Eleanor was born Mary Eleanor Faragher to William Faragher and Catherine Hart. They lived on a farm called Ballaquinney Beg in the parish of Marown, Isle of Man. A sister Catherine was born 1898.

After William died in 1897 Catherine married again with the name Quilliam, living in Foxdale.

Eleanor was on her way to her cousins at Crow Wing County, Barrows, Minnisota. Ellis Island Records give the name W.J.Nicholls.

Some BMD can be found at www.lawsons.ca

Len Faragher (no relation).