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Record #4142
Name :
: Edith Ellen May KELSEY (1884 - 1959)


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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 26 Mar 1884

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 4 Apr 1959
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Margate
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Wolsey
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 30 May 1892
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Mongolian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesA birth registraiton was found for Edith Ellen M Kelsey: Year of Registration: 1884; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Thanet; County: Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 930.

In 1892, Edith Kelsey, 7, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 60 girls accompanied by Maria Rye en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. (Sister Florence Kelsey, 7, arrived in 1894 on the Mongolian; and brother Alfred Kelsey arrived in 1892; and Albert Kelsey arrived in 1893.)

In Ploughshares and Prairie Trails, Dilke and District, a book about Dilke, Saskatchewan, Canada the following was found:

"Edith Kelsey was born in Margate, England. She came to Canada as an orphan at the age of seven years. She lived as a young girl at New Market, Ontario, then went west to Wolsely and Summerberry, Saskatchewan. Her brothers Albert and Charles, and a sister homesteaded in the Kedleston district on the Jack Johnson farm: G.C. Daintree's were near-by neighbours.

Miss Kelsey stayed in the Kedleston district until she married Walter Clark."

Edith Kelsey married Walter Clark on September 1, 1909. The couple homesteaded in the Dilke area.

At least 3 children were born of this marriage: James W. Clark, born about 1911 in Saskatchewan; Florence Louise Clark, born September 20, 1911, at Bethune, Saskatchewan, Canada, died July 2, 1995, at Hampton, Ontario, Canada; and Edith M. Clark, born about 1913 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Edith Ellen May [Mercy] Kelsey Clark died on April 4, 1959, at Wolsey, Saskatchewan, Canada. Walter Clark died on January 5, 1968, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-09-03 14:20:17 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-08-28 17:53:59 /

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9064 ASBURY, Cecilia1914ENG,    , Margate Jul 1928 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Barnardos  
4142 KELSEY, Edith Ellen May1884ENG, KEN, Margate May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
21801 SHARMAN, George albert1904ENG,    , margate 1920 : Melita CAN Waifs & Strays  
5337 WALKER, Leonard1915ENG,    , Margate Aug 1930 : Duchess of York CAN Salvation Army