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Record #26649
Name :
: Thomas MARRS (1885 - 1951)


Father
: Thomas Marrs
Mother
: Esther Mawhinney
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1885 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 29 Jan 1951   Notes : Killed in an accident near a ferry crossing
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Ayr, Ayrshire, Old Cumnock

Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, British Columbia, Vancouver

He was a logger
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Apr 1895
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Siberian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland

Agency
: Quarriers
NotesThe father Thomas Marrs was killed in a pit accident in 1889 in Fife. His widow Esther Mawhinney remarried about 1891 to George Phillips. She gave four of her children to the Quarrier Homes and they were all sent to Canada. A fifth child was adopted out to a local family. She then started a second family with her second husband. 
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Last Updated : 2016-01-30 17:37:58 / Boab3

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26651 MARRS, Daniel1889SCT, AYR, Ayrshire, Old Cumnock May 1895 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers Boab3  
26650 MARRS, Esther1883SCT, AYR, Old Cumnock Jun 1892 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers Boab3  
26649 MARRS, Thomas1885SCT, AYR, Ayrshire, Old Cumnock Apr 1895 : Siberian CAN Quarriers Boab3