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Record #13459
Name :
: Emma FINDLAY (1875 - )
  aka : Emma Findley


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 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
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 2 Jul 1887
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Board of Guardians (Various)
NotesIn 1887, Emma Findley, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 18 children from Croydon Union Workhouse accompanied by Rev. R. F. Winter and en route to various places.

"Copy of Reports of Inspection of Pauper Children sent out to Canada made by Immigration Officers of the Dominion Government and received from the Colonial Office on the 12th December 1888.

Report of Mr. P. Doyle, Assistant Immigration Agent at Quebec.

Emily Finlay, aged 12. From Croydon Union. Placed with Mrs. M. G. Marnstain, 23, St. Julia Street, Quebec.?Comfortable home, well clad, good health, child pleased with place. Mrs. Marnstain thinks of moving, if so, will return the child to the party she got her from."

On August 25, 1916, Emma Findlay, 42, cook, returned to the United Kingdom on the ship Carthagenian. She declared that her address in the UK would be 82 South Frederick Street, South Shields; and that she intend to reside in British Possessions. Emma Findlay returned to Canada on November 21, 1919, on the ship Empress of France.

On August 30, 1920, at St. Mathews Presbyterian Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a marriage was registered between Emma Findlay, daughter of John and Emma Findlay; and Rowland Jackson, laborer, son of Fredrick Jackson and Anna Diter. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-02-03 14:20:48 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-02-03 14:35:36 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
25323 FINDLAY, Agnes1881SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
13459 FINDLAY, Emma1875ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sardinian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
24837 FINDLAY, James1890 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
15667 FINDLAY, Mary E1912ENG,     Jul 1923 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
17575 FINDLAY, Sydney1897ENG,     May 1908 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore Caroline Findley