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Record #4741
Name :
: Sarah DRISCOLL (1872 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 28 Dec 1872

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 17 May 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corean

Placement Family
: Mrs. Cecilia E. Downes
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Charlotte Alexander
Notes[POSSIBLE MATCH] A birth registration was found for Sarah Ann Driscoll: Year of Registration: 1873; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: St Olave Southwark (1837-1901); County: London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 191.

[POSSIBLE MATCH TO MOTHER] A death registration was found for Clara Driscoll: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845; Year of Registration: 1876; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 31; District: Whitechapel; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 301.

In 1887, Sarah Driscoll, 16, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 18 girls from Miss Alexander's party from Sutton, Surrey, England, accompanied by Mrs. Rose Wallace, matron, and en route to Miss Alexander's home at 51 Northcote Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (The girls were from Charlotte A. Alexander's Girl's Training Home at The Red Cottage, Great Warley, Brentwood, England.)

On June 26, 1907, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Sarah Driscoll, 30, born in England to (Unknown) Driscoll and Clara Chappell; and Samuel Fraser Burns, 30, contractor, born in Scotland to Thomas Burns and Mary Jane Lowrey.


Excerpt from Ruffled Mistresses and Discontented Maids: Respectability and the Case of Domestic Service, 1880-1914, by Magda Fahmi NAC CAAP MG29 C58 Volume 1

Some young servants, to be sure, must have welcomed the security of a family environment Sarah Driscoll, for instance, arrived in Canada in 1887 at the age of sixteen and was apprenticed as a servant with a Mrs. Cecilia E. Downes of Toronto. In 1890, she wrote T would rather work here for five Dollars than any were [sic] else for eight as I have no working clothes to buy and they kindly look after making my Dresses and I feel certain that I can trust Mrs. Downes that she will look after my welfare." Driscoll evidently appreciated the Downes' benevolence, writing in 1888: "I had such nice presents giving me at Christmas My Mistress gave me a nice print dress and my Master gave a little round box The Miss Downes gave me penwipes and a little Bloter and cup and saucer and plate to match and the little children made me a pincushion and to [sic] little woolen mats." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-19 15:27:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-13 09:25:45 /

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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  32 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4743 ALEXANDER, Rose Mary1873ENG, LND, Kensington May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
8368 ASHLING, Emily1870ENG,     May 1888 : Pomeranian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4753 CASTLEY, Louisa Emily Gertrude1872ENG, HRT, Ware May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4755 COLLINS, Jane1870ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
17345 COLLIS, Jane ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11534 DAVIS, Gladys1884ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4747 DAY, Ellen1869ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4741 DRISCOLL, Sarah1872ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11533 DUCKE, Maud1879ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
3315 FROST, Ada Frances1875ENG, MDX, Marylebone, London Jul 1886 : - Unknown - CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4746 GATES, Nellie1874ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11536 GILLETT, Beatrice1887ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11535 GILLETT, Elizabeth1885ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
8367 HALL, Maggie1873ENG,     May 1889 : Assyrian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11527 HAWLEY, Elizabeth1873ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11532 HEDGES, Elizabeth1875ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4744 HUGHES, Annie1871ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4745 JACKSON, Annie1883ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
8401 JOHNSON, Alice Maud1880ENG,     Jul 1886 : - Unknown - CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4748 JOHNSTON, Jessie1871ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11528 KENDELL, Candace1875ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4749 LARK, Maud1881ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4754 LEVEN, Emily1866ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
17348 LEVER, Emily ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11531 NEVILLE, Isabella1879ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4740 O'DONNELL, Bridget Matilda1872IRL,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11530 ORR, Alice1873ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4752 PASSMORE, Maud1881ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4742 SCANLON, Ann1874ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4750 SHOWELL, Flora 1877ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
11529 SNELL, Florence1873ENG,     May 1890 : Nova Scotian CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4751 STANGROOM, Agnes1881ENG, LND, Chelsea May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily 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  32 Entries