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Record #16243
Name :
: Emma Jane EMPTAGE (1882 - 1961)


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1882

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1961
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Thanet
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Prince Albert
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Jun 1893
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Mongolian

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

Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesA birth registration was found for Emma Jane Emptage: Date: Apr-May-Jun 1882; District: Thanet; County: Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 896. Parents: Henry Joseph Emptage and Sarah Ann Jones, married 1868 in Thanet, Kent, England.

In 1893, Emma Emptage, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 35 Maria Rye children en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Emma was "adopted" by a family with the surname of Fraser who lived in Ontario.

On November 2, 1899, at Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Emma Emptage, 20, born in England to Henry and Sarah Emptage; and Thomas Caithcart, 22, farmer, born in Innisfil Township, Ontario, Canada, to William and Mary Jane Caithcart.

At least 13 children were born of this marriage:

Mary Jane Caithcart, born February 2, 1901, Ontario, Canada;
Henry John Caithcart, born December 18, 1902, Ontario, Canada, he died in 1951 in in the Caithcart family farmhome, due to a house fire, Clouston, Saskatchewan, Canada;
William Thomas (Bill) Caithcart, born December 1, 1904, Ontario, Canada. Bill never married. He enjoyed sports & hunting. He lost his life, by lightning, when he was driving the tractor on the family farm (his younger brother, Maurice, was on the plow), in July 1949, Clouston, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Frederick Joseph (Freddie) Caithcart, born January 4, 1907, Ontario, Canada, died in infancy;
Lawrence E. Caithcart, born about 1908, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Emma Lilly Caithcart, born March 19, 1911, Viscount, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died December 16, 1984 in Paddockwood, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Maurice C. Caithcart, born about 1913, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Elizabeth D. Caithcart, born 1916, Saskatchewan, Canada, died young;
Elsie Pearl Caithcart, born about 1919 in Viscount, Saskatchewan, Canada; died October 20, 1966 in a tragic motor vehicle accident, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada;
Doris Caithcart, born in Saskatchewan, Canada; Audrey Caithcart, born in Viscount district, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Louise Caithcart, born in Viscount district, Saskatchewan, Canada; and
Florence Caithcart, born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Thomas Caithcart died 1937 on the family farm at 59 years of age at Clouston district, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Emma died in 1961 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, and she was laid to rest, in the St Mary's Cemetery in Prince Albert, next to her husband. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-05-13 20:27:28 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-05-13 21:03:16 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
6182 ADDIS, Daisy Laura1880ENG, KEN, Thanet May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
16243 EMPTAGE, Emma Jane1882ENG, KEN, Thanet Jun 1893 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
9950 FAGG, Charles1898ENG,    , Thanet Jun 1913 : Victorian CAN Waifs & Strays  
8848 GISBY, William G1896ENG,    , Thanet Mar 1911 : Dominion CAN National Childrens Home  
4144 KELSEY, Albert Edward1882ENG, KEN, Thanet Aug 1893 : Sardinian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
11088 PIDDUCK, Arthur John1895ENG, KEN, Thanet Jul 1905 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
10065 SANDWELL, Amy1886ENG, KEN, Thanet Jun 1902 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10061 SANDWELL, Jessie1890ENG, KEN, Thanet May 1899 : Gallia CAN MacPherson Homes  
11814 STEAD, Gilbert1904ENG, KEN, Thanet Sep 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
11820 STEAD, Wilfred1907ENG,    , Thanet Sep 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos