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Record #5649
Name :
: Minnie Frances MCKINNEY (1899 - 1986)
  aka : Minnie Frances Fisher


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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 21 Dec 1899

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 7 Feb 1986
Abode (1) : Place of BirthIreland, Antrim, Belfast
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Bay City
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 30 Sep 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sicilian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe family lived at 94 Bread Street between 1900. They also are listed in 1903-1905 directories as living at either 71 or 91 Bread Street No. 1. Francis McKinney was a labaourer, then a turner, and finally as a fitter. In 1906 the famly were residing at 106 Bread Street.

Family stories tell that her mother, Mary Elizabeth Fisher, and father, Francis McKinney, living in Belfast, Ireland, had a dispute over the religion in which their three daughters should be raised. Her father was Roman Catholic and her mother Protestant. Between 1906 and 1908 Mary took the girls and moved to 117 Lord Street, Belfast, without Frank McKinney. Mary then changed the girls surnames to Fisher, her maiden name.

Mary Elizabeth Fisher, aged 41 years, died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, on May 2nd, 1908, at this address. Mary's death certificate shows her as being widowed at death.

As per Mary's request, the three children were given shelter by a Protestant minister who placed the two younger girls, including Teresa, in the care of Barnardo's Homes. Sara, the oldest girl stayed with, and worked for, a former neighbor until she was able to emigrate to Canada.

In 1912, Minnie F. Fisher, 12 (along with her sister, Teresa Fisher, 15) arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with 132 Barnardo girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Minnie Frances Fisher married Curnel Byron Mussell, son of Isaac and Caroline (Barton) Mussell, born c. 1895 in North Dakota, United States. They had four children: James Mussell; Jean Mussell; Ralph Mussell; and Dorothy Mussell.

Minnie Frances Fisher Mussell died February 7, 1986, at the age of 86, in Bay City, Michigan, United States. Curnel Byron Mussell died September 4, 1951, in Jackson, Michigan, United States.

Family information is provided by and is ? 2009 Ken Ettie. More information can be obtained at his website, {website}freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hero/teresa.html. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-23 09:44:09 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-03-24 20:23:51 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
5649 MCKINNEY, Minnie Frances1899IRL, ANT, Belfast Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
5650 MCKINNEY, Tresa 1897IRL, ANT, Belfast Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos