It's nice to meet you as well.
Perhaps I am incorrect, but I feel like some of the information doesn't quite add up or that we are possibly missing a clue?
Catherine was born 6 June 1870, Glasgow, Scotland
She left Scotland in 1887, sailing from Liverpool, England and according to one of the pay sites, the ports of arrival were "St Johns, Newfoundland" and Halifax, Nova Scotia
Possibly Catherine in 1891: Kathie Duffie, born c1871, Scotland. Living in Halifax City, NS
Catherine was back in Scotland by 1901
Perhaps I am reading the image incorrectly (quite likely) but it looks like Catherine and a number of young women (including the ones you mentioned) were going to St. John, NB.
Did she eventually make her way to Halifax (pre-1891) before returning to Scotland?
Have you tried looking for some of the girls with whom she travelled, to see where they ended up (possibly Halifax or back in Scotland)?
Could she have met her future husband in Canada and returned to Scotland (with or without him) in order to marry him?
Have you found her in the 1901 census?
Who paid her passage back home -- would she have been able to save up enough money to return?
Hi LIsa, thanks for your reply and interest.
Here’s the lead I got Catherine’s moving to Canada record from …
Quick Search : British Home Children : The RootsChat.Com Reference ...
surname.rootschat.com/.../dbsig-quick-search.php?...Maryhill%20School%20(Glasgo... 19 Apr 2012 -
I have this info. on Catherine and other inmates arriving in Canada …
ID: 15792 Name: DUFFY, Catherine DOB: 1870 Place of Birth: SCT. Arrivals & Ships: Aug.1887 : Nova Scotia. DEST: Canada. Agency: Maryhill School, Glasgow.
Notes from same website (RootsChat.com)
In 1887, Catherine Duffy, 17, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of girls accompanied by *Mrs. Cameron, and en route to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
*Mrs Cameron was the superintendent at Maryhill Industrial School from circa 1882 - 1907.
Also …
Item: Passenger lists of the NOVA SCOTIAN arriving in Halifax, N.S., Baltimore, MD and St. John's, Nfld. on 1887-08-27
Ship ……………………...… NOVA SCOTIAN
Shipping Line …………… Allan Line Steamship Co.
Port of Departure ……..Liverpool, England
Date of Departure …….1887-08-16
Port of Arrival …………….Halifax, N.S.
Baltimore, MD
St. John's, Nfld.
Date of Arrival …………….1887-08-27
Year ………………………......1887
Microfilm Reel Number C-4513
Remarks …………………... Date of arrival may apply to Halifax only
Reference ……………….… RG 76
Item Number …………….…7707
On the Nova Scotian (sic) Passenger List "Cath Duffy" is listed with some of her inmates from Maryhill School so she is definitely my Grandmother.
It may be Catherine did make her way to Halifax and stayed there with a family - the excellent information "jocose" has given me is very likely to be my Grandmother. Her future husband and my future Grandfather were born in Glasgow and as far as we know he never went to Canada - but then we didn’t know Catherine had gone to Canada! In their 1901 marriage cert my Grandfather and Catherine are recorded as living at different addresses in Glasgow.
The return journey money problem? I’ve given that thought, perhaps there was some cheap fare return scheme?
I’m trying to trace the other Maryhill inmates, but so far no luck.
Hope I’ve covered everything.
Thanks again,
Raibert.