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Record #21836

Name :: : Elsie BARKER (1903 - 2004)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 5 Jun 1903
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 15 Mar 2004

Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Perth

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Brockville

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 2 Jun 1913
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Grampian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Quarriers

Notes"Elsie Wallace Barker, 101, who came to Canada as a Scottish orphan age 10, and retired at age 65 as head nurse of urology at Buffalo General Hospital, died March 15 at her Schofield Avenue home (Brockville) with her family at her side. She had been ill since suffering a stroke in 2002.

She was born June 5, 1903 in Perth, Scotland to Walter Dunlop and the former Christina Queen. She spent her early years in Edinburgh and Perth, Scotland until she was ten years old. At that time, due to family misfortune, she was placed in a home and subsequently emigrated to Canada in 1913 as a "Scottish Orphan". She went to school in Keppler and Odessa, while helping out on several farms until she was thirteen. Finally on a farm in Pittsburg near Gananoque, she was a mother's helper and 'farmerette' until she was 18 years old. She always considered this her home.

She took her high school entrance exams in Barriefield, then became a domestic helper in the household of Charles Hollingsworth, a Gananoque minister, for one and a half years. During this time she sometimes assisted at the young people's group in his parish.

After this she came to Brockville to attend Brockville Collegiate Institute for three years. In 1927, she moved to Buffalo NY to attend the Buffalo School of Nursing, graduating in 1930 and becoming assistant nurse in the outpatient department, and later the departments Head Nurse (1933-1936) at Buffalo General Hospital.

She married Charles Joseph Asselin in 1932, and from 1936 to 1943 did part-time private nursing, then became assistant nurse in the urology surgery department at Buffalo General. She became Head Nurse of that department in 1950 aand held that position until her retirement in 1965, two years after her husband died.

Her only child, daughter Eileen, was born in 1939 and died suddenly in 1982, leaving 3 children, Tammy, David and Mary.

In June 1965, she married William Barker of Brockville in St,. Paul and St Mark's Church in Buffalo. She moved back to Canada with him, living on Windsor Drive in Brockville for many years.

She had a long affiliation with St. Paul's Anglican Church in Brockville, and it's Anglican Women's Group, was an alumna of the Buffalo School of Nursing, a long time member of the Seniors' 65 Club in Brockville, and a volunteer with the Canadian Diabetes Association.

When her husband became too ill for her to care for, even with the help of neighbours, they moved in with his nephew Henry and his wife Joy and their family, in separate but attached quarters on Schofield Avenue. After his death in 1995 she remained in the house and enjoyed many more years of visits from her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as friends and relatives.

Mrs. Barker is survived by her grandson David Hellman and wife Faith, and their two sons Justin Rebman and Wesley Hellman, and two granddaughters Tammy Wheeler and husband Greg, and their children Alexandra Elyse and Katylyn Rose, and Mary Hellman, all of New York State.

She is also survived by relatives in Scotland, as well as numerous nieces and nephews of William Barker.

Besides her husbands and daughter, she was also predeceased by two brothers, Walter and William Dunlop.

Friends called at the Irvine Funeral Home, Brockville, on March 20. The funeral was held in the Irvine chapel on March 21, with Rev. Gordon Mintz of St. Paul's Anglican Church Brockville, officiating. Burial followed at Oakland cemetery. The pallbearers were Sherry Elliott and Michael Elliott, AndyBoisvert, Fred Bowen, Rick Bowen and Jeff Clark."

-transcribed, with thanks, by Maureen Vollum

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 about Elsie Dunlop
Name: Elsie Dunlop
Gender: Female
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Date of Arrival: 2 Jun 1913
Vessel: Grampian
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Port of Arrival: Quebec
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Roll: T-4797

ContributorsCreated : 2013-09-05 15:18:17 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-09-05 15:21:58 /

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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 28 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
26009	BARKER, A	1884	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
4232	BARKER, Ada	1903	ENG,	May 1913 : Victorian	CAN	Refuge Home, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
4236	BARKER, Ada Sophia	1878	ENG, MDX, London	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
5323	BARKER, Alfred	1915	ENG, , Flagborough	Aug 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	Salvation Army
10492	BARKER, Charles William	1908	M__,	Oct 1920 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
10736	BARKER, Elizabeth	1870	ENG,	Jan 1880 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
21836	BARKER, Elsie	1903	SCT, PER	Jun 1913 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
5123	BARKER, Frances	1911	ENG, , Fulham	Aug 1926 : Montrose	CAN	Barnardos
14246	BARKER, George	1884	ENG,	Jun 1899 : Tainui	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18640	BARKER, Harold	1889	ENG, NTT	Apr 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
18861	BARKER, J G	1888	ENG,	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
22019	BARKER, JOSEPH HENRY	1893	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
10735	BARKER, Kate	1869	ENG,	Jan 1880 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
20682	BARKER, Margaret	1903	ENG,	Oct 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
6155	BARKER, Mary	1887	ENG,	Jun 1894 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
22588	BARKER, May G	1905	ENG,	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
2858	BARKER, Nora	1901	ENG,	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
8219	BARKER, Norrice	1914	ENG,	Sep 1928 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
26482	BARKER, Percy	1890	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10669	BARKER, Richard James	1894	ENG, STS, Hanley	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22283	BARKER, Samuel	1889	ENG,	May 1903 : Kensington	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
14437	BARKER, Samuel George	1884	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Vancouver	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
10755	BARKER, Sarah	1873	ENG,	Jun 1880 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
22648	BARKER, Sophia		ENG,	May 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
14158	BARKER, Susan	1887	ENG,	Jul 1899 : Parisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
23648	BARKER, Thomas	1911	ENG,	Oct 1925 : Benalla	AUS	Barnardos
22743	BARKER, William Alfred	1893	ENG,	May 1908 : Kensington	CAN	Salvation Army
21626	BARKER, William J.J.	1876	ENG,	Apr 1891 : Sardinian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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 28 Entries

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