The Shill Family of Colsterworth, Lincolnshire The Shill Family History according to Caroline Shill: My apologies to any descendants who might read Cara’s comments and feel insulted! Comments in […] are my additions in an attempt to clarify her references. Cara was the one child of John Shill and Ellen Mary Bartholomew who stayed in […]
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Born: February 16, 1857, at Trafalgar Place, Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.Father: James Bartholomew, Blacksmith, H.M. DockyardMother: Jane Bartholomew, formerly Willis Married: May 25, 1878, St. James Church,Milton, Portsea, Hants, England,to John Shill Died: May 08, 1929, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Buried: Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada “Mother” Census Records before Marriage Ellen Mary Bartholomew was the youngest daughter of James and Jane
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Born: May 13, 1857, at 8 Model Buildings, Bagnigge Wells Rd, Clerkenwell, London, England.Father: John Shill, Officer in Cold Bath PrisonMother: Hannah Shill, formerly Copeland Married: May 25, 1878, St. James Church,Milton, Portsea, Hants, England,to Ellen Mary Bartholomew Died: May 04, 1924, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Buried: Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada “Father” Nell had virtually nothing good to say about her
The working class Shill-Bartholomew family were immigrants from England who arrived in Montreal, Canada separately between 1906 and 1908. Father, John Shill, arrived first. Next, their eldest son, Jack (John) Shill, arrived several months before his mother, Ellen Mary (née Bartholomew) with his siblings, May (Marion), Annie, Bert, Grace and Nell (Ellen). The eldest daughter, Cara (Caroline), stayed in
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In the early 1900s, censuses divided Immigrants from Great Britain into two groups. Until the 1951 census, immigrants of Irish origin were reported separately from those of other British origins. As you can see from the table of Montreal Population Statistics, the number of residents of Montreal claiming Irish ancestry stayed fairly steady in the
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