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Erskine Shearer
« on: Friday 26 August 11 09:25 BST (UK) »
Looking for any information on Miss Erskine Shearer. Sailed from Scotland to Montreal in 1926. Originally from Strathaven in Lanarkshire . Born 1885 daughter of Alexander Shearer and Elizabeth Watson who married in Strathaven in 1883.

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Rutherglen;Baird/Adair/Ferguson/Reid
Strathaven;Shearer , Orr
Beith;Steel 
Glasgow;Donnelly,McSorley,Burns
County Tyrone;McSorley
Eaglesham;Paton
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Sligo;Burns 
2nd. bat Seaforth Highlanders 1914-16.
2nd. bat. KOSB 1914-18.
1/8th. Bat. Cameronians 1914-15
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Re: Erskine Shearer
« Reply #1 on: Friday 26 August 11 10:42 BST (UK) »
Link to the Form 30A document for Erskine Shearer.  Arrived in Canada at the port of Quebec 11 Oct 1924 bound for her aunt's in Winnipeg.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ert/

http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/cemeteries/Brookside/BrooksideSH_SH.html
There is a burial in Brookside Cemetery Winnipeg for Erksine Robinson Shearer.

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Re: Erskine Shearer
« Reply #2 on: Friday 26 August 11 10:44 BST (UK) »
Fantastic job. Thankyou very much.

Baird
Rutherglen;Baird/Adair/Ferguson/Reid
Strathaven;Shearer , Orr
Beith;Steel 
Glasgow;Donnelly,McSorley,Burns
County Tyrone;McSorley
Eaglesham;Paton
 All;McAlonan and variants 
Sligo;Burns 
2nd. bat Seaforth Highlanders 1914-16.
2nd. bat. KOSB 1914-18.
1/8th. Bat. Cameronians 1914-15
5th. Bat. Cameronians 1914-17
1st. Bat. Scots Guards 1914-15
HMS Biarritz 1915-16
K Class Submarines  K10 and K11

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Re: Erskine Shearer
« Reply #3 on: Friday 26 August 11 10:48 BST (UK) »
http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/ListView.php
Manitoba Vital Statistics  has a death listed for Erskine.  You could order the certificate.

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Re: Erskine Shearer
« Reply #4 on: Friday 26 August 11 11:12 BST (UK) »
Hello Debbie,
can't thank you enough for this information. I am certain we have the correct lady here but I am intrigued as when/where the Robinson crept into her name.


Thanks again,

Baird
Rutherglen;Baird/Adair/Ferguson/Reid
Strathaven;Shearer , Orr
Beith;Steel 
Glasgow;Donnelly,McSorley,Burns
County Tyrone;McSorley
Eaglesham;Paton
 All;McAlonan and variants 
Sligo;Burns 
2nd. bat Seaforth Highlanders 1914-16.
2nd. bat. KOSB 1914-18.
1/8th. Bat. Cameronians 1914-15
5th. Bat. Cameronians 1914-17
1st. Bat. Scots Guards 1914-15
HMS Biarritz 1915-16
K Class Submarines  K10 and K11
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