Mary Jane (Hamilton) Christmas (1881 - 1974)

Born Oct 1881 in Scotland

Wife of William James Christmas — married 22 Jul 1903 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Mary Jane was born in 1881 in Scotland. Her parents were John Hamilton and Helen Brown.^[1]
She immigrated to Canada in 1888 at the age of seven.^[2] Mary was one of the British Home Children, sent from the Quarrier Orphanage in Glasgow to their Fairkhowe Home in Brockville Ontario.^[3]
She married William James Christmas in Kingston in 1903.^[1]
William and Mary had the following children:

1. James "Art" Christmas
2. Helen Christmas
3. Ora Christmas
4. William Christmas
5. Marion Christmas
6. Milton Christmas
   

In the 1911 census, Mary and her husband were living in Kingston with their three oldest children. The household also included a Nellie Hamilton, age 18 and a Thomas Hamilton, age twelve. They are listed as sister in law and brother in law of William, suggesting that they are Mary's siblings.^[4] Thomas is still with the family in 1921,^[5] This would seem to contradict the fact that Mary Jane was listed as an orphan in 1888.
Mary died in 1974, living well into her nineties.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBG-SGX : 1 January 2021), William James Christmas and Mary Jane Hamilton, 22 Jul 1903; citing registration , Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,281.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Passenger Lists for the Port of Quebec City and Other Ports, 1865-1922; Ship: COREAN, Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec, Date of Arrival: 1888/05/29, Microfilm Reel Number: C-4536, Reference: RG 76. Item Number: 625051.
3. ↑ British Home Child Registry.
4. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-VJCP : 16 March 2018), Mary Christmas in entry for William Christmas, 1911; citing Census, Kingston Sub-Districts 5-14, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,505.
5. ↑ 1921 Census of Canada, RG 31; Folder Number: 66; Census Place: 66, Kingston, Ontario; Page Number: 19, Family Number: 251. Image on Library and Archives Canada.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 January 2021), memorial page for Mary Jane Hamilton (1880–1974), Find A Grave: Memorial #206272972, citing Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Derrick B. (contributor 49691759) .