Edith, born about 1878, was the daughter of an Irish-born farmer James Cassidy and his wife Sophia Barkley. In 1881, Edith lived on a farm in Winchester, Dundas County, Ontario, with her eight siblings.[1]
Sources
↑ "Canada Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVX4-JHL : accessed 31 January 2015), Edith Cassidy in household of James Cassidy, Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 33; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13228, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,864.
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