Aileen Aletha Meagher

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Name Aileen Aletha Meagher [1] Born 26 Nov 1910 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [1]
Gender Female Died 2 Aug 1987 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Person ID P-1240897525 Alexander Family Genealogy Last Modified 9 Jun 2011
Father Arthur Thomas Meagher, b. 22 Dec 1879, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 1968, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Age 88 years)
Relationship natural Mother Mary Francis Mulcahy, b. 1886, d. 1962, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 76 years)
Relationship natural Family ID F186 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Aileen Meagher 1936 Olympic Games - Berlin, Germany
Aileen Meagher and Canadian team, U.S. team, and British team prior to presentation with medals in Berlin. (Meagher is at the front of the group.)
Hugh Townsend, Sports Editor, interviewed Aileen Meagher for his article "Memories of Berlin", The Chronicle-Herald, 21 June 1976. Aileen Meagher, Dorothy Brookshaw, Hila Cameron and Mildred Dolson…''New hat, suit & shoes bo[ugh]t in London: Tho[ugh]t I was very posh!''
Aileen holding a bouquet of flowers. Forty years later, Meagher told Hugh Townsend, Sports Editor, that despite the team's bronze medal, the team received little fanfare upon its return to Canada. Meagher recalled, ''There wasn't much of a welcoming. I was met at the station by my friends. The Herald and Mail gave me a bouquet of flowers . . . but…
Histories Aileen Meagher article appeared in The Bluenose, Christmas Edition, 1936
Date: 1936
Reference no.: Aileen Meagher NSARM MG 1 vol. 2997 no. 2 p. 275 / microfilm no.: 9488
Headstones Arthur Thomas Meagher and Mary Francis Mulcahy
daughter Aileen Meagher
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Sources - [S432478687] Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Passenger Lists, 1865-1935. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG76, T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-451).
Birth date: abt 1911Birth place: CanadaArrival date: 24 Aug 1934Arrival place: QuebecDeparture date: Departure place: Liverpool, England
- [S432478687] Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Passenger Lists, 1865-1935. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG76, T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-451).