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Record #2703

Name :: : Elizabeth JACKSON (1887 - 1950)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 11 Mar 1887
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 14 Feb 1950

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey, Southwark

#2 Bangor Court

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 12 Jul 1902
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Unknown

NotesElizabeth, my dearest gram, came from Orpington Orphanage in Kent. I believe the name was later changed to St George and then St.Anne's. She came through the port of Quebec and and by train to New Orpington Lodge in Hintonburg, On. (Ottawa). She was placed on a farm in Nepean, On. She was 15 years old.

She later made her way to Montreal,Qc to join her older sister Catherine who had preceded her. I have no info on her next few years until her marriage to Frank Schmidt in St Patrick's Basilica in 1907. They had four daughters and Elizabeth was carrying my mom when Frank SMITH joined the CEF and was shipped overseas. He was killed in France on June 9th,1917. In a letter he said,"if the babe's a boy, it will fill my heart with joy,if it's a girl, call her Pearl"

In 1919, my nanny married William Murphy and had four
more children, three boys and a girl but unfortunately, lost one boy to sickness. William was an extremely jealous man and Elizabeth could have no bread or milk deliveries to the house. She also needed his permission to have her sisters visit. Then it seems he got in trouble with the law and rushed the family from Montreal to Detroit,Mich where the older children were forced to steal from gardens in order to eat. By this time the oldest daughter was married and was able to get my gram and the children back to Montreal. When William returned to claim his wife and children, he was sent away never to be seen again.

As my own father was drowned five weeks before my birth, mom and I lived with my Nanny for six years until mom remarried. Elizabeth spent the rest of her life happily among her sisters and children. She died in the hospital on St.Valentine's day 1950 from heart failure. She was surrounded by the flowers and chocolates given to her earlier that day from her children.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-11 19:21:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-17 16:46:35 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 29 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
9857	ALBURY, George Arthur	1884	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jun 1893 : Vancouver	CAN	Barnardos
10502	ALLWAY, Thomas	1890	ENG, LND, Southwark	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5214	BRAYFIELD, Daniel	1924	ENG, , Southwark	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
8514	CHRISTIE, Cecil	1890	ENG, , Southwark	Jul 1902 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
7879	CLARK, George Victor	1915	ENG, , Southwark	May 1931 : Laurentic	CAN	Waifs & Strays
13499	COOKE, Edward	1899	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
5618	GOSBY, Emma Jane	1898	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jun 1912 : Virginian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
11025	JACKSON, Dora	1897	ENG, , Southwark	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
2703	JACKSON, Elizabeth	1887	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Jul 1902 : Tunisian	CAN	Unknown
3672	JACKSON, Ellen	1892	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Jun 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Association for Young Women
8565	LUNN, Arthur Henry	1891	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
22267	MANNING, Edith Dorothy	1914	ENG, , Southwark	1926 : Rotorua	NZ_	Young Pioneers Mansell and Bebbington Home New Plymouth
13715	PRESTON, Francis James	1874	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Jun 1889 : Toronto	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
13717	PRESTON, John Thomas	1878	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Jun 1889 : Toronto	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
4315	PUGH, Alfred George	1877	ENG, , Southwark	Mar 1889 : - Unknown -	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
4312	PUGH, Sidney Herbert	1882	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Apr 1892 : Sarnia	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
4314	PUGH, William Edward	1879	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Apr 1891 : Parisian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
16148	ROGERSON, Clara Augusta	1875	ENG, LND, Southwark	Apr 1888 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
16242	ROGERSON, Reuben Valentine Gordon	1884	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jun 1894 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
16556	ROOST, Amy Elizabeth	1907	ENG, LND, Southwark	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
14798	SINK, Ruth Patience	1875	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jun 1884 : Parisian	CAN	Middlemore
16351	SMIRKE, Elizabeth Lucy	1893	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16349	SMIRKE, Frederick George	1896	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16350	SMIRKE, Thomas Charles	1898	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
23173	SPENCER, Samuel	1906	ENG, , southwark	Jul 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
13094	STEPHENSON, Redvers John	1900	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jun 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
6923	STRANGER, Annie L	1892	ENG, , Southwark	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5603	WOOLSEY, Clare Blythe	1894	ENG, , Southwark	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
5508	WORLES, Albert Edward	1895	ENG, SRY, Southwark	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 29 Entries

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