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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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3047 ABBOT, William1878ENG,     Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3019 ABBOTT, Alfred1869ENG,     Aug 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3028 ABBOTT, Edith1887ENG,     Jul 1892 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3031 ABBOTT, Ernest1865ENG,     Nov 1882 : Parisian CAN Unknown  
8354 ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper1885ENG, LND, Homerton Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3038 ABBOTT, Herman Henry1882ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3046 ABBOTT, Lily1873ENG, YKS, Leeds Sep 1883 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
3088 ABRAHAM, Maggie1875ENG,     Jul 1888 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3094 ABRAHAMS, James1872ENG,     Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3098 ABRAHAMS, Sam1872ENG,     Apr 1890 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3109 ACASTER, Ebenezer William1867ENG, BRK, Newbury, Stockcross Aug 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3123 ACKERMAN, Arthur Edward1877ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3124 ACKERMAN, George Abraham1875ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3138 ACKLAND, William1869ENG,     Jul 1884 : Parisian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3133 ACLAND, Arthur Edward1874ENG, MDX, Holloway Apr 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
3163 ADAIR, Millicent1880ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jul 1897 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
16636 ALABASTER, George William1877ENG, SSX, Chichester May 1890 : Parisian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
20305 ALBONE, Cornelius1875ENG, BDF, Biggleswade Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
20306 ALCOCK, Daniel1877ENG, OXF, Sibford Gower Mar 1887 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23343 ALDRIDGE, Charles Henry1888ENG, LDN, London Jun 1901 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays lostgirl19  
8850 ALEXANDER, Kate1885ENG,     Jul 1899 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays  
8467 ALGER, Ada1876ENG, LND, St Olave Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
9026 ALGER, Ellen 1872ENG, LND, St. Olave Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23754 ALLEN, Annie E1879ENG,     Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23757 ALLEN, Harriet L1875ENG,     Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
6522 ANDERS, Thomas1878ENG,     Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
12469 ANDERSON, Alfred1885ENG,     Apr 1895 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
23770 ANDERSON, Eleanor J1878ENG,     Sep 1888 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
4456 ANDERSON, Ethel Rows1884ENG, YKS, Normanby Aug 1890 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
13482 ANDERSON, George ENG,     May 1887 : Parisian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
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