Emma Amy (Ross) McEwen (1860 - 1942)

Born 8 Jan 1860 in Stanley, Huron, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Duncan B. McEwen — married 14 Feb 1887 in Stanley, Huron, Ontario, Canada

Died 9 Oct 1942 at age 82 in Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

Emma Amy was born in 1860. She was the daughter of John Ross and Jane Robson. Her maternal grandmother's name was Amy and she seems to have gone by that name. She married Duncan B. McEwen in Stanley, Huron, Ontario.^[1] They had 7 children together. She passed away in 1942.^[2]

Sources

1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Huron County, Stanley township.Original image at Library and Archives Canada [2]

Original image of 1881 Census of Canada, Stanley, Huron South, Ontario[3]and[4]

1901 Census of Canada, Carberry, MacDonald, Manitoba original image at Library and Archives Canada online[5] found under Duncan McEwen, 'Amey' is with five children in Carberry.

1911 Census of Canada, Carberry, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba index online at Automated Genealogy which connects you to Library and Archives original image under Amy McKewon [6]

1. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 27 January 2016, Duncan B Mcewin and Amy Ross, 14 Feb 1888; citing registration , Stanley, Huron, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,220.
2. ↑ Transcription of her obituary from the Carberry News Express, October 21, 1942, courtesy Jan Howe, Ross family researcher "Amy McEwen, Wife of Duncan McEwen died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Taylor of Oak Lake. She was born in Brucefield June 8, 1860. In 1879 she came to Pense, N.W.T. to keep house for her brother. The Northwest Rebellion commenced and she returned to Ontario for the duration of the insurrection. There she was married in 1887 and went to Manitoba. For a few years they lived on a farm and then moved to Carberry where Mr. McEwen was employed in the farm machinery business. In 1924 they moved to Regina and from there to Winnipeg in 1927. Mr. McEwen died in Winnipeg in 1930, and since her husband's death, Mrs. McEwen has lived with her daughter, Mrs. G. Taylor, Oak Lake for the summer, and has spent the winters in Winnipeg wither her son, Stanley McEwen. She was a member of Knox Church, Carberry. Mrs. McEwen was a loving wife and a devoted mother and lived a truly Christian life. Of late years she made a special effort to attend Carberry fair if at all possible. She took this means of renewing her acquaintances and seeing her old friends of whom she had many. At the time of her death she was knitting for the boys of the Merchant Marine. Left to mourn her loss are two daughters, Mrs. George Taylor, Oak Lake, and Mrs. George Dodds, Winnipeg, and three sons, Stanley, Ewart and Ross all of Winnipeg and three grandsons. The funeral service was held from Knox Presbyterian Church, Carberry, October 12. Mr. K.J. Matthews officiated. Brockie's Funeral Home were in charge of arrangements."