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Elsie Cormick was born on 2 August 1895 in in Birkenhead, Chestershire, England to Thomas Edward Cormick (1860-1943) & Maude Clara Peake (1866-1953). Elsie had two sisters, Hilda (1894-1985) & Freda (1904-1990) and two brothers, Harold (1896-1917) & Norman (1898-1976). Thomas was a tailor & outfitter, running his own shop in Birkenhead, Cheshire in 1901.

Thomas sailed for Canada on SS ‘Dominion’, departing Liverpool on about 8 July 1907 and arriving in Montreal on 14 July. Maude and the children followed, sailing on SS ‘Canada’ departing from Liverpool on 3 October 1907 and arriving in Montreal on 11 October.

In 1908, the family was living in Saskatoon on e s 5th Ave and Thomas was a clerk for Gillespie Clothing Co. By the following year they had moved to 7th Ave and Hilda had also found employment, as a stenographer at Saskatoon Tent & Mattress Co. In 1910, they were living at 921 7th Ave N. Thomas had found new work as a clerk in the Dominion Lands Office and Hilda had transferred to Massey-Harris Co as a stenographer. In 1911, Thomas had set himself up as a farmer and Hilda was a clerk in the Dominion Lands Office.

The following year Thomas partnered with William Bedford to form Cormick & Bedford, Outfitters with premises at 158 1st Ave S. Elsie had joined Hilda as a stenographer at the Dominion Lands Office. In 1913, it was all change; Elsie became a stenographer at Cockshutt Plow, Hilda was also still a stenographer but for H K Pendlebury & Co, Customs Brokers, Harry was a draughtsman at Bugenhagen & Turnbull, Architects, Norman was a clerk at A MacDonald Co, Wholesale Grocers; only Thomas remained in the same business, with his partner William Bedford.

Hilda married Lorne Crookenden Paterson (1888-1960) probably in 1913 in Saskatoon. It is likely they met at work as Lorne was also a clerk in the Dominion Land Office. They had three daughters, Thelma Lucille (1914-1983), Joyce (b 1915) & Betty May (1920-2006).

Elsie married Archibald Black McColl (1893-1966) in 1920. They lived at 1324 Dougal Ave, Windsor, Ontario in 1921. Archie had served in the CEF during WWI as a driver. They had three children, Ruth (b 1921), John (b 1924) & Janet (b 1937). In 1921 they moved to the US, living in Detroit, Michigan. Archie died on 11 March 1966 and Elsie on 7 October 1984.

Elsie’s two brothers, Harold and Norman served in WWI in the 11th Field Ambulance Brigade which was deployed at the casualty clearing stations behind the frontline at Passchendaele. Harold died on 14 November 1917 and is buried in the military cemetery Vlamertinghe, Ieper, Belgium. Norman worked as a bookkeeper for National Cash Register Co living at 1019 12th St Saskatoon (1924) with his father and Freda. Norman married Virginia and they later moved to Hamilton, Ontario where they remained. Norman died in 1976 and Virginia in 1987.

Freda married James Macauley (1896-1984) and they spent most of their life on British Columbia. Fread died on 6 January 1990 in White Rock, British Columbia.

The family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Cormick Tree.

 ELSIE CORMICK