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Record #11344
Name :
: Mary Jane CARRUTHERS (1876 - 1960)
  aka : Jennie


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1876

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 30 May 1960 (approx.)
Abode (1) : Place of BirthCanada, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, ON, ?Billerica
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 12 Mar 1888
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Louisa Birt
NotesMary Jane Carruthers entered the Liverpool Sheltering Home in January of 1888, at the age of 10. Jennie - together with her sister Frances Carruthers, 9 - arrived with a group of 28 males and 33 females of Mrs. Birt's Children at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. From there, they arrived on March 14, 1888, by train at Levis, Quebec, Canada, en route to Acton Vale, Quebec. After a short time in the receiving home in Knowlton, Jennie had 3 placements in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, before she married William SHELL on December 19, 1894 at the Congregational Church, Melbourne, Quebec, Canada.

The couple and their three children (Francis William b 1895, Arthur Albert b.1898 and William George b 1900, all born in Quebec) returned to England and lived with - or close to - Mary Jane's mother, Jane Routledge Carruthers PRUDEN in Liverpool, ENG. William Shell also had relatives in England, close to London. The couple had 2 more children together in England: Margaret May b 1901, Liverpool and Sydney George b 1903, Liverpool. Sometime before 1906, the couple returned to Canada, and Jennie had 2 more children in Quebec: Greta Dorothy b 1906 and Harry James b 1908.

I lose track of Jennie at this point. Curiously, in the Canadian census of 1911 I find daughters Greta and May listed as "inmates" of a Church of England Female Asylum (an orpanage of sorts) in West Quebec. I have yet to find the remaining children or their parents in that census!

Jumping ahead though, I find record of Jennie Shell living in Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts USA in 1930, listed as the Head of household, and with sons Arthur Shell - now 31, and Harry Shell, 21 - living with her.

Clearly Jennie and her husband William Shell parted ways, as William is buried in the Richmond, QC churchyard of St Anne's church. He died in 1947 at the age of 90.

I have a stale dated query from a message board indicating that Jennie died in Billerica, MA, in 1960, but I don't know if this information is factual. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-02-25 06:56:22 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-02-25 07:08:12 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3084 ABLETT, Percy1905ENG,     Apr 1920 : Metagama CAN Louisa Birt  
3092 ABRAHAMS, Amy1892ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3093 ABRAHAMS, Bessie1888ENG,     Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3097 ABRAHAMS, Percy1890ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3123 ACKERMAN, Arthur Edward1877ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3124 ACKERMAN, George Abraham1875ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3162 ADAIR, Mary1880ENG,     Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3163 ADAIR, Millicent1880ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jul 1897 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
22561 ADAMS, Percy1903ENG,     Feb 1914 : Alsatian CAN Louisa Birt  
3278 ADAMS, Robert Henry 1888ENG,     Mar 1901 : Dominion CAN Louisa Birt  
22768 ADAMSON, Jeanie1891ENG,     Sep 1905 : Canada CAN Louisa Birt  
9868 ADAMSON, John1897ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1906 : Victorian CAN Louisa Birt  
10055 ADDISON, Annie 1900ENG,     Apr 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
3970 ADDISON, Florence1893ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
9143 ADDY, Albert William H.1893ENG, LAN, Liverpool Feb 1907 : Victorian CAN Louisa Birt  
17080 ADGEY, Robert Hugh1885ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1902 : Dominion CAN Louisa Birt  
25704 AFFORD, Lily1901ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
17058 AIRD, Lizzie1871ENG,     May 1885 : Circassian CAN Louisa Birt  
2851 ALCE, William Henry1894ENG, SSX, Seaford May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
8696 ALLABUSH, George1899ENG, LND, Canning Town May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20448 ALLEN, Esther1895ENG,     May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20467 ALLEN, Janette1896ENG,     May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20154 ALLEY, Clara Celia1894ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20159 ALLEY, Emma1891ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
6312 ALLEY, Henry Herbert1896ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20204 ALWAY, Reginald Wilfrid1896ENG, GLS, Barton Regis May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20141 ANDREWS, James1896ENG,     May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20142 ANDREWS, Richard1898ENG,     May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
5749 ANDREWS, William ENG,     Aug 1875 : - Unknown - CAN Louisa Birt  
6286 ANNING, Gertrude Annie1892ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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