Mary Ann (White) Giffin (1841 - 1920)

Born 5 Aug 1841 in Elizabethtown, Leeds, Canada West

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1920 at age 79 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

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With six sons and Angeline, one can easily imagine the busy life in the family. Mary Ann always had a snack for her grandchildren of thick slices of freshly baked and buttered bread, topped with brown sugar.

Perhaps one of Mary Ann’s favourite grandchildren was Eva. Proctor would hitch up “Old Fred” to the top buggy for their five mile trip to North Augusta, which always resulted in a gift for Eva.

Mary Ann was tenderhearted and as a younger woman, very helpful to neighbours near and far. She was ever concerned about the protection of wild life.

During their later years, Angeline cared for her parents. Mary Ann predeceased John by ten years. They are buried at the Weir and Giffin Cemetery near his birth place.^[2]

Birth

Mary Ann's birth year was 1841 (Family Bible record).

Census

1851: Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds Co, Canada West; age 11, born about 1841

1861: cannot find

1871: Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds Co, Ontario

1881: Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds Co, Ontario

1891: Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds Co, Ontario; parents born in Ireland

1901 Census, Elizabethtown, Brockville, Ontario, birth date given as 13 August 1842

1911: Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds Co, Ontario

Children

John and Mary Ann had seven children:

William George "Whitfield", married Lydia Frances Baldwin

John Wesley, never married, died age 29

Angeline, married Alonzo Brock Cowan

Gordon Henry, married Carrie Maud Cowan

Charles Wellington, married Bertha 'Laura' Sanford

Proctor, married Georgina Effie Moles

Lawrence, died age 10

Death

Mary Ann died on October 15, 1920 at home on Park Street, Brockville, Ontario. According to her death record, she died from acute bronchitis.

Mrs. John Giffin died at the residence of her son-in-law, Brock Cowan^[3].

Burial

Weir Cemetery

Rocksprings, Ontario

Sources

1. ↑ William Giffin & Thomasine Eyre
2. ↑ Giffin, Eveline Bertha. The Descendants of William Giffin & Thomasine Eyre, Bell's Crossing, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada: 1990.
3. ↑ * 1920 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   The Kingston Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) Wed, Oct 20, 1920, page 12
   Newspapers Clip: 138089862 (accessed 5 January 2024)

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Census Records

1851 Census, Elizabethtown, Leeds, Canada West

• White, George, 50
• White, Mary, 36
• White, Rebecca, 16
• White, Thomas, 14
• White, Jane, 12
• White, Maryan, 11
• White, Samuel, 8
• White, Malisa, 5
• White, Caroline, 3
• White, Lucy, 1 (this is Abigail Eliza)

1861 Census, cannot find

1871 Census, Elizabethtown, Brockville, Ontario

• White, George
• White, Mary
• White, Thomas
• White, Samuel
• White, Melissa
• White, Caroline
• White, Abigail E.