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Catherine Booth (Booth) Oldham (1881 - 1950)

Catherine Booth (Katherine) "Kitty" Oldham formerly Booth aka Stuart
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdommap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Died at age 68 in Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canadamap
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Biography

Catherine Booth Stuart was born on August 26, 1881, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Her parents were Joseph Gordon Stuart, a writer to the signet, and Manerieffe Leitch.[1]

In 1891, according to the Scotland census, Catherine was 9 years old and living with her parents, 3 siblings, 2 servants and a house guest at their home on Northumberland Street in Edinburgh. Her father was a writer to the signet. [2]

In 1901 Catherine was 19 years old and attending school. She lived with her parents, two siblings and a servant at their home in Morningside Place, Edinburgh. [3]

She married Frank Oldham in about 1911 (source needed). Together they had 4 children:

  1. Stuart Trevor Oldham (1912–1975)
  2. Frances Kathleen Oldham (1914–2015)
  3. John Moncrieffe Oldham (1919-1994)
  4. Monica Mary Oldham

Katherine made a trip back to Scotland and returned with her son Stuart Trevor, age 4. She was 31 years old and when asked if she had been to Canada before she said yes, between 1910 and 1913 for two and a half years. They were travelling on the Grampian and arrived in Quebec on May 4, 1914. [4]

In 1921 she was 39 years old and living with her husband, three children and a lodger. They were renting a home in the Nanaimo district on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, made of wood with seven rooms. Her husband was employed as an Imperial Army Officer. [5]

In 1922 she returned to Scotland to visit her father. She indicated that her father paid for her voyage on her immigration forms when she returned to Canda. At the time she used the name Kitty. [6]


Katherine drowned in the seat at Mill Bay Beach on August 12, 1950 at the age of 69 years. [7] She was laid to rest at The Anglican Church of Saint John the Baptist Cemetery in Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada on August 15, 1950. [8]

Colonel's Wife Found Dead in Sea at Beach
Special to the Vancouver Sun

DUNCAN, Aug. 14. -- Mrs. Katherine Oldham, 69, wife of Lt. Col. F.T. Oldham, Cobble Hill, was found dead, Saturday, in the sea at Mill Bay Beach.

Mrs. Oldham, an experienced swimmer, was found face down in the water.

Efforts of rescuers and members of Shawnigan Lake and Duncan volunteer fire departments failed to revive her.

An inquest will be held to determine whether Mrs. Oldham drowned or died of a heart attack.

Mrs. Oldham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to Cobble Hill 39 years ago. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Malahat Branch, Canadian Legion and of St. John's Anglican Women's Auxiliary.

Beside her husband she is survived by two sons, Stuart Trevor, Vernon, and John Moncrieffe, Vancouver; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Kelsey, Chicago, and Monica Mary, France; four granddaughters and one grandson.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in St. John's Anglican Church with Rev. E. M. Willis officiating. (The Vancouver Sun, 14 Aug 1950, Mon, p. 7)

Probate

OLDHAM Katherine Booth of Mill Bay British Columbia Canada (wife of Frank Trevor Oldham) died 12 August 1950 Probate London 19 June to William Leitch Stuart and William Currie Rodman writers to the Signet and Joseph Gordon Stuart Cameron law student. Effects £937 in England. Resealed Nairobi 2 November. [9]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 60143 #17420873 (requires subscription), citing record for Catharine Booth Stuart, DOB: 26 Aug 1881, Place: Edinburgh, St Andrew, Scotland, Father: Joseph Gordon Stuart, Mother: Manerieffe Leitch, FHL Film Number: 232685, Reference ID: 855
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Parish: Edinburgh St Stephens; ED: 123; Page: 9; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1891_345, Cath Booth Stuart, age 9, daughter, 48 Northumberland Street, Scholar, Ancestry Record 1108 #3453161 (requires subscription), accessed on 02 Sep 2021.
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Parish: Edinburgh Morningside; ED: 149; Page: 2; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1901_392, Ancestry Record 1101 #4195688 (requires subscription), Catherine B Stuart, age 19, Daughter, 17 Morningside Pl, Scholar.
  4. ↑ "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HG4-23Z : 23 February 2021), Katharine B Oldham, May 1914; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-4807, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
  5. ↑ "Census of Canada, 1921," online database with images. Entry for Katharine Berth Oldham; Province: British Columbia, District Name: Nanaimo, District Number: 19, Sub-District Name: Cowichan, Sub-District Number: 10, Family Number: 243, Page Number: 17, Line: 46, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: [NUMBER]. Library and Archives Canada: Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=4530981: accessed 02 Sep 2021). view image
  6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Ancestry Record 1588 #176173 (requires subscription), Name: Ketty Booth Oldham, Age: 40, Date of Arrival: 27 May 1922, Place: Quebec, Departure: Edinburgh, Ship Name: Metagama
  7. ↑ "Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPS-JQT : 8 November 2017), Katherine Booth Oldham, 1950. view certificate, accessed on 02 Sep 2021
  8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images, (Find A Grave: Memorial #167607136: accessed 01 September 2021), memorial page for Katherine Booth Oldham (26 Aug 1881–12 Aug 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167607136, citing Saint John The Baptist Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobble Hill, Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by PIN (contributor 47281994).
  9. ↑ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar" (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-2021, database on-line, (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills), Name: Katherine Booth Oldham Death Date: 12 Aug 1950, Probate Date: 2 Nov 1951, accessed on 02 Sep 2021.

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