Ada ANDREWS, arrived Montreal 1901

[davidga]

Ada ANDREWS (last residence Cambridge, England) was on the SS Vancouver, arriving Portland, Maine, 2 May 1901, en route for Montreal.

It's possible she was my great-aunt Ada Jane ANDREWS (b. Stradishall, Suffolk, 24 Jul 1875), who was a Typist in the 1901 England census.

So far, I've been unable to find any definite trace of her in the Canadian records - can anyone help, please?

David

[cosmac]

http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html
Have you checked the 1911 Canadian census at this site and have you definitely ruled her out from the 1911 British census? 
Debbie

[davidga]

Hi Debbie - I've checked both censuses pretty carefully (including the Ancestry index for the Canadian one as well as Automated Genealogy).

Of course Ada may have married between 1901 and 1911. I've checked all the Ada ANDREWS marriages in that range on FreeBMD against the 1911 censuses. I've also searched both censuses for Ada Jane (or just Ada) of about the right age and birth county (England census) or country (Canadian census), without specifying a surname. But I've found no likely people so far...

At least two other women in my tree changed their given names around this time, for no obvious reason. If Ada did that too, I've very little chance of finding her!

David

[davidga]

Just for the record, I have at last discovered (in the BC Marriage Registrations on FamilySearch) that Ada married Harold THACKERAY on 10 May 1913 in Vancouver. Her middle name was given as Mary, and her age was underestimated by 7 years, but her parents' names were given correctly .

She and Harold had one son, Paul Andrews THACKERAY (b. 1914, d. 1982). Ada died in 1943.

I still have not found Ada in the 1911 Canadian or England censuses.

David