Born in Galway Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Laughlin Nolan
— married
25 Apr 1918 in Peterborough, Peterborough Co., Ont., Canada
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Laura was the daughter of James and Agnes Mountney[1] She spent the first few years of her life on the family farm in Galway Township in Peterborough County, Ontario.[2]
Her father died when she was about seven years old[3]and sometime between the ages of 7 and 12, she was adopted by Ed and Jemima Pimmett Wright. When she was 13, she and her adoptive parents were living in Smith Township, Peterborough County. (Her family name is listed as Mountain on the 1911 Census). Her adoptive father and uncle were working as "lumbering guides."[4]
Laura married Laughlin Nolan when she was 20 years old.[5]
She is named on the gravestone of her husband in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Douro, Ontario. The gravestone identifies her as Laura Ann Mountney. No death date is indicated.[6]
Research Notes
On the 1921 Census for Peterborough City, Laura Nolan, married, is working as a cook. It is not clear whether she was working in a private home or in an orphanage.[7]Laughlin was not found on the 1921 Census.
For further information on the Mountney family, see Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYXC-LLC
Sources
- ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM69-3GZ : 10 August 2017), Laura Ann Mounterey, 17 Jun 1898; citing Birth, Galway and Cavendish, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,928,125.
- ↑ 1911 Canada Census, District 119, Victoria North, Township of Galway, p. 3, line 15.
- ↑ Email message from Mountney family researcher D. McCall, September 25, 2019
- ↑ 1911 Canada Census, Smith Township, Peterborough County.
- ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-4K79 : accessed 9 April 2016), Joseph Laughlan Nolan and Laura May Wright, 25 Apr 1918; citing registration , Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,171,002.
- ↑ St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Douro Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, 2001, p. 23
- ↑ 1921 Canada Census, City of Peterboro, Dist 119, subdistrict 30, page 6, line 33
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