Mary Matilda (Reed) Galbraith (1861 - 1909)

Born 11 Feb 1861 in Gardner Creek, Simonds, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of John James Galbraith — married 20 Nov 1889 in Pisarinco, New Brunswick, Canada [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1909 at age 47 in Lorneville, Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Mary Galbraith

Mary "Tillie" Reed was born in 1861 in St Martins, New Brunswick. She was the daughter of James Reed and Emily Good. Mary was the eighth child, out of the thirteen children that her parents had. With seven sisters, Mary had plenty of ears to listen to her worries and dreams as she grew up.

James & Mary's Marriage

Mary married John James Galbraith on the 20th of November 1889. Her parents were listed as James & Emily Reed. Robert Reed and Bertha Reed, of West Moreland Road, were witnesses to the ceremony.

Mary died young of the "dreaded flu" ^[1] in 1909, at the age of forty-eight.^[2]

In Memory of Mary

Name

Name: Mary Matilda Tilly Reed Galbraith

Marriage #1

Groom: James Strayhorn

Bride: Mary Matilda Reed

Date: ca. 1883 to 1885

Marriage #2

Groom: John James Galbraith

Bride: Mary Matilda Reed Strayhorn

Date: 20 Nov. 1889

Residence

Year: 1871

Place: St John 174, New Brunswick

Event: Canada Census

Death

Name: Mary Matilda Tilly Reed Galbraith

Date: 20 Jan 1909

Place: Lorneville, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ as recalled by Irene Galbraith
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGR-M6HP : 11 July 2016), Mary Matilda Tilly Reed Galbraith, 1909; Burial, Lorneville, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Lorneville Cemetery; citing record ID 129538182, Find a Grave# 129538182.

• Marriage Registration, online at PANB [1] Pauline Perry Ashton

• Birth Registration of Daughter Emily Ann Strayhorn, online at PANB [2] Pauline Perry Ashton

• Lorneville Cemetery transcript online at findagrave.com Find A Grave# 2249802 Pauline Perry Ashton

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4MC-T6B : 1 April 2016), Mary Galbraith, Lancaster, St John, New Brunswick, Canada; citing p. 58, line 10; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10374, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,100.

• Galbraith clan

Acknowledgements

• This profile was created by Reta McKay on 19 Sep 2014.
• This profile was edited by Andrea (Galbraith) Webb on 8 Jan 2017.
• Updated by Silva-1055 18:03, 4 October 2017 (EDT) to merge information and add sources. Only one record found for Mary Strayhorn as researched by Silva-1055 18:03, 4 October 2017 (EDT)

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