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Record #22572
Name :
: Mary Ellen KAY (1884 - 1973)
  aka : Mary Ellen Burn


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Date of Birth
: 4 Sep 1884

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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 31 Aug 1973 (approx.)
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Durham City
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ottawa
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 1884
Country
: Canada

Ship
: - Unknown -

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Agency
: Unknown
NotesThis obit came from the Lois Stanford British Home Child Collection - ....................... .Mrs.M.E.Kay....Funeral services were held September 3rd for Mary Ellen Kay,a long time resident of Merrickville.Mrs.Kay,89,died on August 31st at the West End Ville nursing home in Ottawa,where she had been living for two years. Mrs.Kay was born in Durham City,England,on September 4th 1884, the daughter of William Henry Burn and Mary Ellen Smith. She married the late Thomas Kay i 1907,and moved with him to Merrickville in 1929. The Kays remained in Merrickville for about 40 years except for a four-year residence in Montreal.The service for Mrs.Kay, a member of the United Church,was conducted by Reverend Kempling at 1:30 in the chapel of the Lannins Funeral Home. Interment took place at Union Cemetery in Merrickville.Pallbearers were Gordon Whaley, NULL,John Harrison,Olaf Mattla,Omar Burchill,Arnold Connerty and Barnett Quackenbush.Mrs.Kay is surviived by two daughters: Mrs.Jean Wright and Mrs.Doris Girard of Montreal and three sons,Bill Kay of Merrickville,Henry Kay of Ottawa and Thomas Kay of Chemainus,B.C. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
12873 KAY, Albert1912ENG,     Apr 1928 : Montnairn CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22280 KAY, Albert1889ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
11199 KAY, Andrew1892SCT,     May 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
3863 KAY, Henry1870ENG,     May 1885 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
8346 KAY, Iris1910ENG, YKS, Rotherham Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
13235 KAY, Mary E1877ENG,     Jun 1885 : Polynesian CAN Barnardos  
22572 KAY, Mary Ellen1884ENG,    , Durham City 1884 : - Unknown - CAN Unknown  
3950 KAY, Robert1880 Apr 1894 : Buenos Ayrean CAN Quarriers LesleyW2015  
21237 KAY, Thomas Henry1897 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
18923 KAY, William1889ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
12318 KAYE, Frederick1931ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers