Sampson Samuel Thomas (1834-1895)

Sarah Ann French (1843-1895)

Annabell Thomas (1869-1966)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: George William Carruthers James Earle Carruthers+ Pearl Sarah Agnes Carruthers William Lloyd Thomas Carruthers Floyd Thomas Carruthers+ Annabell Thomas 1 Born: 1 Sep 1869, West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 3 4 Marriage: George William Carruthers on 11 Sep 1897 in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 2 Died: 12 Aug 1966, Munson, Alberta, Canada aged 96 4 Buried: 17 Aug 1966, Munson, Alberta, Canada    Other names for Annabell were Anna B. Carruthers,5 Annabella Crathurs,3 6 Anna B. Sampson 7 and Annabella Thomas.8   General Notes: Obituary: Drumheller Mail - August 1966: Mrs. Annabell Carruthers passed away August 12, 1966, in the Drumheller Hospital. She was born September 2, 1872 in Kent County, N.B. She came to Munson in 1910 with her husband George and family. Her husband predeceased her in 1933 and son James in 1961. Surviving is one son, Floyd, of Drumheller. Interment followed in the family plot at Munson, with Winter's Funeral Home in charge. 4   Noted events in her life were: • Census: Canadian, 1871, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 9 • Census: Canadian, 1881, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 8 • Census: Canadian, 1891, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 7 • Census: Canadian, 1901, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3 • Residence, 1901, West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3 • Residence: moved, 1910, Munson, Alberta, Canada. 2 4 The trip was a tragic one. Pearl and Lloyd, aged three and two years respectively, died enroute of scarlet fever. • Census: Canadian, 1911, Township 30, Range 20, Alberta, Canada. 5 Annabell married George William Carruthers, son of James Carruthers and Elizabeth Thurrott, on 11 Sep 1897 in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.1 2 (George William Carruthers was born on 8 Aug 1869 in West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada,4 10 died on 11 Aug 1933 in Munson, Alberta, Canada 4 and was buried on 17 Aug 1933 in Munson, Alberta, Canada 4.)

1 New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Vital Statistics from Government Records," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 20 Aug 2009), Marriage record for Annabell Thomas and George William Carruthers; RS141B7, Number 1313, Reference B4/1897, Microfilm F15582.

2 Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 54.

3 Library and Archives Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Genealogy (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 19 Oct 2009), Census record for Annabell Thomas Carruthers; citing Library and Archives Canada Schedule 1, Microfilm T-6441.

4 Laurie Caron; digital images, Laurie Caron, Caron / Carruthers Family Tree
 (http://www.caronkin.ca/caron/index.htm : accessed 19 Oct 2009).

5 Library and Archives Canada, "1911 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 5 Oct 2010), Census of Annabell Thomas Carruthers.

6 1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 34, Kent, sub-district E, Welford, p. 57, dwelling 249, family 249, Annabell Thomas; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada 1881 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html : accessed 24 Oct 2009); citing Library and Archive Canada.

7 1891 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 15, sub-district Weldford, p. 14, dwelling M 2/5, family 66, Annabell Thomas; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1891 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=drq0c684ro6df1k23a0q2kvpv7 : accessed 23 May 2010).

8 1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 34, Kent, sub-district E, Welford, p. 57, dwelling 279, family 279, Annabell Thomas; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada 1881 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html : accessed 23 May 2010); citing Library and Archive Canada Microfilm: C-13185.

9 database, Kent County Census Records (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/Census.html : accessed 25 Oct 2009), Census record for Annabell Thomas Carruthers.

10 Library and Archives Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Genealogy (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 19 Oct 2009), Census record for George William Carruthers; citing Library and Archives Canada Schedule 1, Microfilm T-6441.