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Record #4436
Name :
: Bridget MCCOOEY (1895 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1895

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Kirkdale
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 17 May 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Victorian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Liverpool Sheltering Home
NotesA birth registration was found for Bridget McCooey: Year of Registration: 1895; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Liverpool (1837-1934); County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 127. Parents: Michael McCooey and Mary Stokes.

In 1901, Bridget McCooey, 5 years of age, was residing at 1 Union Terrace, South Everton, Lancashire, England. Other family members included: (twin) Edward McCooey, 7; Mary McCooey, 31; Michael McCooey, 32, general labourer; (twin) Patrick McCooey, 7; Thomas McCooey, 1; and, William McCooey, 3. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 3480; Folio: 190; Page: 27.)

One entry in her MacPherson records states Bridget was affectionately known and called "Cissie" in her stay in the home as well as Canada. Another entry notes that Bridget referred to herself as being Mabel not Bridget.

All of the McCooey children were separated by the Catholic Welfare Agency in 1901 in Kirkdale, Liverpool, England and held at a home called St. Vincent's Orphanage. Edward, Patrick and Bridget McCooey were there until they were sent to Canada to be placed as farm workers at separate times. The twins never saw each other again once they left each other at St. Vincents Orphanage. Bridget was 6 at the time of sheltering. There is only mention of 2 younger bothers in her life, ages 5 and 2. Her twin brothers were separated from her and the other siblings at the time of shelter. (NOTE: The twins were 9 at the time.)

In 1907, Bridget McCowey, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 101 children from Mrs. Birt?s Liverpool Sheltering Home en route to Knowlton, Quebec, Canada. (Brother Edward McCoovey, 12, arrived in 1905 with the Catholic Emigration Association; and brother Patrick McCovey, 14, arrived on the Tunisian in 1907 with the Catholic Emigration Association.)

Bridget was placed into a good Canadian home. She appears to have enjoyed her family in Canada and wrote to England's home care periodically as a young girl.

On May 31, 1920, Mabel McCowey, 22, single, student nurse, entered the United States through the port of Buffalo, New York. She declared that she resided in Kemptonville, Ontario, Canada; that her contact in Canada was her mother, Mary Dickinson, who resided at Kemptonville, Ontario, Canada; that her final destination was Warren, Pennsylvania; that she carried $50 on her person; that she would be staying at the State Hospital in Warren, Pennsylvania; that she would be remaining permanently. She was described as 5 foot 4 inches in height; medium complexion; brown hair; blue eyes. She was born in Liverpool, England.

She rose above any stigma and, apparently, graduated nursing school in 1923, eventually working as a nurse in Washington, Pennsylvania. During this time, she wrote that she was very smitten and quite serious with a young man by the name of the name of Mr. Leibel. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-21 20:46:33 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 13:52:39 /

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3121 ACKERLEY, John1888ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3122 ACKERLEY, Thomas William1886ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
17051 ACKERLY, Thomas1887ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
2756 ALLNUTT, Francis Benjamin1876ENG, KEN, Bromley Mar 1887 : - Unknown - CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home 14Germain  
15274 ATKINSON, William1868ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4896 BAKER, Ernest F1913ENG, LDN, London Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4899 BAKER, Lilian E1911ENG, LDN, London Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18640 BARKER, Harold1889ENG, NTT Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
19729 BARNETT, William1906ENG,     Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4893 BARR, George L1911ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
17172 BARTLETT, Thomas1888ENG,     Apr 1899 : Carthaginian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4738 BARZARKIE, Charles1878ENG, LND, Springfield, Islington Aug 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4734 BARZARKIE, Elizabeth1873ENG,     Apr 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4736 BARZARKIE, Mary Catharine1869IRL, COR Apr 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4737 BARZARKIE, Theresa1875ENG, LND, Springfield, Islington Aug 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4898 BEACH, Edna1909ENG,    , Bournemouth Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18851 BEDFORD, W1880ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
21432 BEER, Charles John1912ENG,     Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3580 BENNETT, Annie1892ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4897 BETTS, Joseph D1914ENG,    , Hastings Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
4900 BIGNELL, May1912ENG, CHS, Birkenhead Mar 1925 : Aurania CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18684 BOOTH, James W1884ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
18846 BREW, Thomas1880ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
14232 BROWN, Annie1892ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
10468 BROWN, Frederick 1906ENG,    , Clewer Apr 1921 : Melita CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
15244 BROWN, Harold1873ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
15251 BROWN, John1868ENG,     Mar 1882 : Polynesian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
14230 BROWN, Maud1890ENG,     May 1900 : Vancouver CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
22501 BUCHANAN, Eva1885ENG,     May 1896 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
3301 BULPITT, Charles Thomas1907ENG, HAM, South Stoneham Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
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