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Record #3511
Name :
: Charlotte Alice GAY (1869 - 1964)


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Date of Birth
: 21 May 1869

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1964
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, St. Pancras
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 29 Sep 1883
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
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Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesA birth registration was found for Charlotte Alice Gay; Year of Registration: 1869; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Pancras (1837-1901); County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1b; Page: 1. [EDITORS NOTE: Charlotte Alice was also known as Alice Charlotte Gay]

In 1871, [Charlotte] Alice Gay, 2 years of age, is residing at 15 Crescent Road, Clapham, Surrey, England. Other family members inlcluded: Charlotte Gay, 23; Julia Gay, 3 months; and Robert Gay, 24, baker. (Source: 1871 Census of England; Class: RG10; Piece: 698; Folio: 80; Page: 11; GSU roll: 823338.)

A death registration was found for Charlotte's father, Robert Gay; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846; Year of Registration: 1880; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 34; District: Marylebone (1837-1901); County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1a; Page: 397.

In 1881, [Charlotte] Alice Gay, 11, is residing at 304 Portobello Road, East Side, Chelsea, Kensington, London, England. Other family members included: Charlotte Gay, widow, 34; Elizabeth Gay, 7; Kate Gay, 5; Maude Gay, 2; Nellie Gay, 4; and Robert Gay, 12 months. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 38; Folio: 53; Page: 45; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341009.)

In 1883, Charlotte Gay, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 48 children en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. (Her sisters, Elizabeth and Kate Gay had previously been sent from Rye's Peckham home to Niagra-on-the-Lake in 1881 on the Sarmation.)

Charlotte Gay married John Allen Waite (also born in England), a farmer, about 1894.

In 1911, Charlotte Waite, 42, was residing with her husband and children at Oakley, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as May 1896, and her immigration year as 1883. Other family members included: Irene Alicia Waite, 15; Wilfred Waite, 13; Winnifred Waite, 11; Arthur Waite, 9; and David Waite, 5. (Source: {website}automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=98634&highlight=14)

John A. Waite died on March 31, 1915, at the age of 55 years in Fraserburg, Oakley, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. His death was caused by heart failure.

Charlotte Alice Gay Waite died in 1964. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-03-29 12:02:32 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-24 09:44:28 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
20617 GAY, Adelaide1902ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
10008 GAY, Alice M 1884ENG,    , Bath Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
7232 GAY, Arthur 1914ENG, LAN, Liverpool Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Barnardos  
3511 GAY, Charlotte Alice1869ENG, MDX, St. Pancras Sep 1883 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
11477 GAY, Edward Francis1909ENG,    , Hackney Aug 1924 : Montcalm CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
3512 GAY, Elizabeth1873ENG, MDX, Paddington, London Jul 1881 : Sarmatian CAN Maria Rye  
3513 GAY, Kate1875ENG, MDX, Marylebone Jul 1881 : Sarmatian CAN Maria Rye  
10989 GAY, Robert1878ENG, MDX Jul 1889 : Caspian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
20179 GAY, Thomas1886ENG,     Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos