Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Children of Robert James and Mary Adams (Riddell) Dalziell

The family changed the spelling of their surname in Canada to Dalzell.

2.3.3.1.1. Annie Cowie Dalziell (1908-unknown)

Annie Cowie Dalziell was born on 25 June 1908 at 31 Deedes Street in Airdrie, Scotland. Her parents were Robert James and Mary Adams (Riddell) Dalziell. In 1911 she was living with her parents and younger sister at Old Farm on Quarry Street in Coatbridge.  Sometime before 1915, the family moved to a house owned by Annie's grandfather, Oswald Dykes Riddell, at Hollandhurst and Gartsherrie in Coatbridge. When Annie was 17 years old, she and her younger sister boarded the Canadian Pacific Railway's S/S Montnairn on 18 June 1926. They arrived in Quebec City on 26 June and traveled by train to their maternal grandmother's home at 2762 St. Catherine Street in Montreal. When her parents immigrated the next year, Annie and Martha were still living at the same address.

In 1945 Annie lived with her parents at 164 Hillside Avenue in Westmount, Quebec, and worked as a hostess. She continued to live with her parents at that address at least until 1957. At that time she was a supervisor at Eaton's, a job she held through 1974. Eaton's was a retail and social institution in Canada until it went bankrupt in 1999. The 1962 voter lists indicated she and her father lived in Apartment 3 at 4508 St. Catherine Street, West, in Westmount. In 1968 Annie lived in Apartment 28 at Cote-St. Luc Road in Westmount. The last time her name appeared on the voters lists was 1974.

Eaton's in Montreal in 1941; photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

2.3.3.1.2. Martha Dalziell (1910-unknown)

The lives of Martha Dalziell and her husband, James Nicolson Beaton, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.3.1.3. John Dalziell (1913-unknown)

John Dalziel was born on 12 September 1913 at his maternal grandparents house in Coatbridge, Scotland. His parents were Robert James and Mary Adams (Riddell) Dalziell. When John was 13 years old, he, his parents and two younger brothers, boarded the Canadian Pacific Railway's S/S Metagama in Glasgow on 29 April 1927. They arrived in Quebec City on 8 May 1927 and traveled by train to the home of his maternal grandmother in Montreal, joining his two older sisters, who had immigrated the year before.

In 1945 John was in the Army and living with his parents at 164 Hillside Avenue in Westmount, Quebec. He was also living with his parents at the same address in 1949.

According a Dalziel (or Dalziell or Dalzell) cousin, Robert had a son.

2.3.3.1.4. Oswald Riddell Dalziell (1917-2003)

The lives of Oswald and his wife, Dorothy, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.3.1.5. Robert James Dalziell (1920- )

The lives of Robert James Dalziell and his wife, Vivian Mary Walker, will be covered in a future post.

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1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Dalziel, Robert James (Census 1911 652/00 018/00 015)
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Annie Cowie Dalziell, 1926
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, John Dalziell, 1927
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Robert James Dalziell, 1927
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1945 Dalzell, Miss Anne
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1945 Dalzell, John
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1945 Dalzell, Robt.
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1949 Dalzell, Annie
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1949 Dalzell, John
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1957 Dalzell, Annie
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1962 Dalzell, Anne
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1968 Dalzell, Anne
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1974 Dalzell, Ann
"Eaton's in Montreal," Wikipedia
Scotland Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1908 Dalziell, Annie Currie (Statutory Births 651/00 0752)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1913 Dalziell, John (Statutory Births 652/02 1178)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an Entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6510689 CE
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, Annie Cowie Dalziell, 1926
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, John Dalziell, 1927
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, Robert James Dalziell, 1927

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