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Record #3718
Name :
: Mary MITCHELL (1896 - 1971)


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 24 Mar 1896

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: Sep 1971
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Bowling
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Belleville, Hastings
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Jul 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Grampian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesIn 1901, Mary Mitchell, 4 years of age, was residing at Scotts Land, Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Other family members included: boarder John McCrae, 29, railway signalman; Annie Mitchell, 19, general servant domestic; Catherine Mitchell, under 1 month; Marion Mitchell, 29; Walter Mitchell, 30, inspector of weaving (?) machines; and Walter Mitchell, 2. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Old Kilpatrick; ED: 2; Line: 3; Year: 1901.)

In 1909, Mary Mitchell, 13, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 60 children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada. (Her brother, Walter Mitchell, arrived on the Sicilian in 1907 through Quarriers; and her sister Catherine Mitchell, arrived in 1910 on the Southwark with Quarriers.)

In 1911, Mary Mitchel, 15, domestic / household duties for John Grow and family in Nepean, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth was shown as March 1896 and her immigration year as 1909.

On June 29, 1921, in City View, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Mary McAllister Johnston Mitchell, 24, maid, born in Scotland, daughter of Walter Mitchell and Marion Johnston; and another home child, William Dean Kerrigan, 26, loco. fireman, born in England, son of Dean Kerrigan and unknown mother ("orphan - mother not known").

William and Mary Mitchell Kerrigan had one child, Florence Iris Kerrigan (Florence was born in July, 1924, five months after the death of her father. She died in 2004).

William Dean Kerrigan died as a result of injuries sustained in a train collision on February 27, 1924, in Brockville, Ontario, Canada. Mary Mitchell Kerrigan died in September 1971 in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-26 14:16:11 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 14:19:13 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3052 ABBOTT, Alfred1893ENG,     Mar 1911 : Grampian CAN Unknown  
5679 ALCORN, Agnes Maxwell1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
17067 ANDERSON, Charles Francis Walker1893ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jun 1911 : Grampian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
5841 ASKEW, Thomas1895ENG, NTT Feb 1908 : Grampian CAN Louisa Birt  
23421 AUSTIN, Reginald James1905ENG,     Sep 1920 : Grampian CAN National Childrens Home  
21836 BARKER, Elsie1903SCT, PER Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
13152 BARR, Archibald C1895SCT,     Apr 1908 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
9817 BATHGATE, Andrew1894SCT,     Apr 1908 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
19779 BEAUCHAMP, Nellie1900ENG,     Nov 1916 : Grampian CAN Unknown  
21573 BEGG, Douglas1908ENG,     Sep 1920 : Grampian CAN National Childrens Home  
4695 BISHOP, Fred ENG,     Feb 1908 : Grampian CAN Louisa Birt  
6489 BLYTH, James1892ENG,     Apr 1908 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
22575 BRIERLEY, Philip John1892ENG, LND, North Kensington Mar 1911 : Grampian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
22915 CAMPBELL, David1897SCT,     Apr 1908 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
23878 CRAIG, Isabella Ferguson Stewart1903SCT,    , Wishaw Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
3476 DICK, Ina1895SCT,     Jul 1909 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
13394 DRUMMOND, Grace1902SCT,     Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
10284 DURHAM, Matthew1895ENG, MLN, Leith Apr 1908 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
6562 FULTON, Frederick1898ENG,     Feb 1908 : Grampian CAN Louisa Birt  
12545 HART, Hlen 1898SCT,    , Maryhill Jul 1909 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
12547 HART, Jean ENG,     Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
11769 HART, Nellie1899ENG,     Jul 1909 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
16665 HOCQUARD, Frederick John1906ENG, WIL, Devizes May 1920 : Grampian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
16666 HOCQUARD, Wilfred Charles1904ENG, WIL, Devizes May 1920 : Grampian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
20418 JENKINS, William1898ENG,     Feb 1908 : Grampian CAN Louisa Birt  
3616 KINGHORN, Annie1899SCT,    , Edinburgh Jul 1909 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
17848 LANDYMORE, Frank1893ENG,     Mar 1911 : Grampian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
3238 LAWSON, George1887SCT,     Apr 1908 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
3618 LETFORD, Euphemia1895SCT,    , Kirkintilloch Jul 1909 : Grampian CAN Quarriers james letford  
23020 LETFORD, William Alexander1897SCT, DNB, Kirkintilloch Apr 1908 : Grampian CAN Quarriers james letford  
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