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Record #4741
Name :
: Sarah DRISCOLL (1872 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 28 Dec 1872

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 17 May 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corean

Placement Family
: Mrs. Cecilia E. Downes
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Charlotte Alexander
Notes[POSSIBLE MATCH] A birth registration was found for Sarah Ann Driscoll: Year of Registration: 1873; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: St Olave Southwark (1837-1901); County: London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 191.

[POSSIBLE MATCH TO MOTHER] A death registration was found for Clara Driscoll: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845; Year of Registration: 1876; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 31; District: Whitechapel; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 301.

In 1887, Sarah Driscoll, 16, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 18 girls from Miss Alexander's party from Sutton, Surrey, England, accompanied by Mrs. Rose Wallace, matron, and en route to Miss Alexander's home at 51 Northcote Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (The girls were from Charlotte A. Alexander's Girl's Training Home at The Red Cottage, Great Warley, Brentwood, England.)

On June 26, 1907, at Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Sarah Driscoll, 30, born in England to (Unknown) Driscoll and Clara Chappell; and Samuel Fraser Burns, 30, contractor, born in Scotland to Thomas Burns and Mary Jane Lowrey.


Excerpt from Ruffled Mistresses and Discontented Maids: Respectability and the Case of Domestic Service, 1880-1914, by Magda Fahmi NAC CAAP MG29 C58 Volume 1

Some young servants, to be sure, must have welcomed the security of a family environment Sarah Driscoll, for instance, arrived in Canada in 1887 at the age of sixteen and was apprenticed as a servant with a Mrs. Cecilia E. Downes of Toronto. In 1890, she wrote T would rather work here for five Dollars than any were [sic] else for eight as I have no working clothes to buy and they kindly look after making my Dresses and I feel certain that I can trust Mrs. Downes that she will look after my welfare." Driscoll evidently appreciated the Downes' benevolence, writing in 1888: "I had such nice presents giving me at Christmas My Mistress gave me a nice print dress and my Master gave a little round box The Miss Downes gave me penwipes and a little Bloter and cup and saucer and plate to match and the little children made me a pincushion and to [sic] little woolen mats." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-19 15:27:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-13 09:25:45 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
14399 DRISCOLL, Cornelius1880ENG,     Jun 1895 : Mongolian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
16063 DRISCOLL, Cornelius1868ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
20646 DRISCOLL, Emma1902ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
12100 DRISCOLL, George Edward1915ENG, LND, Shoreditch May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
7051 DRISCOLL, James1866ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN MacPherson Homes  
16269 DRISCOLL, James1872ENG,     Jul 1885 : Sarmatian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
20737 DRISCOLL, Jane1894ENG,     Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
14394 DRISCOLL, John1882ENG,     Jun 1895 : Mongolian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
15039 DRISCOLL, John1883ENG,     Sep 1897 : Numidian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
20736 DRISCOLL, Mary1893ENG,     Jul 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
20738 DRISCOLL, Patrick ENG,     May 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4741 DRISCOLL, Sarah1872ENG,     May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
4004 DRISCOLL, Thomas1871ENG,     Jul 1886 : Polynesian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
4003 DRISCOLL, William1872ENG,     Jul 1886 : Polynesian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)