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Record #4743
Name :
: Rose Mary ALEXANDER (1873 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1873

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Kensington
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 17 May 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corean

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Charlotte Alexander
NotesA birth registration was found for Rose Mary A Alexander: Year of Registration: 1873; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Kensington; County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1a; Page: 116.

In 1887, Rose Alexander, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 18 girls from Miss Alexander's party from Sutton, Surrey, England, accompanied by Mrs. Rose Wallace, matron, and en route to Miss Alexander's home at 51 Northcote Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (The girls were from Charlotte A. Alexander's Girl's Training Home at The Red Cottage, Great Warley, Brentwood, England.)

On March 5, 1912, at London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Rose Alexander, 38, domestic, born to John W and Elizabeth Alexander; and Silas O'Neil, 46, farmer, born to William L. O'Neil and Mary Jane Beamer.

An interesting, albeit incorrect, sidenote. In "McGillivray Township Remembers, 1842-1992," page 265, it says, in the sketch on the O'Neil family: "Silas remained single and stayed on the farm until his mother died in 1917."

In October, 1916, Rose O'Neil, 43, and her husband Silas O'Neil, 52, entered the United States through the port of Niagra Falls, New York. She declared that her contact in Canada was her mother-in-law, Mary Jane O'Neil, Ontario, Canada; that her final destination was Unionville, Ohio. She was described as 5 foot 4 inches in height; medium complexion; brown eyes; brown hair. She was born in Kensington, England; and entered Montreal, Canada, in 1887 on the Corean.

Rose Alexander O'Neil died prior to 1920, probably in Michigan. This is documented in the 1920 US Census which shows her husband, Silas O'Neal, 55, widower, born in Canada, working as a hired hand for George H Shuttleworth and family in Ray, Macomb, Michigan. (Census Place: Ray, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: T625_782; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 81; Image: 912.)


From the book: Ruffled Mistresses and Discontented Maids: Respectability and the Case of Domestic Service, 1880-1914, by Magda Fahmi NAC CAAP MG29 C58 Volume 1

Rose Alexander, age fourteen, obtained a situation in Gananoque in 1887 at eight dollars a month. She, too, was let go; apparently "she had been pilfering, untruthful, constantly in stable with groom, generally unsatisfactory." 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-19 17:28:08 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-13 10:20:25 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
4743 ALEXANDER, Rose Mary1873ENG, LND, Kensington May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
16736 ANGELL, Reginald George1892ENG, LND, Kensington Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
14596 BEECHAM, Sarah1877ENG, LND, Kensington Oct 1887 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
5570 BUTTER, Rose 1899ENG, LND, Kensington May 1908 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
12632 CLIFFEN, Charles Sidney1890ENG, LND, Kensington Apr 1906 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home  
14259 DOGUE, Francis1884ENG, LND, Kensington Sep 1898 : Numidian CAN Westminster Catholic Society  
14234 DOGUE, Walter1890ENG, LND, Kensington Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
16176 EDBROOK, William1882ENG, LND, Kensington Apr 1893 : Vancouver CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
10318 FAIR, Clara1863ENG,    , Kensington Aug 1872 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
11404 FEW, Leslie1898ENG,    , Kensington Mar 1913 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
6755 FIDLER, Beatrice R.1898ENG,    , Kensington Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
9988 FORTY, William1887ENG,    , Kensington Apr 1902 : Dominion CAN National Childrens Home  
12601 FRANKS, Violet1892ENG, LND, Kensington May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
13773 FURNEAUX, Edith May1893ENG, LND, Kensington Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
13772 FURNEAUX, Ethel Florence1894ENG, LND, Kensington Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
12610 GOLDING, Lionel1909ENG, LND, Kensington Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
9761 GOODGER, Arthur Charles1907ENG, LND, Kensington Mar 1915 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
16525 GOODGER, Eveline Mary1904ENG, LND, Kensington Mar 1915 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
16174 HENNINGS, Clifford1884ENG, LND, Kensington 1893 : - Unknown - CAN Unknown  
3938 HORNFECK, Charles Sidney1883ENG, LND, Kensington Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
11459 INCHLEY, Joseph1906ENG,    , Kensington Sep 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
9036 JUPE, Beatrice 1894ENG,    , Kensington Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16157 KILLEEN, Thomas1878ENG, MDX, Kensington Jun 1894 : Mongolian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
8787 LOWING, Kate 1897ENG,    , Kensington Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
8786 LOWING, Lily1900ENG,    , Kensington Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
12710 NORVAL, Edward E1907ENG, LND, Kensington May 1924 : Doric CAN Waifs & Strays  
8895 PINNOCK, Alice Maud1905ENG,    , Kensington Jul 1921 : Minnedosa CAN MacPherson Homes Smantha  
10021 PINNOCK, Annie Eleanor1902ENG, LND, Kensington Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos Smantha  
10020 PINNOCK, Lily Louisa1900ENG, LND, Kensington Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos Smantha  
23432 QUICKFALL, Frederick Charles1893ENG, LND, Kensington Sep 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8495 SAGE, Edith1862ENG,    , Kensington Aug 1872 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
8364 SANDFORD, Beatrice Alice1904ENG,    , Kensington Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
11952 SCHALCK, Ada1875ENG,    , Kensington Jul 1886 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
10298 SCHNIDER, Lucy1879ENG,    , Kensington Jun 1889 : Circassian CAN Maria Rye  
15811 SCULTHORPE, William Elijah1878ENG, LND, Kensington 1889 : - Unknown - CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
10897 VENNELL, Albert Edward1884ENG, LND, Kensington Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
21126 VENNELL, Ellen Louisa1888ENG, LND, Kensington May 1897 : Scotsman CAN Childrens Aid Society  
5503 WYNNE, Frank Davis1895ENG, LND, Kensington Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22900 YOUNGER, Francis Laurence1895ENG, LND, Kensington May 1909 : Virginian CAN Waifs & Strays  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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