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Record #3633

Name :: : Mary Elizabeth CORKILL (1860 - )
aka : Mary Elizabeth Corkhill
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1860
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Aug 1875
Country: : Canada
Ship: : - Unknown -
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Louisa Birt

NotesMary CORKILL's was one of the oldest of 7 children born to Evan and Elizabeth CORKILL in Liverpool, England. Elizabeth died in 1873, and she and her younger siblings went to the Liverpool Sheltering Homes in 1873 (when it opened). One of their older brothers had died as a child; their oldest brother went to a "Reform Ship" in Liverpool. He left for England, reportedly on his own, in 1873. He seemingly went directly to British Columbia, Canada. I do not know how he got there, or where he first arrived in Canada.

The 4 youngest siblings were sent to Canada in 1874. They were Julia CORKILL, Esther CORKILL, John CORKILL (5) and Robert "Robbie" CORKILL (3). Mary has misbehaved in 1874, so she wasn't allowed to travel with them. She pleaded with the officials to let her join them, and she was sent in 1875. They all went to different families in Nova Scotia.

Because of my 5-6 years of research, I have found out about their lives in Nova Scotia. Julia married and remained in Nova Scotia; she had 10 children, but her husband died shortly after the last was born. Esther married in Nova Scotia to a man from Nantucket, MA; she reportedly had almost 10 children, but I think only 2 lived to adulthood. They went to MA, and went to Nantucket later on. John married later in life, married an older woman, and then he died before she did. He did not have children. Robert never married; he died while in his 60's, still living in Nova Scotia.

Mary married another "home child," "Stanley" LEWIS, in 1879 in Nova Scotia. They had their first child there and then migrated to Massachusetts. They settled in Stoneham, MA, and raised 13 children. My grandfather was one of the youngest.

I have a picture of the family.

So, the 3 sisters did OK for themselves; the younger brothers didn't do so well, but they were only 5 and 3 when they arrived in Nova Scotia. I have been in contact with 2 descendants of Julia (CORKILL); I have not been able to locate Esther's descendants.

The older brother, Edward CORKILL, seems to have gone correctly to British Columbia on his own. He married near Vancouver a couple years later, and had at least 4 children. I have heard from descendants of his 2 daughters. One son died young; the older son did live and did marry, but I have not yet found out if he had children.

Oh, I forgot to say that the father of these children was a Master Mariner and sailed around the world. The mother died in 1873, and the father could not take care of them. He lived for maybe another 20 years, and remarried. I have no idea whether he ever saw his children again. And, I have no idea whether they corresponded, or whether the children knew that their father had remarried (still in Liverpool).

Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)

ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-15 12:54:13 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-04 20:58:02 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3014	ABBOTT, Adelaide	1872	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Jul 1876 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3017	ABBOTT, Alexander	1879	ENG, LAN, Blackburn	May 1889 : Polynesian	CAN	Salford Catholic Protection and Rescue Society
3018	ABBOTT, John William	1877	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1889 : Polynesian	CAN	Salford Catholic Protection and Rescue Society
3092	ABRAHAMS, Amy	1892	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Mar 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3097	ABRAHAMS, Percy	1890	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Mar 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3121	ACKERLEY, John	1888	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1900 : Vancouver	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3122	ACKERLEY, Thomas William	1886	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1900 : Vancouver	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3163	ADAIR, Millicent	1880	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jul 1897 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
13137	ADAMSON, Arthur	1893	ENG, LAN, Bury	May 1905 : Victorian	CAN	Maria Rye
8819	ADAMSON, John	1891	ENG, LAN, Oldham	May 1905 : Victorian	CAN	Maria Rye
9868	ADAMSON, John	1897	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jun 1906 : Victorian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3970	ADDISON, Florence	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1908 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
9143	ADDY, Albert William H.	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Feb 1907 : Victorian	CAN	Louisa Birt
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
8820	AINDOW, Albert Edward	1894	ENG, LAN, Formby	Jun 1911 : Virginian	CAN	Sailing Alone
5658	AINSWORTH, Ellen	1895	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5662	AINSWORTH, Mary	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
2852	AIRD, Arthur	1895	ENG, LAN	Apr 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17052	ALDRED, Eric Woodman	1894	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Apr 1910 : Victorian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7961	ALEXANDER, George	1913	ENG, LAN, Fleetwood	Apr 1930 : Letitia	CAN	Church Army
26974	ALEXANDER, Reginald Gordon	1917	ENG, LAN, West Derby	Jan 1928 : Barrabool	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5048	ALLAN, Robert	1914	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
2735	ALLEN, Harry Edward	1898	ENG, LAN	Jul 1908 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
20154	ALLEY, Clara Celia	1894	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
20159	ALLEY, Emma	1891	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
6312	ALLEY, Henry Herbert	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
4706	ALMOND, Elizabeth	1879	ENG, LAN, Newton, Manchester	May 1891 : Oregon	CAN	Boys and Girls Refuge (Manchester)
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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