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Record #15108
Name :
: Elizabeth YOUNG (1864 - 1943)


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Date of Birth
: 3 Jul 1864

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 6 Jun 1943
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, St. George in the East (Stepney)

1 Princes Street
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Kent, Blenheim
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 15 Jun 1874
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sarmatian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesElizabeth Anna Young was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Young (nee Down/Doron possibly based on marriage record of her daughter) either on 3 July 1864 (1901 census) or 7 Aug 1865 (Baptism record) in St. George in the East, Middlesex, England. On the 1871 census she is recorded living with her mother (born abt. 1847) and 2 younger brothers Thomas(born 9 Sept 1967) and Charles Robert (born 1 Jan 1870) at 2 Princes Street in St. George in the East. Her father died in the Raine Workhouse by their home on 3 Dec 1870 after being admitted on 7 Nov 1870 (records show he was sick and destitute). Her mother was a seamstress. Elizabeth, Thomas, and Charles were baptised at St. Peter's Church across the street from their home and the workhouse on 4 April 1871 with the address listed as 1 Princes Street.

In 1872, the Limehouse Children's establishment records show that Elizabeth, Thomas and Charles were admitted on November 19 after being abandoned by their mother. Limehouse was a part of the Stepney Union. In 1873 the Children's Establishment at Limehouse was closed and in June of that year Elizabeth and her brother Thomas were sent to the South Metropolitan District School at Banstead, in Surrey. (The 1881 Census for the South Metropolitan District Schools in Sutton, Surrey shows Thomas Young, age 13, Scholar, born in Stepney, Middlesex and Charles Young, age 11, Scholar, born in Stepney, Middlesex).

In June of 1874 Elizabeth was sent to Canada along with other children from Stepney Union, as part of the Maria Rye party. It is unknown what happened to her brothers Thomas and Charles, or if she had other siblings.

Upon arrival in Ontario, Canada, Elizabeth was placed with Thomas Rumble and family near Blenheim in Kent County. In the 1881 Census Elizabeth is shown living with James Lawrence and his wife Matilda and their five children. The Lawrence's farmed near Harwick in Kent County. Elizabeth said that she was well treated by the families that she lived with.

On 3 August 1882 Elizabeth married Francis J. Wrightsell at the United Presbyterian Church of Blenheim. Francis J. Wrightsell was born 4 December 1853, in Bradford or Brantford Ontario.

Elizabeth and Francis had 9 children:

Rose B. 3 July 1885
Annie Maud 3 April 1887
George Henry. 28 January 1889
Gertha May. 9 February 1891
Charles Clinton. 19 June 1892. Died in Detroit, Michigan 2 March 1928.
Francis "Frank" Edward 6 January 1896. Killed in WW1 in France 16 August 1917. He was a private with the 18th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario Regiment. Listed on Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Hugh Allen Lamont 2 July 1898
Thomas Gordon. 1901 -1915. Killed by a friend with a rifle, according to a newspaper article.
Percy 1904 - 9 Jan 1969

According to a newspaper account Elizabeth's husband Francis, died 5 November 1915 when he fell from a bridge. Elizabeth died on 6 June 1943 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery Blenheim, Ontario in family plot. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-08-04 10:45:13 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-08-04 11:05:44 /

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8528 ACHSEN, Charlotte1868ENG,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
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25417 ADAMS, William1889SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
10339 ALEXANDER, Beatrice Carlisle1889SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
10451 ALEXANDER, Thomas George1891ENG,    , Glasgow Camlachie Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
13506 ALLMAN, Michael Joseph1870ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
6925 ALLSUPP, Eliza Matty1865ENG,    , Upton on Severn Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6926 ALLSUPP, John1875ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
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22779 ANCION, Henry1872ENG,     Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
25340 ANDERSON, Barbara1884SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
25372 ANDERSON, Janet1887SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
19415 ARGENT, Henry Charles1872 Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
15905 ARMSTRONG, Robert1874ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
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6928 ASHFORD, J. Arthur1866ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6929 ASHMORE, Ellen1870ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6930 ASHMORE, Minnie1871ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6931 ASHTON, Charles1865ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
19418 ATKINS, Herbert Henry1874ENG, LND, Waterloo Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
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