Notes A birth registration was found for Mary Rixham Hermiston: Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1910; District: Newcastle upon Tyne; County: Northumberland; Volume: 10b; Page: 74. Parents: Edward Hermiston and Eleanor Christer, married 1898, Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland, England.
In 1916, a death was registered for Edward Hermiston, born 1858, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.
Eleanor Christer Hermiston remarried Daniel Harding in 1917 at Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.
In October, 1924, Mary Harmiston, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 18 Catholic children en route to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and en route to St. Georges Home, 1153 Wellington St. Ottawa, Ontario. She declared that she was born in Newcastle upon Tyne; that her occupation was school; that her intended occupation was domestic work; that her final destination was St. George's Home, 1153 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and that her next of kin was her mother, Mrs Harding, 4-1/2 Harraton Terrace, Durham Road, Birtley, Durham, England.
On January 31, 1929, Mary married Joseph Rene Rochon (born April 12, 1901, died June 11, 1961).
At least 4 children were born of this marriage: Joseph Henry Rochon born October 29, 1929, died December 31, 1998 (Henry Rochon); Edouard Jean Rochon (born February 28, 1933 (Eddie Rochon); Albert Rochon; and Wilfred Georges Rochon, born 1936, died October 16, 1936.
After Rene Rochon died, Mary remarried in the lat 1960's, George Morton in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He also died and she remarried again.