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Record #2844
Name :
: George CASEY (1903 - 1989)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1903

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1989
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Redditch
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Jun 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Carthaginian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesEdward Casey and his brother George Casey, were born in Redditch, a city to the south of Birmingham, England. Both boys were placed in the Middlemore Emigration Home in Birmingham before they were sent out to Canada. They arrived in Canada in June 1909 on the vessel Carthaginian, with 130 British Emigrant Children on board. Edward (Teddy) was only four years old and George was six.

George Casey?s situation was very different than his brother Teddy?s. George was assigned to the Alexander Munroe household. Alexander, a widower, had lost his wife Alexis (MacInnis) Munroe in 1901 and his only son, Archie, drowned in 1906. When George Casey arrived in 1909, Alexander Munroe was already an elderly man of 73.

A hard worker, George Munroe enlisted in Home Defense by 1917 and was stationed at the Marconi Wireless Station in Louisbourg. As a young man he went to sea and travelled the world, serving as first mate of vessels out of Louisbourg and Sydney.

In later years, when he returned to Sydney, George was employed as an iron rigger with the Dominion Coal Company and served with the 6th Battalion Garrison Regiment during the 2nd World War. George married Maude (MacDonald) Mac Donald, a widow with six children. They had two daughters of their own: Georgina, who married Fred Milley, and Alice, who married Guy MacQueen. George and Maude raised their family in Glace Bay and their door was always open and the teapot on to family and friends. There was always a lot of company in the George Munroe house. He never owned a car, preferring to walk wherever he needed to go. Both Teddy and George were fluent in Gaelic, the language they learned soon after coming to Kennington Cove.

George had some contact with England at some point in his life. He had among his possessions a beautiful picture of his grandmother signed ?To George with a Grannie?s love.? George Charles Casey Munroe passed away in 1989, at age 87, two years after his beloved wife Maude. 
ContributorsCreated : 2007-11-03 10:53:47 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-19 19:04:18 /

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