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Record #16507

Name :: : Davina HARPER (1877 - 1950)
aka : Davinia Harper
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 13 May 1877
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 14 Apr 1950

Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh

Cawany Close

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Middlesex, 79 Midland Street, Lowell

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 19 Sep 1892
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Hibernian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Emma Stirling

NotesA birth registration was found for Davina Harper: Date: May 13, 1877, 11:15 PM; Place: Cawany Close, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Parents: David Harper, coach painter, and Isabella Huntley, married March 11, 1864, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

In 1892, Davinia Harper, 13, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 7 Scottish children accompanied by Miss Stirling, Edingburgh, Scotland, and en route to Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada.

On October 8, 1896, at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA, a marriage was registered between Davina Harper, 19, domestic, born in Edinboro, Scotland, to John and (mother unknown) Harper; and John Daley, 21, teamster, born in Edinboro, Scotland, to James Harper and Jane McKay.

At least 7 children were born of this marriage: Margaret Davina Daley, born August 10, 1898, at Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Edith A. Daley, born about 1901 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Donald H. Daley, born about 1904 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Esther N. Daley, born about 1907 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; John A. Daley, born about 1916 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Gertrude R Daley, born about 1911 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and James Archibald Daley, born October 12, 1913, at Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, died August, 17, 1928, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

On July 27, 1897, John Daley, 21, laborer, and Davina Harper Daley, 19, returned to Great Britain on the ship Pavonia.

In 1949, John and Davina Harper Daley were residing at 175 Middlesex Street, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

On April 14, 1950, at 79 Midland Street, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, Davina Harper Daley, 72, died. Her obituary in the Lowell Sun stated:

MRS. DAVINA DALEY

Mrs. Davina (Harper) Daley of 79 Midland street, where she had resided for the past two years, and a former resident of North Chelmsford, where she had resided for over 50 years, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Desrochers, 18 Bellevue street, following a brief illness, aged 72 years. She is survived by her husband, John Daley; four daughters, Mrs. Margaret Desrochers, Mrs. William Hutton, Miss Esther Daley and Mrs. Clifford Lloyd, all of this city; two sons, Donald Daley of Portland, Me. and John A. Daley of this city; a brother, Robert Harper of North Chelmsford; several granchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the Matthews Memorial church, and the Dorcas Bible Class. Mrs. Daley was born in Edinboro, Scotland, daughte of the late David and Isabelle (Hunter) Harper, and came to this country as a young girl, where about a year later she married Mr. Daley, they having celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in October of 1946.

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 28 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3042	ABBOTT, John	1881	SCT,	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16450	BLACK, William	1884	SCT,	Jun 1886 : Caspian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16516	DALY, John	1876	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Mar 1888 : Manitoban	CAN	Emma Stirling
16455	DELANEY, Annie	1879	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Apr 1877 : - Unknown -	CAN	Emma Stirling
16451	DELANEY, James	1876	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16454	DELANEY, Robina Mowat	1880	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Jun 1886 : Caspian	CAN	Emma Stirling
23318	DRYDEN, Mary Stein	1878	ENG, , Edinburgh	May 1887 : Peruvian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16604	DUNCAN, Alexander	1885	SCT,	Mar 1888 : Manitoban	CAN	Emma Stirling
16446	FAGAN, Grace	1875		Jun 1886 : Caspian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16510	FOAN, Frederick Charles	1879	ENG, MDX, London City	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16515	FOAN, Thomas William	1877	ENG, SRY, Croydon	Sep 1887 : Caspian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16457	FRASER, William	1883	SCT,	May 1887 : Peruvian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16507	HARPER, Davina	1877	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16606	HODGE, John	1878	SCT,	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16512	INNES, Robert	1882	SCT,	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
22465	LITTLE, Henrietta	1874	SCT,	Sep 1887 : Caspian	CAN	Emma Stirling
13540	MACKAY, Benjamin	1880	SCT,	May 1887 : Peruvian	CAN	Emma Stirling
14208	MACKEY, John	1886	SCT,	May 1887 : Peruvian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16511	MCKELVIE, Harold	1892	SCT,	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
23492	RODDAN, Andrew	1885	SCT,	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
23493	RODDAN, Annie	1887	SCT,	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
23494	RODDAN, Mary	1889	SCT, , Milbrow	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16513	RODDEN, Mary	1889	SCT, PER, Dunblane	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16509	RODEN, Andrew	1885	SCT, PER, Dunblane	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16508	RODEN, Annie	1887	SCT, PER, Dunblane	Sep 1892 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16521	STIRLING, Alice Jessie	1878	ENG, , Edinburgh	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16522	STIRLING, James Brunton	1874	SCT, MLN, Edinburgh	Sep 1886 : Carthaginian	CAN	Emma Stirling
16499	WELLS, Alison	1887	SCT,	Jun 1888 : Hibernian	CAN	Emma Stirling
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 28 Entries

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