Notes A birth registration was found for Frances Carruthers: Year of Registration: 1878; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: West Derby; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 570. Parents: Richard Carruthers and Jane Routledge, married 1874, West Derby, Lancashire, England.
In 1888, Frances Carruthers, 9 (along with her sister, Mary Jane Carruthers, 10), arrived with a group of 28 males and 33 females of Mrs. Birt's Children at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. From there, they arrived on March 14, 1888, by train at Levis, Quebec, Canada, en route to Acton Vale, Quebec.
In 1893, Frances was placed with the Walling family in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada.
In 1896, at the Baptist Church in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, a marriage was registered between Frances Carruthers, 18, born in Liverpool, England to Richard and Jane Carruthers; and George (Lorrie) Stiles, 20, iron moulder, born in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, to John and Lizzie Stiles. (Source: Nova Scotia Vital Records; Registration Year: 1896; Book: 1810; Page: 149; Number: 9)
George Lorrie and Frances Carruthers Stiles had at least 3 children: Winfred Burton Stiles, born February 23, 1896, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada; Richard Arthur Stiles, born about 1899; and Harry Stiles, born August 10, 1903, Amherst Nova Scotia, Canada.
Frances Anne Carruthers Stiles died in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada on February 5, 1953 of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 77 years. At the time of her death, she was residing at 4 Dale Street, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.