Help with a family name

[SMcDermid]

I think it would.  I just haven't been able to find anything.  I know that she married William McDermid in Ontario, they were already married when they moved to Western Canada.

[JustLooking]

Hi again

Have I got the correct family in 1911:

In Regina (district #214 Sub district 47), she  (as Mary Ellen Mcdermott) is down as being born May 1875 in England and of (possibly) Scottish origin and immigrated in 1910. The husband and children's names match your info.

The image is very poor   


JL

added - the 1916 one has less info but has her as English rather than Scottish

[SMcDermid]

Yes, I think that's the right one.  I've got that saved to her profile on Ancestry.ca.  The last name is spelled wrong, but everything else seems to match.

That one says England, and the 1916 one, where they have her as Minnie E, lists her being born in Canada, so I'm wondering if the part on the death record about Wales might have been wrong.

[JustLooking]

The first child (Ellen Jessie)  appears to be born circa 1900 but I can't find any other info on her or their marriage in Ontario.

I've drawn this thread to the attention of some of the Canadian researchers who are really good so hopefully they might find something  for you.


JL

[Morganllan]

Just a thought, but could there be a connection with the town of Wales, Ontario, which was flooded in 1958 for the creation of the St Lawrence seaway? 

[SMcDermid]

Could be.  I hadn't even thought of that.  I wasn't even aware that there had been a Wales, Ontario.   

However, the death record, that said she was born in Wales, said she had lived in Canada for 35 years, but listed her age at the time she died as 42 years, 2 months.  So at least according to the doctor that filled it out, it would seem that she had come to Canada as a child.

I'm starting to think that might be wrong though, or that maybe it should have been England instead of Wales.

You guys have been so helpful, I just hope it doesn't turn out that I've wasted everyone's time on this.

[KarenM]

Just a thought, when I see children coming to Canada with little no information, I think of Home Children.  I checked the Home Children database at Library and Archives Canada, there is a Minnie Bray, age 9 coming to Canada in 1886 and headed for Hamilton, Ontario (which is beside Ancaster).


http://www.rootschat.com/links/0bjk/

Karen

[SMcDermid]

There might be something to that.  In one of the Canadian censuses, she showed up as Minnie E.

At the risk of sounding stupid, what are Home Children?

[KarenM]

Here is William in 1901 in Portage La Prarie, Manitoba.  He's born Ontario with correct birthdate of April 6, 1874.  He's not married.

http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=64402&highlight=30

Then, there is a Minnie Bray in Ancaster, Ontario, who is a domestic.

http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=109196&highlight=33

K