Empress of Ireland
1906 - 1914
Final Voyage - Passenger & Crew Tribute
The Farr Children of Regina,
Saskatchewan
[submitted by Beverley
Pinske]
I've just found out that I was related to
four little girls that died in the wreck. They were ages
five through ten, and were with their grandmother's
housekeeper. Their father had died in a barroom brawl
six months before their mother, who had just died in
childbirth, which is the reason they were heading to their
maternal grandparents' in the company of their housekeeper.
The infant, Walter Farr, went on to become a
war correspondant. I believe the girls were Evelyn,
Kathleen, Barbara, and Louise Farr. There were
three other sisters (Edna, Mary, and Jean) - if I have them
out of order, then it will be some other four of the seven
girls. The children were my first cousins, three times
removed.
From the CPR Passenger
Listing
Second Class
Cabins