Clara Matilda (Jersey) McCoy (1853 - 1941)

Born 30 Aug 1853 in Stanbridge East, Missisquoi, Canada East

Ancestors

Wife of John Gilman McCoy — married 21 Jan 1878 in Bolton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Died 6 May 1941 at age 87 in Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Clara Matilda Jersey was born in 1853, the daughter of William Jersey and Philura Jenkins. Her birth date is recorded on the 1901 Census, as referenced below. She appears in both the 1861^[1] and 1871,^[2] censuses in Potton with her parents and siblings.

Clara married John Gilman McCoy in 1878.^[3] The couple settled in the Province Hill area of Potton. They had a single child that died very young:

1. Ada Rachel, b. 15 Jan.1883; d. 15 April 1883.

As a result, Clara and John appeared alone on the censuses of 1881,^[4] 1891^[5] and 1901 (as far as children are concerned).^[6] In spite of the lack of children, the household in 1891 included John's father Alphonso and John's brother Ulysses.

The couple continued to live in Potton, where they were recorded on the censuses in both 1911^[7] and 1921.^[8]

After Clara lost her husband in 1936, she would close her house for the winter and live with her brother Rob in Mansonville village. Then in 1939, she sold the farm and moved into the village into a tenement owned by Harold Clark.^[9]

She passed away "very suddenly at her home on May 6 (1941), at the age of eighty-seven",^[10] and was interred beside her husband in Owls Head Cemetery, Potton, Quebec.^[11]

Death Announcement, Clara McCoy, Sherbrooke Daily Record, 7 May 1941

Funeral, Clara McCoy, Sherbrooke Daily Record, 14 May 1941

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 Canada East Census, District of Brome, Sub-District of Potton, Page 177, Line 1| 1861 Canada East Census, "Clarissa M Jersey, Age 8"
2. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 126 (Brome), Sub-District d (Potton), Page 39, Line 19| 1871 Canada Census, "C M Jersey, Age 18"
3. ↑ Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), Bolton Methodist Church, 1878
4. ↑ 1881 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 60 (Brome), Sub-District C Division 2 (Potton), Family Nbr, 160, Page 31, Line 21| 1881 Canada Census, "Clara M MCCOY, Age 26"
5. ↑ 1891 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 143 (Brome), Sub-District E Division 2 (Potton), Family Nbr. 99, Page 19, Line 18| 1891 Canad Census, "Clara McCoy, Age 37"
6. ↑ 1901 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 144 (Brome), Sub-District H Division 4 (Potton), Family Nbr. 87, Page 10, Line 19| 1901 Canada Census, "Clora M Mccoy, Age 47"
7. ↑ 1911 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 149 (Brome), Sub-District 15 (Potton), Family Nbr. 25, Page 3, Line 14| 1911 Canada Census, "Clara Mccay, Age 59"
8. ↑ 1921 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 156 (Brome), Sub-District 14, Family Nbr. 41, Page 4, Line 48| 1921 Canada Census, "Clara McCoy, Age 67"
9. ↑ Sherbrooke Daily Record, Sherbrooke, Que., Oct. 10, 1939, Page Seven
10. ↑ Sherbrooke Daily Record, Sherbrooke, Que., 13 May 1941, Page 7
11. ↑ FindAGrave| "Clara Matilda Jersey McCoy"

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