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Record #17433
Name :
: Nora OVER (1908 - 1999)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1908

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 18 Feb 1999
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cheshire, Rock Ferry
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ottawa
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 14 Sep 1923
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Montcalm

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Catholic Emigration Association
NotesA birth registration was found for Nora Over: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1908; District: Birkenhead; County: Cheshire; Volume: 8a; Page: 525.

In 1923, Nora Over, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 68 boys and 25 girls from the Catholic Emigration Association and en route Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Nora became a St Joseph's nun in Pembroke Ontario, Canada.

She said: "I've had my little sorrows.".

Her home child brother in Canada had paid her way to this country. He thought she was coming to him and she thought she was coming to him. However, the agency sent her elsewhere and would not tell either of them where the other was. It took him two years to locate her at a handsome home on Kent Street in Ottawa, and when he did finally arrive, the owners would not let him enter because "He was a Home Boy!" 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-10-17 22:41:40 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-17 22:54:21 /

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