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Record #16507

Name :: : Davina HARPER (1877 - 1950)
aka : Davinia Harper
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 13 May 1877
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 14 Apr 1950

Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh

Cawany Close

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Middlesex, 79 Midland Street, Lowell

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 19 Sep 1892
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Hibernian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Emma Stirling

NotesA birth registration was found for Davina Harper: Date: May 13, 1877, 11:15 PM; Place: Cawany Close, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Parents: David Harper, coach painter, and Isabella Huntley, married March 11, 1864, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

In 1892, Davinia Harper, 13, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 7 Scottish children accompanied by Miss Stirling, Edingburgh, Scotland, and en route to Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada.

On October 8, 1896, at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA, a marriage was registered between Davina Harper, 19, domestic, born in Edinboro, Scotland, to John and (mother unknown) Harper; and John Daley, 21, teamster, born in Edinboro, Scotland, to James Harper and Jane McKay.

At least 7 children were born of this marriage: Margaret Davina Daley, born August 10, 1898, at Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Edith A. Daley, born about 1901 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Donald H. Daley, born about 1904 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Esther N. Daley, born about 1907 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; John A. Daley, born about 1916 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Gertrude R Daley, born about 1911 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and James Archibald Daley, born October 12, 1913, at Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, died August, 17, 1928, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

On July 27, 1897, John Daley, 21, laborer, and Davina Harper Daley, 19, returned to Great Britain on the ship Pavonia.

In 1949, John and Davina Harper Daley were residing at 175 Middlesex Street, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

On April 14, 1950, at 79 Midland Street, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, Davina Harper Daley, 72, died. Her obituary in the Lowell Sun stated:

MRS. DAVINA DALEY

Mrs. Davina (Harper) Daley of 79 Midland street, where she had resided for the past two years, and a former resident of North Chelmsford, where she had resided for over 50 years, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Desrochers, 18 Bellevue street, following a brief illness, aged 72 years. She is survived by her husband, John Daley; four daughters, Mrs. Margaret Desrochers, Mrs. William Hutton, Miss Esther Daley and Mrs. Clifford Lloyd, all of this city; two sons, Donald Daley of Portland, Me. and John A. Daley of this city; a brother, Robert Harper of North Chelmsford; several granchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the Matthews Memorial church, and the Dorcas Bible Class. Mrs. Daley was born in Edinboro, Scotland, daughte of the late David and Isabelle (Hunter) Harper, and came to this country as a young girl, where about a year later she married Mr. Daley, they having celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in October of 1946.

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Last Updated : 2012-07-22 22:12:59 /

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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 31 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
17306	AULD, Florence Christison	1900	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
26654	BAGGETT, Amelia Williamina McBeath	1889	SCT, MLN, Leith, Edinburgh	Jun 1906 :	CAN		Chiad Fhear
14577	BLANCE, Andrew	1875	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1884 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers
13346	BLANCE, James William	1880	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1884 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers
14576	BLANCE, John Hay	1873	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1884 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers
14575	BLANCE, Margaret	1871	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1884 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers
14578	BLANCE, Mary	1878	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1884 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers
5549	BOWRY, William Arthur	1914	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
14766	CRERAR, Susan Mein	1887	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Sep 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
16516	DALY, John	1876	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Mar 1888 : Manitoban	CAN	Emma Stirling
16455	DELANEY, Annie	1879	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1877 : - Unknown -	CAN	Emma Stirling
16451	DELANEY, James	1876	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16454	DELANEY, Robina Mowat	1880	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1886 : Caspian	CAN	Emma Stirling
26251	DICK, Alfred Lindsay	1926	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10284	DURHAM, Matthew	1895	ENG, MLN, Leith	Apr 1908 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
16507	HARPER, Davina	1877	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16585	LEACH, Edward Kenneth	1897	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
13355	MASON, Marion Elizabeth	1875	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	May 1888 : Corean	CAN	Quarriers
3635	MENZIES, Hugh	1895	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1906 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
3636	MENZIES, John	1891	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1906 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
23520	ORMAN, James Alexander	1897	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1910 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
23521	ORMAN, Mary Isabella	1900	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jul 1910 : Southwark	CAN	Quarriers
15995	PRYDE, Annie	1897	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1913 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
15994	PRYDE, Isabella	1901	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1913 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
15996	PRYDE, Nancy	1901	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1913 : Grampian	CAN	Quarriers
3712	RUSSELL, David Moffatt	1893	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
3713	RUSSELL, Thomas	1894	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
23326	STEWART, George Sherlett	1898	SCT, MLN, Leith	Apr 1912 : Scotian	CAN	Quarriers
16522	STIRLING, James Brunton	1874	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
23299	TELFER, James	1893	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Aug 1910 : Orthia	CAN	Cossar (George Carter)
26416	WATT, William Anderson	1920	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jul 1931 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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 31 Entries

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