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Record #3634
Name :
: Mary LEES (1896 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1896 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Rutherglen
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 3 Jul 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Southwark

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesIn 1901, Mary Lees, 4 years of age, was found residing at Shawfield Cottages, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Other family members included: Andrew Lees, 7; Annie Lees, 28; David Lees, Sr., 35; David Lees, 5; Hugh Lees, 3; and William Lees, 11 months. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Rutherglen; ED: 31; Line: 13; Year: 1901.)

In 1910, Mary Lees, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 91 children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

In 1911, Mary Lees, 14, is shown as a domestic for William R Lott and family in Richmond, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as October 1896 and her immigration year as 1910.

On November 9, 1922, at the Methodist parsonage, Mimico, York, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Mary Rogers Lees, 25, checker, born in Scotland, daughter of David Lees and Annie Rogers; and Harry Banks, 26, carman, born in England, son of Jas D Banks and Mary Hall. 
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Last Updated : 2009-01-24 15:57:57 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
23305 DUNCAN, Abraham1869SCT,    , Rutherglen Apr 1883 : Prussian CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
3634 LEES, Mary1896SCT,    , Rutherglen Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
4965 MCCALLUM, Terence1909SCT,    , Rutherglen Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
15703 MCNEILLE, Donald Wallace1911ENG,    , Rutherglen Jul 1930 : Westernland CAN Dakeyne Boys Farm