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Record #3718
Name :
: Mary MITCHELL (1896 - 1971)


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Date of Birth
: 24 Mar 1896

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: Sep 1971
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Bowling
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Belleville, Hastings
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Jul 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Grampian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesIn 1901, Mary Mitchell, 4 years of age, was residing at Scotts Land, Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Other family members included: boarder John McCrae, 29, railway signalman; Annie Mitchell, 19, general servant domestic; Catherine Mitchell, under 1 month; Marion Mitchell, 29; Walter Mitchell, 30, inspector of weaving (?) machines; and Walter Mitchell, 2. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Old Kilpatrick; ED: 2; Line: 3; Year: 1901.)

In 1909, Mary Mitchell, 13, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 60 children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada. (Her brother, Walter Mitchell, arrived on the Sicilian in 1907 through Quarriers; and her sister Catherine Mitchell, arrived in 1910 on the Southwark with Quarriers.)

In 1911, Mary Mitchel, 15, domestic / household duties for John Grow and family in Nepean, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth was shown as March 1896 and her immigration year as 1909.

On June 29, 1921, in City View, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Mary McAllister Johnston Mitchell, 24, maid, born in Scotland, daughter of Walter Mitchell and Marion Johnston; and another home child, William Dean Kerrigan, 26, loco. fireman, born in England, son of Dean Kerrigan and unknown mother ("orphan - mother not known").

William and Mary Mitchell Kerrigan had one child, Florence Iris Kerrigan (Florence was born in July, 1924, five months after the death of her father. She died in 2004).

William Dean Kerrigan died as a result of injuries sustained in a train collision on February 27, 1924, in Brockville, Ontario, Canada. Mary Mitchell Kerrigan died in September 1971 in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-26 14:16:11 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 14:19:13 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3709 MITCHELL, Catherine1901SCT,    , Bowling Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
3718 MITCHELL, Mary1896SCT,    , Bowling Jul 1909 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
3720 MITCHELL, Walter1898SCT,    , Bowling Apr 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers