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Record #2847
Name :
: Louisa WILBRAHAM (1900 - 1984)
  aka : Louie MacLeod


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1900

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 24 Sep 1984
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Nova Scotia, Bell Lake
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 7 Jun 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Mongolian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Middlemore
NotesOn May 24, 1910, Louisa Wilbraham, age 10, and her brother David, age 8, left Liverpool, England, with 160 other British Emigration Children, on the SS Mongolian bound for Nova Scotia and a new life.

Louisa was placed in Kennington Cove with Flora (McLean) Wilson, a widow with four children. Louisa, known to her friends as Louie, married Roderick (Rory) MacLeod from Bell Lake, New Boston, on November 11, 1918. Louie was 18 years old and Rory was 27 years her senior. Together at Bell Lake they had eight children:1) Angus, who never married, was an engineer on the SS Rosecastle when she was torpedoed at Bell Isle Newfoundland, on November 2, 1942; 2) Donald, who remained unmarried; 3) Hugh, who married Gloria Parsons; 4) Allan, who married Kaye Bishop; 5) Catherine, who died at age 11; 6) Florence, who married William Martin; 7) Sarah Ann, who married Donald MacSween; and 8) Mary Catherine, who married Billy MacDonald.

Louisa (known as Louie) MacLeod was a tiny woman, under 5 ft. tall. She was very musical and was full of fun and full of life. She had a beautiful singing voice and would sing in both English and Gaelic. Louie loved people and when her children were young, she would walk with them to catch the train in Catalone and travel to Glace Bay for a visit with the Wilsons, with whom she had grown up. Louie?s husband Rory passed away in 1958 at age 85 and Louie remained in her home at Bell Lake until 1960. At that time, she moved into the home of her daughter and son-in-law Mary Catherine and Billy MacDonald on Columbia Street in Sydney. Louisa (Wilbraham) MacLeod died on Sept. 24, 1984 at age 84. 
ContributorsCreated : 2007-11-03 13:48:46 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 17:05:18 /

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5834 ADKINS, Edith May1907ENG, WAR, Alcester Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
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4640 ALLDRIDGE, Francis1889ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
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6927 ALLSUPP, Mary Ann1872ENG, WAR Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
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4426 ARCHER, Ida Mary1909ENG, WAR, Solihull Jun 1926 : Montclare CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
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8883 ASTLEY, Albert ERNEST1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
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