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Record #3867
Name :
: Laura GEOGHAN (1875 - 1950)
  aka : Laura Gagan


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 25 Dec 1875

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 3 May 1950
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Stafford

Cherry Street
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Hamilton, Wentworth
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 16 May 1885
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Parisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
NotesA birth registration was found for Laura Geoghan: Year of Registration: 1876; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Stafford; County: Staffordshire; Volume: 6b; Page: 3. (Parents: Stephen Geoghan and Louisa Paddison, married 1866 in Staffordshire, England.)

In 1881, Laura Gaghan, 5 years of age, was shown residing at the Stoke Upon Trent Workhouse, Penkhull, Staffordshire, England, along with Stephen Gaghan, 7; Grace Gaghan, 8; Louisa Gaghan, 35, tailoress; and Patrick Gaghan, 13. (Source: 1881 Census of England; Class: RG11; Piece: 2729; Folio: 111; Page: 14; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341654.)

EDITORS NOTE: Father, Stephen Geoghan, Sr., was not on the 1881 England census. He was on the 1901 census, a lodger, but stated he was unmarried. He died of heart disease on November 7, 1913, Highfield Infirmary, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. The eldest child, Patrick, was in the workhouse with the mother and other siblings, but disappeared after 1881. Louisa the mother had remarried in 1885 (stating on the certificate that she was a widow) to Alfred Davis, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is theorized that she may have thought or been told that her first husband was dead, or he deserted her and went to Ireland.

In 1885, Laura Geoghegan, 9 (along with siblings, Stephen Geoghegan, 11, and Grace Geoghegan, 12) arrived at Quebec, Canada, with 136 children, Richard Yates in charge, probably en route to Ottawa. It was at this time that the Geoghan children's names were changed to Gagan.

In 1891, Laura Gagan was shown as a domestic servant to a widow Catherine Hayes in Ontario.

In 1901, Laura Gagan is shown as a domestic / servant to Michael Lally and family in Thurlow, Hastings East, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as December 25, 1875, and her immigration year as 1886. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada; Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6472)

In 1911,

On August 8, 1911, at the Church of St. Matthews, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Laura Gagan, 31, lady, daughter of ? Gagan (dead) and Louise Paddison; and Lawrence Yokker, 28, machinist, son of Gerard Yokker, an Officer in the Navy, and Cornelia Vander Vooroe.

Laura Gagan Yokker died on May 3, 1950, in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. She was buried May 4, 1905, at Woodland Cemetery, Section 6A, Row 5 Grave #11, Flamborough East, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-08 17:31:56 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-06-24 20:38:26 /

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3009 ABBIS, Ann1877ENG, STS, Stoke upon Trent Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
3010 ABBIS, Matilda1880ENG, STS, Stoke Upon Trent Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
3039 ABBOTT, Isaac1883ENG, STS, Brierly Hill Jul 1897 : State of California CAN Waifs & Strays  
3090 ABRAHAM, Reginald Robert1908ENG, STS, Newcastle-under-Lyme Sep 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
3091 ABRAHAM, Thomas William1906ENG, STS, Newcastle-under-Lyme Sep 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
3117 ACKLEY, George Richard1884ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3118 ACKLEY, Jane1875ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3119 ACKLEY, Margaret1881ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
2977 ADDERLEY, Fanny Hannah1896ENG, STS, Gnosall May 1911 : Victorian CAN Waifs & Strays  
13111 ALLSOP, Ernest1885ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent Jun 1896 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Protection Society  
3698 ANSON, Kate1887ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
26826 ASHTON, Lucy1922ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1934 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
11067 ASTLEY, Katherine E1896ENG, STS Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
3768 BAINBRIDGE, Harry1886ENG, STS, Hanley Sep 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
10669 BARKER, Richard James1894ENG, STS, Hanley Mar 1909 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
9157 BARLEY, Edward 1894ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
7199 BARLEY, Frederick1897ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
9156 BARLEY, Letitia1900ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
12770 BATE, Albert Victor1902ENG, STS, Dudley Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
3627 BATE, Benjamin1897ENG, STS, Woodsetton Jun 1909 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4362 BATE, Daisy1904ENG, STS, Woodsetton Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
4428 BELL, Kathleen Louisa1922ENG, STS, West Bromich Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
16249 BENNETT, Donald Stewart1907ENG, STS, Cannock May 1924 : Franconia CAN Middlemore  
16165 BENNETT, Elizabeth Mabel1904ENG, STS, Lichfield May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
16247 BENNETT, Gordon Alexander1909ENG, STS, Cannock May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
16248 BENNETT, Mary Irene1906ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
13719 BETTS, Arthur1881ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent Sep 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
14582 BOSTOCK, Selina1874ENG, STS, Chesteron Oct 1887 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
5535 BOUCHER, Harold 1915ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
16532 BOX, Edgar Gerard1901ENG, STS, Wolverhampton May 1913 : Corsican CAN Father Hudsons Homes  
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