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Ellen Mary Bartholomew 1857-1929

Ellen Mary Bartholomew

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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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Portrait of John Shill circa 1900. He would have been about 45 years old. It was taken by James T. Hillen on Melton Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK

John Shill

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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 “Father” Buried: Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nell had virtually nothing good to say about her

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Waddell Genealogy, Shill-Bartholomew family, product of the union of John Shill and Ellen Mary Bartholomew, taken in Woodbridge, Suffolk, apparently around 1903.

The Shill-Bartholomew Family

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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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