Ada Blackhurst, nee Ratcliffe. Her birth was registered in early 1869 in Litchurch in the Derby district of Derbyshire, and was the daughter of Jeremiah, a draper born about 1838 in Belper, Derbyshire, and Mary (nee Varney; born about 1844 at Belper, Derbyshire) Ratcliffe, who had married 25 December 1865 in Duffield in Derbyshire in the Church of England (another source suggests she was the daughter of William and Mary, nee Nightingale, Ratcliffe, but they were her grandparents). Her known brothers and sisters were Elizabeth, b. 1866, Edith, b. 1873, and George W., b. 1876. In 1891, she was noted as a milliner still living in Belper, with her mother and sister Edith.
She married Frederick Blackhurst, a tailor, in late 1892 in the Belper district of Derbyshire. In 1901, they lived in Nottingham Road in the parish of St. Peter in Belper, Derbyshire. They had at least two children; Edith Annie and Dorothy Jane, twins, born in the summer of 1898.She left Liverpool 14 July 1911 on the Empress of Ireland and came to Quebec 20 July 1911, allegedly aged 38, and was bound for Paris, Ontario. She belonged to the Church of England. She was on her way to England due to the serious illness of her sister. Her point of origin was Paris, Ontario, when she embarked on the Empress of Ireland. She did not survive the foundering of the ship. According to the Canadian Pacific Railway, her body was identified.
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
She married Frederick Blackhurst, a tailor, in late 1892 in the Belper district of Derbyshire. In 1901, they lived in Nottingham Road in the parish of St. Peter in Belper, Derbyshire. They had at least two children; Edith Annie and Dorothy Jane, twins, born in the summer of 1898.She left Liverpool 14 July 1911 on the Empress of Ireland and came to Quebec 20 July 1911, allegedly aged 38, and was bound for Paris, Ontario. She belonged to the Church of England. She was on her way to England due to the serious illness of her sister. Her point of origin was Paris, Ontario, when she embarked on the Empress of Ireland. She did not survive the foundering of the ship. According to the Canadian Pacific Railway, her body was identified.
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
Ada Blackhurst, nee Ratcliffe. Her birth was registered in early 1869 in Litchurch in the Derby district of Derbyshire, and was the daughter of Jeremiah, a draper born about 1838 in Belper, Derbyshire, and Mary (nee Varney; born about 1844 at Belper, Derbyshire) Ratcliffe, who had married 25 December 1865 in Duffield in Derbyshire in the Church of England (another source suggests she was the daughter of William and Mary, nee Nightingale, Ratcliffe, but they were her grandparents). Her known brothers and sisters were Elizabeth, b. 1866, Edith, b. 1873, and George W., b. 1876. In 1891, she was noted as a milliner still living in Belper, with her mother and sister Edith.
She married Frederick Blackhurst, a tailor, in late 1892 in the Belper district of Derbyshire. In 1901, they lived in Nottingham Road in the parish of St. Peter in Belper, Derbyshire. They had at least two children; Edith Annie and Dorothy Jane, twins, born in the summer of 1898.She left Liverpool 14 July 1911 on the Empress of Ireland and came to Quebec 20 July 1911, allegedly aged 38, and was bound for Paris, Ontario. She belonged to the Church of England. She was on her way to England due to the serious illness of her sister. Her point of origin was Paris, Ontario, when she embarked on the Empress of Ireland. She did not survive the foundering of the ship. According to the Canadian Pacific Railway, her body was identified.
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
She married Frederick Blackhurst, a tailor, in late 1892 in the Belper district of Derbyshire. In 1901, they lived in Nottingham Road in the parish of St. Peter in Belper, Derbyshire. They had at least two children; Edith Annie and Dorothy Jane, twins, born in the summer of 1898.She left Liverpool 14 July 1911 on the Empress of Ireland and came to Quebec 20 July 1911, allegedly aged 38, and was bound for Paris, Ontario. She belonged to the Church of England. She was on her way to England due to the serious illness of her sister. Her point of origin was Paris, Ontario, when she embarked on the Empress of Ireland. She did not survive the foundering of the ship. According to the Canadian Pacific Railway, her body was identified.
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
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