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Record #5357
Name :
: Beatrice NASH (1911 - 1926)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 Nov 1911

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 7 Aug 1926   Notes : Suicide by Drowning
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Kempville
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 20 Jun 1924
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Minnedosa

Placement Family
: Dickinson
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesIn 1924, Beatrice Nash, 13, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 78 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On August 7, 1926, at Kemptville, Ontario, Canada, Beatrice Nash, 15 years, 4 months, 4 days, domestic, born in England, died by drowning herself. She was buried on August 10, 1926, in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada.


The Toronto Star
Monday, August 9, 1926

BARNARDO GIRL'S BODY RECOVERED FROM RIVER

"I Am Tired of Life," Said Note Found on Bank.

Kemptville, Ont., Aug. 9 (CP).--Soon after a note saying "I am tired of life" had been found on a bank of the Rideau river, near here, yesterday, the body of Miss Beatrice Nash, aged about 15 years, a Barnardo Home girl, was recovered from the river by grapplers.

The girl had been employed as a domestic in this town for some time. She had been subject to despondency, it is said.


The Toronto Star
Tuesday, August 10, 1926

WORDS WITH EMPLOYER
THEN TOOK OWN LIFE

Jury Finds Barnardo Girl Came to Death While Temporarily Insane

Kemptville, Ont., Aug. 10. (CP)--Beatrice Nash, Barnardo Home girl, into whose death officials of the home are investigating, came to her death by drowning while temporary insane, a coroner's jury decided at an inquest held here yesterday. Her body was found in the Rideau river several hours after she had had a quarrel with her employer, H. Dickinson. A note directed searchers to the scene of the tragedy.

At the inquest Mr. Dickinson told of having words with the girl concerning a glass of water. At night he went down to the river in search of her. His suspicion that she had drowned herself was aroused when he found the gras trampled at the water's edge. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-27 14:25:55 / From original database

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
6589 NASH, Ada 1915ENG, LDN, London Jul 1927 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
21701 NASH, Alfred1887ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
5357 NASH, Beatrice1911ENG,     Jun 1924 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
14260 NASH, David1885ENG,     1898 : - Unknown - CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
22311 NASH, Emily Alice Sophia1891ENG,    , Edmonton, Middlesex Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
6516 NASH, Ernest William1898ENG,     Jun 1909 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
22312 NASH, Isabel Edith1896ENG,    , Tottenham, Middlesex May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
25530 NASH, Richard1898ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
24656 NASH, Thomas1897 Jun 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26562 NASH, Walter1896ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3135 NASH, William John1894ENG,     Apr 1896 : Parisian CAN MacPherson Homes