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


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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)
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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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
25587 MCCRACKEN, Eleanor1900ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
4465 MCCRACKEN, Mary1900SCT,    , Ayr Jun 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
13357 MCCRACKEN, Rosina1875SCT,    , Greenock Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
4466 MCCRACKEN, Thomas1898SCT,    , Ayr Apr 1912 : Scotian CAN Quarriers