ID
0193
Nationality
Canadian
Occupation
Shipwreck victim
Summary
Entered the Halifax Institution for the deaf in 1913; had to commute by ship between her home in St. John's, Newfoundland, and the Halifax Institution. In 1918, she was aboard the S.S. Florizel when it struck rocks due to an error in navigation during a storm; she and a fellow deaf boy traveler, Clarence Bertram Moulton, both drowned in the disaster. Her body was found days later.
References
Deaf Heritage in Canada, p.402-403.
Dates
22 December 1906-24 February 1918