British OriginsBritish and Irish Origins to 1951In the early 1900s, censuses divided Immigrants from Great Britain into two groups. Until the 1951 census, immigrants of Irish origin were reported separately from those of other British origins. As you can see from the table of Montreal Population Statistics, the number of residents of Montreal claiming Irish ancestry stayed fairly steady in the first 20 years of the 1900s, being almost 40,000 in 1901 and increasing to about 42,000 by 1921. The following table shows the increase in population by group, according to the 1901, 1911 and 1921 censuses. Of course, some of the increase is due to natural increase and some to immigration. The data in the following table was taken from: McNicoll, C. (1986). L'evolution Spatiale des Groupes Ethniques a Montreal, 1871-1981. Thèse de Doctorat. Paris: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. 
Immigrants from EnglandThe Shill-Bartholomew familyThe working class family of John Shill and Ellen Mary (née Bartholomew) were immigrants from England who arrived in Montreal, Canada separately between 1906 and 1908. Father, John Shill, arrived first. Next, their eldest son, Jack (John) Shill, arrived several months before his mother and the rest of his siblings, May (Marion), Annie, Bert, Grace and Nell (Ellen). The eldest daughter, Cara (Caroline), stayed in England.Before coming to Canada, the family lived in London, Middlesex and the towns of Melton, Bredfield, and Felixstowe, in Suffolk. Daughters Cara and Anne Shill and Ellen Shill Waddell tell the story of how they lived before coming to Canada. English Ancestry
Ellen Mary Bartholomew’s family genealogy centers mostly around the area of Fareham, Hampshire, in southern England where the Bartholomew family at one time owned the Fontley Iron Mill. Read about the town of Fontley in an article from the Hampshire Telegraph and Post published March 11, 1949. By the time Ellen Mary came to Canada, her parents, sister Sarah Jane and brother William Henry had already died. Her sister Cara and some nieces and nephews still lived in the Fareham area. Ellen Mary Bartholomew’s English ancestry includes the family names of Willis, Strugnell and Stubbington from Hampshire, England. Once again, Cara Shill writes to her sisters and orphaned cousin, Alfred Bartholomew, about what she knows of the Bartholomew family’s ancestry. Immigrants from ScotlandJames Verner WaddellJames Verner Waddell, who arrived in Montreal, Canada about 1921, was one of many immigrants from Scotland. The above link takes you to a temporary website not under my control, the contents of which will gradually be transferred to british-immigrants-in-montreal. Scottish AncestryThe Waddell familyJames Verner Waddell’s Scottish family history is centred around the area of Glasgow, Scotland where he spent his childhood from 1899-1915. His Scottish ancestors lived in the areas of Bothwell and Coatbridge. James Verner Waddell’s Scottish ancestry includes the family names of Verner, Hutton, Morton, and Wotherspoon. In 1960, on a visit back to Scotland, James commissioned a genealogy of his family which served as a starting point in research on the Waddell genealogy. Return from Origins to Home Page
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