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Record #13357
Name :
: Rosina MCCRACKEN (1875 - 1894)


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Date of Birth
: 21 Jun 1875

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 17 Sep 1894   Notes : Typhoid Fever
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Greenock

4 East Quay Lane
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Leeds, Brockville
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 8 Jun 1891
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Norwegian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesA birth registration was found for Rosina McCracken: Date: June 21, 1875, 11:30 pm; Place: 4 East Quay Lane, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Parents: James McCracken, boilermaker (journeyman) and Euphemia Bell, married January 1, 1872, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

In 1891, Rosina McCracken, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 103 Quarrier children accompanied by Miss Simpson, lady, and en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

On September 17, 1894, Rosina McCracken, born in Scotland, died of typhoid fever, 10 months duration in the Orphan Home, Fairknowe House, Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

Rosina McCracken is remembered at The Brockville Cemetery Est. 1861 aka The Old Protestant Cemetery, Highway 2, West of Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada on a stone "erected by the Fairknowe Scotch boys and girls in loving memory of their departed companions." 
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13357 MCCRACKEN, Rosina1875SCT,    , Greenock Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers