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Record #3633
Name :
: Mary Elizabeth CORKILL (1860 - )
  aka : Mary Elizabeth Corkhill


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1860

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Liverpool
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Aug 1875
Country
: Canada

Ship
: - Unknown -

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Louisa Birt
NotesMary CORKILL's was one of the oldest of 7 children born to Evan and Elizabeth CORKILL in Liverpool, England. Elizabeth died in 1873, and she and her younger siblings went to the Liverpool Sheltering Homes in 1873 (when it opened). One of their older brothers had died as a child; their oldest brother went to a "Reform Ship" in Liverpool. He left for England, reportedly on his own, in 1873. He seemingly went directly to British Columbia, Canada. I do not know how he got there, or where he first arrived in Canada.

The 4 youngest siblings were sent to Canada in 1874. They were Julia CORKILL, Esther CORKILL, John CORKILL (5) and Robert "Robbie" CORKILL (3). Mary has misbehaved in 1874, so she wasn't allowed to travel with them. She pleaded with the officials to let her join them, and she was sent in 1875. They all went to different families in Nova Scotia.

Because of my 5-6 years of research, I have found out about their lives in Nova Scotia. Julia married and remained in Nova Scotia; she had 10 children, but her husband died shortly after the last was born. Esther married in Nova Scotia to a man from Nantucket, MA; she reportedly had almost 10 children, but I think only 2 lived to adulthood. They went to MA, and went to Nantucket later on. John married later in life, married an older woman, and then he died before she did. He did not have children. Robert never married; he died while in his 60's, still living in Nova Scotia.

Mary married another "home child," "Stanley" LEWIS, in 1879 in Nova Scotia. They had their first child there and then migrated to Massachusetts. They settled in Stoneham, MA, and raised 13 children. My grandfather was one of the youngest.

I have a picture of the family.

So, the 3 sisters did OK for themselves; the younger brothers didn't do so well, but they were only 5 and 3 when they arrived in Nova Scotia. I have been in contact with 2 descendants of Julia (CORKILL); I have not been able to locate Esther's descendants.

The older brother, Edward CORKILL, seems to have gone correctly to British Columbia on his own. He married near Vancouver a couple years later, and had at least 4 children. I have heard from descendants of his 2 daughters. One son died young; the older son did live and did marry, but I have not yet found out if he had children.

Oh, I forgot to say that the father of these children was a Master Mariner and sailed around the world. The mother died in 1873, and the father could not take care of them. He lived for maybe another 20 years, and remarried. I have no idea whether he ever saw his children again. And, I have no idea whether they corresponded, or whether the children knew that their father had remarried (still in Liverpool).

Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-15 12:54:13 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-04 20:58:02 /

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3084 ABLETT, Percy1905ENG,     Apr 1920 : Metagama CAN Louisa Birt  
3092 ABRAHAMS, Amy1892ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3093 ABRAHAMS, Bessie1888ENG,     Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3097 ABRAHAMS, Percy1890ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3123 ACKERMAN, Arthur Edward1877ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3124 ACKERMAN, George Abraham1875ENG, LND, Wandsworth Jun 1888 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
3162 ADAIR, Mary1880ENG,     Mar 1897 : Numidian CAN Louisa Birt  
3163 ADAIR, Millicent1880ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jul 1897 : Parisian CAN Louisa Birt  
22561 ADAMS, Percy1903ENG,     Feb 1914 : Alsatian CAN Louisa Birt  
3278 ADAMS, Robert Henry 1888ENG,     Mar 1901 : Dominion CAN Louisa Birt  
22768 ADAMSON, Jeanie1891ENG,     Sep 1905 : Canada CAN Louisa Birt  
9868 ADAMSON, John1897ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1906 : Victorian CAN Louisa Birt  
10055 ADDISON, Annie 1900ENG,     Apr 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
3970 ADDISON, Florence1893ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
9143 ADDY, Albert William H.1893ENG, LAN, Liverpool Feb 1907 : Victorian CAN Louisa Birt  
17080 ADGEY, Robert Hugh1885ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1902 : Dominion CAN Louisa Birt  
25704 AFFORD, Lily1901ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
17058 AIRD, Lizzie1871ENG,     May 1885 : Circassian CAN Louisa Birt  
2851 ALCE, William Henry1894ENG, SSX, Seaford May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
8696 ALLABUSH, George1899ENG, LND, Canning Town May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20448 ALLEN, Esther1895ENG,     May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20467 ALLEN, Janette1896ENG,     May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20154 ALLEY, Clara Celia1894ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20159 ALLEY, Emma1891ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
6312 ALLEY, Henry Herbert1896ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20204 ALWAY, Reginald Wilfrid1896ENG, GLS, Barton Regis May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20141 ANDREWS, James1896ENG,     May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20142 ANDREWS, Richard1898ENG,     May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
5749 ANDREWS, William ENG,     Aug 1875 : - Unknown - CAN Louisa Birt  
6286 ANNING, Gertrude Annie1892ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
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