Search for content in message boards

Shells,Cunningham

Shells,Cunningham

Albert Boisvert (View posts)
Posted: 24 Nov 2000 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Shell, Cunnungham
Searching for family of William Shell, died Melbourne, Quebec in 1940's; married Jennifer ? who died Billerica, MA. (1947-1960). Children, William; Arthur; Harold, died Nov. 5, 1989 in Winthrop, MA, married Gertrude ? - Harold/Gertrude owned and operated a nursing home in Winthrop,MA; May, died June 1968 in Billerica, MA, married Thomas Cunningham; Greta.

Re: Shells,Cunningham

Posted: 7 Dec 2007 3:29PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: CARRUTHERS; SHELL; TUDGE; TAIT; BEAUFIELD;
Albert, you've made my day! Wm Shell Sr, married my great aunt Mary Jane (Jennie)CARRUTHERS in Melbourne/Richmond, QC in 1894. Jennie CARRUTHERS, together with her 4 sisters (Elizabeth Dorothy Carruthers was my grandmother)were Home Children, born in England and sent to Canada as children. The 5 girls were born in Liverpool - I can share that info if you want it - but their father died, Mom unable to care for them, and they were sent to Canada in a child migrant scheme. 4 of the 5 girls were distributed to their new "homes" from the Knowlton Distributing Home in Knowlton, QC. Jennie and her sister Margaret - who married Wm TUDGE in Melbourne in 1896 - both settled in the Richmond area. Wm Shell and Jennie had 6 children in all: Francis, Arthur, William, Greta, May and Harry. Wm and Jennie returned to England before the 1901 census was taken, as they are listed in the 1901 UK census, living in a parish of Liverpool, LANCS. I don't know when the family returned to Canada, but I reached a brick wall upon release of the Canadian 1911 census, because I found Wm Sr, Wm Jr, Greta and May, but they're living in hostels in Quebec City. No sign of Jennie and the other children. I've suspected that she may have left the marriage and gone to the US, as her sister Margaret TUDGE did that before 1901. I've found Margaret TUDGE and her son John living in the Boston, MA area in the 1920 census. Margaret is remarried to H. Rockwell OSBORNE. Do you have any information as to when/how Jennie arrived in the US? I have details of the marriage of May, who bore Thomas Cunningham's son, Harold, 2 years before their marriage in Richmond, QC in 1922. I have more detail, but won't bore the group here. Contact me offline if you wish to compare notes: soules1@sympatico.ca

Re: Shells,Cunningham

Posted: 4 Feb 2013 12:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: CUNNINGHAM, SHELL, CARRUTHERS
I haven't received a reply Albert. Was the information that I provided regarding Jennie CARRUTHERS SHELL useful, or is there something else specifically that you were hoping for? Also, are you able to provide me with any information about William SHELL Sr and his family from your end? I know that William is buried in Richmond, QC, as is Thomas Cunningham. Greta is also buried there. Did she marry, have children? What happened to the remaining siblings? When, why did they leave Richmond? Any clues at all? I'd be grateful for any info about Wm SHELL and family that you might wish to share.
per page

Find a board about a specific topic