is our examination at school. Our teacher is going to leave this Christmas & next year we are to have a gentleman teacher. We had a large party on 3rd November.

Mrs. Phillips niece was married here ? we had about 50 guests. I had a splendid time. They were married in the evening about half past 8 o?clock. I have a good time. Mrs. Phillips is very kind to me ? we have plenty of apples and all kinds of fresh fruit especially raspberries & lots of ducks, chickens, turkeys &c. I help Mrs. Phillips with all kinds of work. She wants me to grow up useful.

There is a ?Home? near here called the ?Guthrie Home?; the children come from Mr. Middlemore?s home at Birmingham. One of the girls goes to school with me. I know a girl who came from Miss Ryes some years ago. Now she is grown up & gets 7 dollars
a month & is such a neat tidy girl I hope I shall be able to get such wages some time.

Can you tell me when my birthday is please?

I give my love to all & with love I am your affe sister Kate.

(posted by Paul Barton)

ContributorsCreated : 2011-12-07 18:25:03 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-12-08 17:04:32 /

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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 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3040	ABBOTT, James	1893	IRL, , Carlew	May 1906 : Tunisian	CAN	Smyly Homes of Dublin
3059	ABBOTT, James	1896	IRL, MEA, Trim	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
3008	ABBOTT, Thomas	1865	IRL,	Sep 1876 : Waldensian	CAN	Unknown
3112	ACHESON, Rachel	1893	IRL, , Ringwash	Jun 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
3114	ACHSON, Elizabeth	1864	IRL,	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Agricultural Labour Union
3115	ACHSON, Sarah	1865	IRL,	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Agricultural Labour Union
3143	ACKROYD, Mabel Emma	1904	IRL,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
22143	AIKIN, David	1892	IRL, ANT, Belfast	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
14545	ALLAN-VALLIS, Agnes	1916	IRL, , Glasgow	Jun 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	Crusade of Rescue
4995	ALLEN, Kathleen	1916	IRL, ANT, Belfast	Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
22107	ALTRIDGE, George	1917	IRL,	Apr 1932 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Unknown
7974	ANDREWS, John William	1914	IRL, ANT, Carrickfergus	Apr 1930 : Letitia	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
7702	ANTHONY, John	1887	IRL,	May 1900 : Numidian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
4303	ANTISELL, Palmer Evans	1897	IRL, , Dublin	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes	suemccall
4304	ANTISELL, Thomas Christopher Monsell	1895	IRL, , Dublin	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes	suemccall
8191	BAILEY, William	1912	IRL, , Whitehead	Sep 1928 : Antonia	CAN	National Childrens Home
8193	BALL, John A	1913	IRL, ANT, Belfast	Sep 1928 : Antonia	CAN	National Childrens Home
11419	BANNON, Bartholomew	1910	IRL,	Aug 1924 : Montcalm	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
11420	BANNON, John Joseph	1911	IRL,	Aug 1924 : Montcalm	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
11468	BARRETT, William Joseph	1910	IRL, , Dublin	Sep 1923 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
4736	BARZARKIE, Mary Catharine	1869	IRL, COR	Apr 1880 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
5846	BEATTIE, Richard	1891	IRL,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
5845	BEATTIE, Walter	1894	IRL,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
10495	BELL, Nelson	1907	IRL, ANT, Belfast	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
3808	BEST, Olive Margaret	1900	IRL, ANT, Belfast	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3811	BEST, Samuel James	1897	IRL, ANT, Belfast	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9286	BEST, William	1895	IRL,	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
12561	BETHELL, Bertram	1899	IRL,	Apr 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
12562	BETHELL, Francis	1898	IRL,	Jun 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
4449	BLACK, Christopher (Christie)	1897	IRL, , Dublin	Aug 1909 : Tunisian	CAN	Smyly Homes of Dublin
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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