Aileen Aletha Meagher

1910 - 1987  (76 years)

• Name	Aileen Aletha Meagher  [1]
  Birth	26 Nov 1910	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	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

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Nov 1910 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Death - 2 Aug 1987 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		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

  
  

• Sources

  [S432478687] Ancestry.com, Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, (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