Silla Marguerite Carr-Harris (1879 - 1964)

Born 4 Jul 1879 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 10 Dec 1964 at age 85 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Nursing Sister Silla Carr-Harris served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I
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Silla, born in 1879 in Ottawa, Ontario, was the daughter of Robert Carr-Harris and Ellen Fitton.

From 1897 to 1898, she attended Queen's University, then trained as a nurse in New York.^[1] She volunteered at Grenfell’s Medical Mission, Battle Harbour, Labrador. During World War I, she served in England and France as a nursing sister with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross 2nd Class on June 21, 1918 for bravery while evacuating patients during hospital bombings at Etaples.^[2]

After the war, she worked for the Ontario Provincial Health Department in northern Ontario.

She died in 1964 and was buried at Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59M-5ZD : Wed Oct 04 21:12:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizabeth E Balmer and Emily W Bauer, 1910.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Personnel Records of the First World War, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1517A - 2, 89385, CEF
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209218693/silla-marguerite-carr-harris: accessed 9 October 2023), memorial page for Silla Marguerite Carr-Harris (4 Jul 1879–10 Dec 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 209218693, citing Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Smithy (contributor 47806284).

See also:

• "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2R-6CN : 27 August 2018), DEFAULT RECORD TITLE - CHANGE ME, Jul 1919; citing Immigration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, T-14796, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "United Kingdom, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 1890-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68PP-SDW6 : Fri Oct 06 05:52:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Silla Carr-Harris, 13 Nov 1953.