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ROSCORLA, Irene Cristabelle May
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Name ROSCORLA, Irene Cristabelle May Birth 9 Sep 1897 Clapham, Surrey, England
Gender Female Death 1951 Ontario, Canada
Person ID I1085 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
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IRENE CRISTABELLE MAY ROSCORLA 1897-1951
The birth of Irene May ROSCORLA was registered in 1897.
(GRO September Q 1897 Wandsworth 1d 727)
According to Kenneth Haward Walker she was born at Truro, Cornwall, on 9 September 1897 and died in Ontario, Canada, in 1951.
The 1901 census of 13 Richmond Hill, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall:
Charles WICKS, head, aged 49, employed as a bookbinder, born at Truro;
Louisa WICKS, wife, aged 49, born at Truro;
Bertie WICKS, son, aged 22, (illegible) warehouse, born at Truro;
Gwendoline WICKS, daughter, aged 19, mother's help, born at Truro;
Cora WICKS, daughter, aged 17, book keeper, born at Truro;
Christobelle WICKS, daughter, aged 12, born at Truro;
*Irene ROSCORLA, granddaughter, aged 3, born at Clapham, London.
(RG13/2222/89/19)
Irene ROSCORLA, 'a child between the ages of 1 and 12', left Liverpool for Quebec, Canada, on the ship Tunisian on 28 July 1910. It seems that she was a Barnardo's girl.
(www.findmypast.com)
From the 1911 Canadian Census of Palmyra Village, Orford Township, Kent East, Ontario:
*Irene M. ROSCORLA, aged 13, Home Girl, Immigration Year 1910, born in England in September 1897.
She was living at the home of Archie CRAWFORD and his family.
(revised 08.10.2012)
