Mary Elizabeth (O'Neill) Dalziel (1894 - 1992)

Born 17 May 1894 in Elmira, Ontario

Ancestors

Wife of Gordon Noel Coleman Dalziel — married 24 Jan 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died 25 Jun 1992 at age 98 in Toronto, Ontario

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Biography

Mae was the fifth of seven children in the family of William and Elizabeth Clark O'Neill. Born in month of May,^[1] she seems to have been called by her middle name, as were other members of the family. She grew up and attended school in the village of Elmira, Ontario.^[2][3]

She was working as a stenographer at the time she married Gordon Dalziel,^[4] Gordon died in 1942. She was living in Toronto in 1965.^[5]

Mae died at age 97 and is buried with her husband in Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery, Toronto.^[6]

Research Notes

• Elizabeth Jane Sullivan is buried with appears to be her parents, Gordon and Mae Elizabeth Dalziel, identified on their gravestone. Her dates are May 27, 1929 to Jan 20, 2011.^[7]
• Elizabeth and Jane Dalziel arrived at the port of New York in 1959 on the Queen Elizabeth in transit from Southhampton, England to Canada.^[8]
• A son Gordon, living in Toronto, is identified as Mae's contact on the record of her arrival in New York in 1943.^[9]
• Mae was identified on and signed her marriage as Mary Elizabeth.^[10]
• A family tree on Ancestry.com shows Mae and Gordon with five children, including Jane, Gordon and Alix, and two listed as private.

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMW7-88Z : accessed 14 May 2014), Elizabeth May O'Neill, 18 May 1894; citing Elmira, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, registration number 33679; FHL microfilm 1846244.
2. ↑ 1901 Canada Census, Ontario, District 121 Waterloo North, Subdistrict B, Village of Elmira, April 9, 1901
3. ↑ 1911 Canada Census, District 130 Waterloo North, Subdistrict 6, Village of Elmira, p. 6
4. ↑ Ontario, Canada, Select Marriages. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
5. ↑ Obituary of Leo O'Neill, published on Find A Grave
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #119581881 Mae Elizabeth O'Neill Dalziel.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #119581881 Mae Elizabeth O'Neill Dalziel.
8. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24BN-CW6 : 15 March 2018), Elizabeth Dalziel, 1951; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23H-FNK9 : 12 March 2018), Mae Elizabeth Dalziel Or O'Neil, New York, United States; citing Immigration, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1480 and M1482. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
10. ↑ Ontario, Canada, Select Marriages. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.