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Record #15727
Name :
: Margaret Winifred HEALEY (1901 - 1917)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1901 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 25 Jul 1917   Notes : Drowning
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ottawa, Britannia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 29 Sep 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

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

Agency
: Catholic Emigration Association
NotesA birth registration was found for Margaret Winifred Healey: Registration: Mar 1900; District: Mile End Old Town; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 552. Parents: Thomas Healey and Georgina Jones, married 1892 in Whitechapel, London, England.

In 1912, Margaret Healey, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 17 girls from the Catholic Emigration Association en route to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She was taken to the St. Georges Home in Ottawa.

In Canada Margaret worked as a nurse maid at the home of a Dr. Law and his wife. She would leave their employment and not heard of at the St. Georges Home until her death.

On July 25 1917, seventeen year old Margaret Healey along with her 30 year old friend, John Potter, rented a boat on the Ottawa River. When leaving the boat house, he did not take his coat or hat and she did not take her sweater. Later on that day, the empty boat was found right side up and partly full of water. It was felt that the occupants were lost while going over the Deschenes rapids. The bodies of Rose and John were found after the recovery of the boat. There was nothing on the bodies to identify the couple and they were later identified through the "poor quality" clothing which Margaret was wearing. They belonged to a girl chum of hers.

Margaret was originally buried in the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa but after identification of her remains her body was transferred to the Notre Dame Cemetery there. Her name is inscribed on the St. George's Home Memorial there. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-12-22 12:41:15 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-26 15:09:24 /

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Surnames starting with:   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  8 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
13725 HEALEY, Dorothy1894ENG,     Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26793 HEALEY, Frank1923ENG, LAN, Bury Dec 1934 : Baradine AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20799 HEALEY, John1895ENG,     Aug 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
22402 HEALEY, Joseph1913ENG,     Jul 1930 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
15727 HEALEY, Margaret Winifred1901ENG,     Sep 1912 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
20769 HEALEY, Patrick1894ENG,     Aug 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
9092 HEALEY, Robert1912ENG,    , Mansfield Jul 1928 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Barnardos  
26794 HEALEY, Thomas1925ENG, LAN, Bury Dec 1934 : Baradine AUS Fairbridge Homes