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Record #21836
Name :
: Elsie BARKER (1903 - 2004)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 5 Jun 1903

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 15 Mar 2004
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Perth
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Brockville
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 2 Jun 1913
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Grampian

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Homes / Agencys
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Agency
: Quarriers
Notes"Elsie Wallace Barker, 101, who came to Canada as a Scottish orphan age 10, and retired at age 65 as head nurse of urology at Buffalo General Hospital, died March 15 at her Schofield Avenue home (Brockville) with her family at her side. She had been ill since suffering a stroke in 2002.

She was born June 5, 1903 in Perth, Scotland to Walter Dunlop and the former Christina Queen. She spent her early years in Edinburgh and Perth, Scotland until she was ten years old. At that time, due to family misfortune, she was placed in a home and subsequently emigrated to Canada in 1913 as a "Scottish Orphan". She went to school in Keppler and Odessa, while helping out on several farms until she was thirteen. Finally on a farm in Pittsburg near Gananoque, she was a mother's helper and 'farmerette' until she was 18 years old. She always considered this her home.

She took her high school entrance exams in Barriefield, then became a domestic helper in the household of Charles Hollingsworth, a Gananoque minister, for one and a half years. During this time she sometimes assisted at the young people's group in his parish.

After this she came to Brockville to attend Brockville Collegiate Institute for three years. In 1927, she moved to Buffalo NY to attend the Buffalo School of Nursing, graduating in 1930 and becoming assistant nurse in the outpatient department, and later the departments Head Nurse (1933-1936) at Buffalo General Hospital.

She married Charles Joseph Asselin in 1932, and from 1936 to 1943 did part-time private nursing, then became assistant nurse in the urology surgery department at Buffalo General. She became Head Nurse of that department in 1950 aand held that position until her retirement in 1965, two years after her husband died.

Her only child, daughter Eileen, was born in 1939 and died suddenly in 1982, leaving 3 children, Tammy, David and Mary.


In June 1965, she married William Barker of Brockville in St,. Paul and St Mark's Church in Buffalo. She moved back to Canada with him, living on Windsor Drive in Brockville for many years.

She had a long affiliation with St. Paul's Anglican Church in Brockville, and it's Anglican Women's Group, was an alumna of the Buffalo School of Nursing, a long time member of the Seniors' 65 Club in Brockville, and a volunteer with the Canadian Diabetes Association.

When her husband became too ill for her to care for, even with the help of neighbours, they moved in with his nephew Henry and his wife Joy and their family, in separate but attached quarters on Schofield Avenue. After his death in 1995 she remained in the house and enjoyed many more years of visits from her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as friends and relatives.

Mrs. Barker is survived by her grandson David Hellman and wife Faith, and their two sons Justin Rebman and Wesley Hellman, and two granddaughters Tammy Wheeler and husband Greg, and their children Alexandra Elyse and Katylyn Rose, and Mary Hellman, all of New York State.

She is also survived by relatives in Scotland, as well as numerous nieces and nephews of William Barker.

Besides her husbands and daughter, she was also predeceased by two brothers, Walter and William Dunlop.

Friends called at the Irvine Funeral Home, Brockville, on March 20. The funeral was held in the Irvine chapel on March 21, with Rev. Gordon Mintz of St. Paul's Anglican Church Brockville, officiating. Burial followed at Oakland cemetery. The pallbearers were Sherry Elliott and Michael Elliott, AndyBoisvert, Fred Bowen, Rick Bowen and Jeff Clark."

-transcribed, with thanks, by Maureen Vollum


Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 about Elsie Dunlop
Name: Elsie Dunlop
Gender: Female
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Date of Arrival: 2 Jun 1913
Vessel: Grampian
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Port of Arrival: Quebec
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Roll: T-4797 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-09-05 15:18:17 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-09-05 15:21:58 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
21836 BARKER, Elsie1903SCT, PER Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
16513 RODDEN, Mary1889SCT, PER, Dunblane Sep 1892 : Hibernian CAN Emma Stirling  
16509 RODEN, Andrew1885SCT, PER, Dunblane Sep 1892 : Hibernian CAN Emma Stirling  
16508 RODEN, Annie1887SCT, PER, Dunblane Sep 1892 : Hibernian CAN Emma Stirling