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Record #4371
Name :
: Lily CASSIDY (1896 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 May 1896

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Leeds
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 15 Oct 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Catholic Emigration Association
NotesA birth registration was found for Lily Cassidy: Year of Registration: 1896; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Leeds (1837-1929); County: Yorkshire - West Riding; Volume: 9b; Page: 474 . Parents: Thomas and Mary Ann Cassidy. [POSSIBLE MATCH] Thomas Cassidy and Mary Ann Prest, married December quarter, 1892, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

In 1891, Mabel Prest Cassidy, 1 year of age, was shown residing at 23 Lees Yard, South East Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Other family members included: Arthur Cassidy, 2 months; Mary Ann Cassidy, 28; and Thomas Cassidy, 30, boot finisher. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 3683; Folio 28; Page 16; GSU roll: 6098793.) Her final
destination is given as Hintonburg, Ottawa, Ontario, in her admission records.

[POSSIBLE MATCH] A death registration was found for Thomas Cassidy: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868; Year of Registration: 1896; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 28; District: Leeds (1837-1929); County: Yorkshire - West Riding; Volume: 9b; Page: 300.

In 1901, Lily Cassidy, 4 years of age, was shown as an inmate in the Leeds Union Workhouse School, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 4227; Folio: 74; Page: 1.) Her sister, Mabel Cassidy, 9; and brother, Arthur Cassidy, 10, were shown as inmates an an unnamed school/institution run by Annie Farkin, matron, at 34 Springfield Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

In 1905, Lily Cassidy, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 41 children from the Catholic Emigration Association en route to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Brother, Arthur Cassidy, 14, arrived in Canada on the Bavarian in 1905; and sister Mabel Cassidy, 11, arrived in 1905 on the Bavarian.)

According to her admission records, Lily's last employer was Mrs. W. T. Jennings, Sheenboro, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.

Lily was last seen sending her brother, Arthur Cassidy, off overseas during World War I, distraught at the idea of once again being separated from her brother with whom she had recently been reunited. No amount of searching ever located her and her brother pined over this all his life. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-11 13:16:41 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-19 19:05:38 /

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3046 ABBOTT, Lily1873ENG, YKS, Leeds Sep 1883 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
6852 AGGAS, Clara1891ENG, YKS, Leeds Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
6851 AGGAS, Ethel1889ENG, YKS, Leeds Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
6780 AGGAS, Herbert1895ENG, YKS, Leeds Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6854 AGGAS, John William1893ENG, YKS, Leeds Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
15686 ASHFORD, Alice Carter1908ENG, YKS, Leeds Sep 1924 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
5049 BAKER, David1914ENG, YKS, Leeds Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
4733 BARRACLOUGH, Dorothy D.1918ENG, YKS, Leeds 1932 : - Unknown - AUS Barnardos  
2709 BAXTER, Annie1897ENG, YKS, Leeds Aug 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
5312 BENTLEY, Sidney1912ENG, YKS, Leeds Aug 1930 : Duchess of York CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
5949 BLACKBURN, Ernest1900ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
11386 BLACKBURN, Henry 1899ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
11387 BLACKBURN, Reginald1904ENG, YKS, Leeds Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
22665 BRIGNALL, Edward Arthur1898ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4756 BROWN, Joseph Rayner1891ENG, YKS, Leeds Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4369 CASSIDY, Arthur1891ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1905 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4371 CASSIDY, Lily1896ENG, YKS, Leeds Oct 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4370 CASSIDY, Mabel Prest1890ENG, YKS, Leeds Jun 1905 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22664 CHAPPELOW, Ethel Christabella1897ENG, YKS, Leeds Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
22663 CHAPPELOW, Stephen Henry1899ENG, YKS, Leeds Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
11019 CHRISTIAN, Frederick 1885ENG, YKS, Leeds Aug 1892 : Sardinian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
23079 CLAYTON, Benjamin1894ENG, YKS, Leeds Jul 1905 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
3868 CORNEY, Doris May1898ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1914 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
19979 DARBYSHIRE, Edith amelia1884ENG,    , leeds Oct 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
19978 DARBYSHIRE, Sarah Ellen1881ENG, YKS, Leeds Oct 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
8075 DRIVER, John1915ENG, YKS, Leeds Mar 1932 : Montclare CAN YMCA  
17546 DYER, Thomas Valentine1895ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
14830 DYSON, Eric W1922ENG, YKS, Leeds Nov 1924 : Athenia CAN Salvation Army  
3769 ELLIS, Clifford1898ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos Gillian Ellis  
5989 GAMBLE, Edith1893ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
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