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Record #2843
Name :
: Edward CASEY (1905 - 1977)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1905

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1977
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Redditch
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Nova Scotia, North Sydney
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Jun 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Carthaginian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesEdward Casey and his brother George Casey, were born in Redditch, a city to the south of Birmingham, England. Both boys were placed in the Middlemore Emigration Home in Birmingham before they were sent out to Canada. They arrived in Canada in June 1909 on the vessel Carthaginian, with 130 British Emigrant Children on board. Edward (Teddy) was only four years old and George was six.

Upon arriving in Kennington Cove, Nova Scotia, Teddy was placed in the home of John Archibald MacInnis and his wife Effie Ann (MacInnis) MacInnis. The MacInnises had no children of their own but raised Teddy as their adopted son. As a young man, Teddy MacInnis spent some time traveling in western Canada; however he soon returned home and settled down in Louisbourg. He built a home on Wolfe Street and married Mary MacNeil from Loch Lomond.

In the early 1940's Teddy and Mary adopted a son, Wilfred (Woody) Metcalfe MacInnis, who they raised in Louisbourg. After Mary?s death Teddy married a widow, Bertha Meade, and lived in North Sydney until his death in 1977 at age 72. A happy, easy-going man, Teddy lived his life to the fullest. He loved horses and enjoyed racing his own horse on the winter ice of Grand Lake in Louisbourg. He was employed by the Ideal Ice Cream Co., was an employee of the Dominion Coal Company, and worked at the Sydney Coal Pier.

Teddy enjoyed people and cared for his parents until their deaths, Effie in 1957 and John Archie in 1961 at age 90. Wilfred (Woody) MacInnis married Margaret Doucette and today Teddy is survived by his several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 
ContributorsCreated : 2007-11-03 10:51:35 / From original database

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Last Updated : 2009-02-01 11:11:23 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
11151 CASEY, Benjamin1892ENG, LND, Camberwell Jun 1907 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
14869 CASEY, Catherine1874ENG,     May 1883 : Peruvian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
22917 CASEY, Daniel1870ENG,     Jul 1886 : Polynesian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
2843 CASEY, Edward1905ENG, WOR, Redditch Jun 1909 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
2844 CASEY, George1903ENG, WOR, Redditch Jun 1909 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
15363 CASEY, George1862ENG,     1872 : - Unknown - CAN Maria Rye  
6869 CASEY, John1895ENG,     Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
15324 CASEY, Mary1863ENG,     Jun 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
21087 CASEY, Patrick1882ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
24134 CASEY, Samuel1853ENG,     May 1870 : Medway CAN Unknown Industrial School