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Record #2729
Name :
: Elizabeth Dorothy CARRUTHERS (1880 - 1951)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Nov 1880

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 19 Oct 1951   Notes : Cancer
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Montreal
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 16 Jun 1888
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
: Broome
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Liverpool Sheltering Home

Agency
: Liverpool Sheltering Home
NotesElizabeth Dorothy - in adulthood known as Dorothy - together with her 4 sisters; Isabella, Margaret, Mary Jane and Frances, were sent to Canada as BHC after the death of their father, Richard CARRUTHERS, and the remarriage of their mother, Jane Routledge Carruthers PRUDEN.

Their one brother, John CARRUTHERS, remained in England but I've been unsuccessful in finding him.

Dorothy was unhappily placed with the BROOME family in Forresters Falls, ON as a domestic. She left the family to live with her sister Isabella, who had been adopted by a family in Quebec (see Isabella CARRUTHERS)

From there, Dorothy moved to Montreal and I find her working as a domestic in the 1901 census.

Dorothy then went into training as a nurse at the Montreal Children's Memorial Hospital and graduated c 1905.

Dorothy married Herbert Beaufield TAIT of Montreal, QC in 1908. Their children, Isobel Dorothy TAIT(1908), Eileen Routledge TAIT(1911), and my father, Robert Gordon TAIT(1914)were all born in Montreal, QC.

Sadly, Herbert TAIT died in 1917 leaving Dorothy with 3 children to raise on her own. My grandfather had been a successful businessman and thus Dorothy was left with some means by which to live fairly comfortably for a time, but this did not last and her skills as a nurse were eventually put to use to sustain her family.

Dorothy died in Montreal, October 19th, 1951. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-11 19:21:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-06-14 13:18:23 /

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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  
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17067 ANDERSON, Charles Francis Walker1893ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1911 : Grampian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
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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  
17168 BARRY, David Benjamin1887ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1900 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
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8269 BATEY, Harold1913ENG, LAN, Liverpool Apr 1928 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
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