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Record #11344
Name :
: Mary Jane CARRUTHERS (1876 - 1960)
  aka : Jennie


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1876

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 30 May 1960 (approx.)
Abode (1) : Place of BirthCanada, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, ON, ?Billerica
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 12 Mar 1888
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Louisa Birt
NotesMary Jane Carruthers entered the Liverpool Sheltering Home in January of 1888, at the age of 10. Jennie - together with her sister Frances Carruthers, 9 - arrived with a group of 28 males and 33 females of Mrs. Birt's Children at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. From there, they arrived on March 14, 1888, by train at Levis, Quebec, Canada, en route to Acton Vale, Quebec. After a short time in the receiving home in Knowlton, Jennie had 3 placements in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, before she married William SHELL on December 19, 1894 at the Congregational Church, Melbourne, Quebec, Canada.

The couple and their three children (Francis William b 1895, Arthur Albert b.1898 and William George b 1900, all born in Quebec) returned to England and lived with - or close to - Mary Jane's mother, Jane Routledge Carruthers PRUDEN in Liverpool, ENG. William Shell also had relatives in England, close to London. The couple had 2 more children together in England: Margaret May b 1901, Liverpool and Sydney George b 1903, Liverpool. Sometime before 1906, the couple returned to Canada, and Jennie had 2 more children in Quebec: Greta Dorothy b 1906 and Harry James b 1908.

I lose track of Jennie at this point. Curiously, in the Canadian census of 1911 I find daughters Greta and May listed as "inmates" of a Church of England Female Asylum (an orpanage of sorts) in West Quebec. I have yet to find the remaining children or their parents in that census!

Jumping ahead though, I find record of Jennie Shell living in Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts USA in 1930, listed as the Head of household, and with sons Arthur Shell - now 31, and Harry Shell, 21 - living with her.

Clearly Jennie and her husband William Shell parted ways, as William is buried in the Richmond, QC churchyard of St Anne's church. He died in 1947 at the age of 90.

I have a stale dated query from a message board indicating that Jennie died in Billerica, MA, in 1960, but I don't know if this information is factual. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-02-25 06:56:22 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-02-25 07:08:12 /

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3122 ACKERLEY, Thomas William1886ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
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9868 ADAMSON, John1897ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1906 : Victorian CAN Louisa Birt  
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5658 AINSWORTH, Ellen 1895ENG, LAN, Liverpool Oct 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
5662 AINSWORTH, Mary1896ENG, LAN, Liverpool Oct 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
5048 ALLAN, Robert 1914ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
20154 ALLEY, Clara Celia1894ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
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17067 ANDERSON, Charles Francis Walker1893ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1911 : Grampian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
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5072 ANDREWS, Hugh1912ENG, LAN, Liverpool Aug 1926 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
6286 ANNING, Gertrude Annie1892ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
10453 ARMSTRONG, Lillian1908ENG, LAN, Liverpool Sep 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
8510 ASHDOWN, George1891ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
9779 ASPINALL, Christmas1878ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
4939 AUSTIN, William1909ENG, LAN, Liverpool Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4757 BAINES, Evelyn Mary1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1925 : Montclare CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4893 BARR, George L1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
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18110 BARRY, Margaret1889ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1900 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
8269 BATEY, Harold1913ENG, LAN, Liverpool Apr 1928 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
5076 BEATTIE, Leslie1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool Aug 1926 : Montrose CAN Barnardos  
4454 BEATTIE, William 1916ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1931 : Antonia CAN Salvation Army  
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