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Record #4465
Name :
: Mary MCCRACKEN (1900 - 1987)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 23 Jan 1900

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 18 Mar 1987   Notes : Stroke
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Ayr
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Brockville
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 17 Jun 1911
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Hesperian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Quarriers
NotesIn 1901, Mary McCracken, 1 year of age, was shown residing at 2 Alexandria Terrace, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. Other family members included: mother, C. McCracken, 42; father, Charles McCracken, 52, Foreman Mason; half-brother, Charles McCracken, 15, Mason Apprentice; half-brother, James C. McCracken, 13, Grocer's Message Boy; brother, Thomas McCracken, 2; and, step-sister, Agnes Thompson, 13. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland; Parish: Ayr; ED: 27; Page: 15; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1901_218; Year: 1901.)

In 1911, Mary McCracken, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 78 Quarrier girls en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada. (Brother, Thomas McCracken, 12, arrived on the Scotian in 1912, with Quarriers.)

Mary McCracken is shown as next of kin to her brother, Thomas McCracken's, enlistment (Service No. 343330) in the Canadian Armed Forces on March 28, 1918. She was residing at 93 King Street, Brockville, Ontario, Canada, at that time.

Mary McCracken Marrs, age 87, died in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, on March 18, 1987, of a stroke. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-27 23:39:52 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 13:56:44 /

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9871 ADAMSON, Charles Daniels1897SCT,    , Airdrie Apr 1909 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
22546 AITKEN, Archibald McMillan1900ENG,     Apr 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
6418 ALEXANDER, Thomas1893SCT,     Jun 1910 : Hesperian CAN Cossar (George Carter)  
22548 ANDERSON, Alex1896SCT,     Jul 1912 : Hesperian CAN Cossar (George Carter)  
13168 ANDERSON, George Bennie1901SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
13169 ANDERSON, Mary Gordon Inglis1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
6419 ANDERSON, Walter Michie1896SCT, RFW, Paisley Apr 1910 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
2959 ANGUS, Alexander1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
22549 ANTHONY, Alexander1902SCT,     Mar 1915 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
9820 BARRIE, Isabella1895SCT,     Aug 1911 : Hesperian CAN Sailing Alone  
9818 BATHGATE, John1900SCT,    , Airdrie Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
9819 BATHGATE, William 1900SCT,    , Airdrie Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
5681 BEATON, George Alexander1897ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
19664 BEATON, Marion1902ENG,     Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
19665 BEATON, Maximillian1899ENG,     Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
21646 BELL, Agnes1902ENG,     Jun 1912 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
17338 BELL, James1899ENG,     Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
22850 BRADBURY, Claude1899ENG,     Apr 1915 : Hesperian CAN Dakeyne Boys Farm  
12577 BRAIDWOOD, Janet1902ENG,    , Paisley Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
12576 BRAIDWOOD, Jne 1900SCT, RFW, Paisley Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
17446 BROWN, David 1892SCT,     Apr 1909 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
10661 BURRAGE, Arthur1899ENG, SSX, Horsham Jul 1915 : Hesperian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
4334 BURT, Gerald1902ENG, KEN, Lewisham Jul 1915 : Hesperian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
3723 CAMERON, David1896SCT,    , Helensburgh Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
3724 CAMERON, Gordon1898SCT,    , Helensburgh Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
16022 CAMPBELL, Andrew1899SCT,     Apr 1909 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
5593 CHEDD, Albert 1899ENG,    , Islington Mar 1915 : Hesperian CAN Salvation Army  
2965 COONEY, Charles1901SCT, RFW, Paisley Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
2964 COONEY, James1898SCT, RFW, Paisley Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
10296 DAWES, Emmanuel1901ENG,    , Greenwich Jun 1915 : Hesperian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
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