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Record #2781
Name :
: Bridget WHELAN (1867 - 1925)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1867 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1 Mar 1925   Notes : Myocardial Failure and Intestinal Obstruction
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario, Ottawa
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 18 Sep 1882
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Circassian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
NotesParents: Christopher Whelan and Mary Nolan, married 1866 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

In 1882, Bridget Whelan, 15, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 30 children from the Catholic Protective Society of Liverpool, England.

In 1891, Bridget Whelan, 22, laundry woman, was shown as a lodger residing in the home of Francois and Rosalie Noel, at Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada.

On August 2, 1891, at Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Bridget Whelan, 22, born in Ottawa, to Christopher Whelan and Mary Nolan; and Louis Brown, 40, laborer, born in Beauport, Quebec, Canada, to Modeste Brown and Esther Carier.

Louis and Bridget Whelan Brown had at least three children: Mary Maude Gertrud Brown, born November 5, 1893; Oscar Brown, born about 1894; and Eva Brown, born about 1898.

In 1901, Bridget Brown, 30, is shown residing at Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada, along with her husband, Louis Brown, 54, journalier (day laborer); and children: Gertie Brown, 6; Oscar Brown, 5; Eva Brown, 2. Bridget's date of birth was shown as April 26, 1870, and her immigration year from England as 1870.

Louis Brown, laborer, died at the age of 62 on December 30, 1905, at 161 York, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, of heart disease, 24 days duration.

In 1911, Bridget Brown, 48, widow, occupation illegible, was shown residing at 34 Cumberland, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, along with her son, Oscar Brown, 16, sawyer. Her date of birth is shown as July 1862, and her immigration year from Ireland as 1884.

On July 15, 1914, at Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Bridget Whelan, 43, widow, residing at 315 Cumberland Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, born in Liverpool, England, to Christopher Whelan and Mary Nolan; and Pascal Laliberte, 51, widower, culler, born in Fitzroy Harbor, Ontario, Canada, to John Laliberte and Amy Lambe.

On April 12, 1918, Mrs. B. Liberty, was shown as the next of kin to her son, Oscar Brown, on his Attestation upon enlistment in the Canadian Armed Forces. Her address is listed as 45 Redpath Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Pascal Laliberte died at 200 Boteler Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 58, on May 12, 1922, of cancer of the liver, duration of a few months. He was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The informant was his wife, Bridget LaLibery, 200 Boteler Street, Ottawa.

Bridget Whelan Brown Laliberte, widow, died at Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on March 1, 1925, at the age of 52, of myocardial failure and intestinal obstruction, 2 days duration. She was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The informant was her son, Oscar Brown, 42 Redpath Street, Ottawa. He believed the name of her father was Joseph Louis Whelan. 
ContributorsCreated : 2007-07-25 12:00:59 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 16:56:43 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
2766 ACHIEVERS, Mary1866ENG,     Sep 1882 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3117 ACKLEY, George Richard1884ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3118 ACKLEY, Jane1875ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3119 ACKLEY, Margaret1881ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
3120 ACKLEY, William Richard1876ENG,     May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21881 ALTON, James1873ENG,     Sep 1883 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21882 ALTON, John1870ENG,     Sep 1883 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
13170 ANDERSON, Christina1882ENG,     May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
13171 ANDERSON, Georgina1877ENG,     May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
13174 ANDERSON, James1880ENG,     May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
13175 ANDERSON, William1874ENG,     May 1888 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
15905 ARMSTRONG, Robert1874ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21883 ARMSTRONG, Robert1874ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21884 BAKER, George1875ENG,     Sep 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21885 BAKER, Jessie1869ENG,     Sep 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21886 BAKER, William1880ENG,     Sep 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
15035 BANKS, William1883ENG,     Jun 1897 : Numidian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
15773 BANNON, Thomas1875ENG,     Sep 1889 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
15892 BARRETT, Catherine1875ENG, CHS, Birkenhead Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
15893 BARRETT, James1872ENG, CHS, Birkenhead Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21890 BARRETT, Thomas1874ENG,     May 1885 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
17168 BARRY, David Benjamin1887ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1900 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21891 BARRY, Edward1881ENG,     Sep 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
16068 BARRY, James1870ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
18110 BARRY, Margaret1889ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1900 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21894 BASENDALE, Thomas1881ENG,     May 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
14402 BAXTER, Samuel1888ENG,     May 1895 : Numidian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
20714 BECKWITH, J.A.1883ENG,     May 1892 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
13883 BEGWOOD, John1878ENG,     May 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
13882 BEGWOOD, Mary1881ENG,     May 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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