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Record #4741

Name :: : Sarah DRISCOLL (1872 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 28 Dec 1872
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

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 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
4743	ALEXANDER, Rose Mary	1873	ENG, LND, Kensington	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
4640	ALLDRIDGE, Francis	1889	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4639	ALLDRIDGE, John Leonard	1884	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4641	ALLDRIDGE, Ruth Rebecca	1890	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4642	ALLDRIDGE, William Henry	1886	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
22457	BASLIE, Richard	1869	ENG,	May 1885 : Corean	CAN	Shaftesbury Homes
20371	BECK, R	1884	ENG,	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
17203	BIRD, Gertrude		ENG,	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
22224	BLACK, Annie	1900	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	May 1888 : Corean	CAN	Quarriers
8872	BLOCKSEDGE, Benjamin	1887	ENG,	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
6898	CAPENHURST, Florence	1888	ENG,	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4753	CASTLEY, Louisa Emily Gertrude	1872	ENG, HRT, Ware	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
6899	CHANCE, Marion	1885	ENG,	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
10360	CLIFFORD, Henry	1887	ENG,	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4755	COLLINS, Jane	1870	ENG,	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
17345	COLLIS, Jane		ENG,	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
4747	DAY, Ellen	1869	ENG,	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
4741	DRISCOLL, Sarah	1872	ENG,	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
4746	GATES, Nellie	1874	ENG,	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
6901	GRANDAME, Gustave	1887	ENG,	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
6900	GRANDAME, Marie	1887	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
13350	HALDEN, Elizabeth	1878	ENG, , Glasgow	May 1888 : Corean	CAN	Quarriers
13081	HAYDEN, Laura	1885	ENG,	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
13429	HENDERSON, Helen	1881	SCT,	May 1888 : Corean	CAN	Quarriers
3905	HERON, George Thomas	1872	SCT, , Forfarshire	Jul 1883 : Corean	CAN	Unknown
4218	HOLMES, Eva	1884	ENG, DEV, Plymouth	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4219	HOLMES, Rebecca	1885	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4217	HOLMES, Thurza (Thyrza)	1882	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1896 : Corean	CAN	Middlemore
4744	HUGHES, Annie	1871	ENG,	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
9686	IZETT, Isabella	1880	ENG, , Glasgow	May 1888 : Corean	CAN	Quarriers
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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