Margaret J. BRISCOE

1913 - 1947  (33 years)

• Name	Margaret J. BRISCOE
  Birth	17 Jun 1913	Admaston Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Mar 1947	Portland, , Maine, U.S.A.
  Burial	At Sea
  Person ID	I32767572	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	William Thomas BRISCOE,   b. 20 Feb 1882, Northcote, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1953 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Isabella DAVIS,   b. 9 Jul 1882, Monteagle Twp., Hastings, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Jun 1965, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1906	Monteagle Twp., Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F10795234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sgt. Harold Edward EADY,   b. 14 Aug 1918, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Dec 1944, , , , Italy (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	14 Mar 1943
  Family ID	F10780879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2017

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Briscoe siblings: bk Bruce, Charles, James; ft Barbara, Margaret and Lizzie Photograph from the collection of Myles McLaughlin
  		Briscoe, Margaret J. Photograph from the collection of Myles McLaughlin
  		McLaughlin, Lizzie nee Briscoe; her dau Eva McLaughlin; thought to be her sister Margaret Briscoe Photograph from the collection of Myles McLaughlin
  		Eady, Margaret nee Briscoe Photograph from the collection of Myles McLaughlin

  
  

  Headstones		Memorial to the crew who lost their lives on the Novadoc, 1947 Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2535581/ss-novadoc-sinking
  		Gravestone-Briscoe, William J. & Barbara nee Forrest; dau Margaret & Harold Eady; son William T & Isabella nee Davis with their son Charlie W. Middle Section, Admaston Public Cemetery, Admaston Twp. photographed by Earl & Fay Bennett, May 2018

  
  

• Notes

  3 Mar 1947 ? Sinking of SS Novadoc, off the coast of Maine, USA - the sinking of the gypsum freighter 'Novadoc', a 261-foot laker ship, and the loss of 24 lives; the ship had sailed from Nova Scotia into a fierce nor'easter in the Bay of Fundy in March of 1947. Margaret Briscoe was head cook on the Novadoc. She was born and raised in Renfrew, and was widowed when her husband, Harold Eady, was killed by sniper fire in Italy, 1944. The sinking of the Novadoc is one of the greatest maritime disasters in Canada or the US. Not without controversy, many of the crew refused to sail because the ship, they felt, was not seaworthy. Nice Tribute to the 24 lives lost today fateful day in 1947, put to song by the late Blaine Henshaw. https://youtu.be/oBxL4NTgHFU Posted by Myles McLaughlin

  
  

• Sources

  [S365730] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 010113 Monteagle Twp., Hastings, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3).