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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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3121 ACKERLEY, John1888ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3122 ACKERLEY, Thomas William1886ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
17051 ACKERLY, Thomas1887ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
2756 ALLNUTT, Francis Benjamin1876ENG, KEN, Bromley Mar 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home 14Germain  
15274 ATKINSON, William1868ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4896 BAKER, Ernest F1913ENG, LDN, London Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4899 BAKER, Lilian E1911ENG, LDN, London Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18640 BARKER, Harold1889ENG, NTT Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
19729 BARNETT, William1906ENG,     Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4893 BARR, George L1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
17172 BARTLETT, Thomas1888ENG,     Apr 1899 : Carthaginian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4738 BARZARKIE, Charles1878ENG, LND, Springfield, Islington Aug 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4734 BARZARKIE, Elizabeth1873ENG,     Apr 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4736 BARZARKIE, Mary Catharine1869IRL, COR Apr 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4737 BARZARKIE, Theresa1875ENG, LND, Springfield, Islington Aug 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4898 BEACH, Edna1909ENG,    , Bournemouth Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18851 BEDFORD, W1880ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
21432 BEER, Charles John1912ENG,     Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3580 BENNETT, Annie1892ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4897 BETTS, Joseph D1914ENG,    , Hastings Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4900 BIGNELL, May1912ENG, CHS, Birkenhead Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18684 BOOTH, James W1884ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18846 BREW, Thomas1880ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
14232 BROWN, Annie1892ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
10468 BROWN, Frederick 1906ENG,    , Clewer Apr 1921 : Melita CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
15244 BROWN, Harold1873ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
15251 BROWN, John1868ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
14230 BROWN, Maud1890ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
22501 BUCHANAN, Eva1885ENG,     May 1896 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3301 BULPITT, Charles Thomas1907ENG, HAM, South Stoneham Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
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