Goldiana Morell Mrs Max Samuel Morell of Toronto

[Brian Ahern]

Here's an index of biographical files that mentions Max Samuel and Goldiana Morell arriving in Toronto in 1860. This makes me wonder if the Lusitania Resource isn't mistaken in putting her age at 71 when she survived the Lusitania sinking. I had thought other sources put her name at 76, which is probably closer to the truth, unless she was married VERY young.



http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/filelist/2003-060.435.htm

 

[Brian Ahern]

Here's another reference to her on a genealogy site. Maiden name Ambler, apparently, and mother of eight children.

http://www.cousinconnect.com/d/a/118434

 

[Brian Ahern]

Here's a brief bio of her son Elgin Morell (1869-1949).

http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=101468&rec_nbr_list=101468,2974977,2877573

BTW, based on how unusual these people's names are, if the URL's I posted don't work, they're easy enough to find on google. Though it seems Max Samuel also went by Moses and, as we know, Goldiana is often written as Georgina.

 

[Brian Ahern]

Her daughter Sarah married a Hyman Miller in Toronto on November 4th, 1886.

Toronto 86

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for posting this information, it's very interesting. I noticed that Elgin Morell was a member of the Queen's Own Rifles, so I will speculate that he may have been acquainted with Major Arthur Peuchen. Plus, both of them had something else in common by accident, being that Peuchen's brother in law was a survivor of the Lusitania who was also of this city (Toronto).