It took a long, slow troll of the Hamilton Spectator, but I was able to locate the full obituary for my great-grandmother, Mary Ann Whelan, in the...
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Category: Great-Grandparents
When Did Mary Ann Whelan Die?
I found amongst my grandmother's photo collection the obituary for her mother. I knew she died in 1957 (as I've got a record of the grave site),...
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Arthur Bird Griffin and Lily Moore
Just a week after enlisting, Arthur Bird Griffin married Lily Moore on September 8, 1915, at St. Luke’s Church in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Frederick Samuel Gardiner and Mary Anne Whelan (and Clayton Loucks)
Mary Anne Whelan was born on August 18, 1889, in Hungerford, Ontario, Canada, father, Daniel Whelan (1863-1938), was 26, and her mother, Bridget...
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William Alfred Webb and Louie Shepherd
William Alfred Webb married Louie Shepherd on December 31, 1904, in Bradford, Lancashire, England. They had five children, but only two survived to adulthood.
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