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Record #16678
Name :
: Mary Elizabeth WHITTAKER (1895 - 1910)


Father
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1895

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 11 Jul 1910   Notes : Suicide by Poisoning from Carbolic Acid
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Bury
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, York, Albany
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 3 Jun 1906
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Linstrum
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Mary Elizabeth Whittaker: Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1895; District: Bury; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8c; Page: 554

In 1906, Mary Whittaker, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 239 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On July 11, 1910, Mary Whitticar [Whittaker], 18, domestic, died of poisoning from carbolic acid and convulsions, duration 2-3 hours, in Albany, York, Ontario, Canada.

Toronto Star
July 12, 1910:

"A GIRL TOOK POISON, WAS FOUND IN GARDEN
Went Into Yard of Former Employer's House & Drank Laudanum and Carbolic Acid

Grieved because she had to leave her former mistress, Mary Whitaker, an English maid, committed suicide at the home of C.E. Linstrum, 56 Albany Avenue.

Miss Whitaker was brought out by the Barnard home several years ago. She had been employed as a domestic in Mr. Linstrum's family for a year and a half, and had always been treated very kindly by them. As the family were leaving the city, she was told she would have to leave on Saturday,
and it was supposed that she had taken another place in the city. On Sunday night, she visited the Linstrums. She left, and then returned, and then finally left, and was not seen again until her rigid body was found in the garden yesterday, with a bottle of laudanum and one of carbolic acid by her side.

Miss Whitaker had been given to fits of melancholy, and it is supposed that it was in one of these that she took the poison.

Miss Whitaker was a little over 18 years of age. Dr. A. Wilson, medical officer of the Barnardo Home, was called, and he, with Coroner Dr. Wilson, decided an inquest was unnessary. the remains were removed to Bates and dodds undertaking rooms, Queen west, whence the funeral will be held tomorrow morning." 
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Last Updated : 2012-09-11 20:32:47 /

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