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Record #15810
Name :
: Emma DOWD (1875 - )
  aka : Emma David


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 7 May 1875 (approx.)

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
: 7 Sep 1884
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sarmatian

Placement Family
: Woodcock
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)
NotesEmma Dowd was baptized on May 26, 1875, at St. Marys, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Parents: Joannis Dowd and Joanna Keevney.

Joanna Dowd died in March 1880 and was buried at St. Marys, Liverpool, Lancashire, England on March 26, 1880.

In 1884, Emma David [Dowd], 9 (along with brother, John Dowd, 7), arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 104 children from the Catholic Children's Protective Society, accompanied by Mrs. Lacy and en route to Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

"Sixteenth Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1886-87; Copy of Reports of Inspection of Children sent out to Canada, as of February 12, 1887.

Report of Mr. R. Mcpherson, Government Immigration Agent at Kingston, Ontario.

Emma Dowd, aged 11, from parish of Liverpool, placed with Thos. Woodcock, Tweed P.O., lot 9, 12 Con., Hungerford Tp. Giving satisfaction, in good home, and pleased with place; attending school, in 2nd reader."

On January 29, 1901, at Walkerton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Emma Dowd, 25, born in Liverpool, England, to John Dowd and Mary Jane Kerney; and Joanas [Jonas] Hawkins, 37, farmer, born in Tweed, Ontario, Canada, to John Hawkins and Annie Delyea.

Jonas and Emma Dowd Hawkins had at leat 5 children: John Keevney Hawkins, born January 19, 1902, at Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, died February 29, 1968 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Micheal Raymond Hawkins, born December 28, 1903, at Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; Jonas Francis Hawkins, born April 9, 1906, at Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, died September 4, 1967, at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; Joseph Wilfrid Hawkins, born March 28, 1908, at Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; and Maurice Hawkins, born May 1, 1911, at Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, died March 29, 1983, at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

Jonas Hawkins died in 1952, in Ontario, Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-12-29 17:39:21 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-07-30 22:28:15 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
15810 DOWD, Emma1875ENG, LAN, Liverpool Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care) mayafide  
15813 DOWD, John1876ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care) mayafide