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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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
2729 CARRUTHERS, Elizabeth Dorothy1880ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3988 CARRUTHERS, Frances1877ENG, LAN, West Derby Mar 1888 : Sardinian CAN Louisa Birt  
3990 CARRUTHERS, Isabelle1882ENG,     Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3989 CARRUTHERS, Margaret1879ENG, LAN, West Derby 1889 : - Unknown - CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3987 CARRUTHERS, Mary Jane1876ENG, LAN Mar 1888 : Sardinian CAN Louisa Birt  
11344 CARRUTHERS, Mary Jane1876CAN,    , Liverpool Mar 1888 : Sardinian CAN Louisa Birt