Isabella Jane (Duncan) Hollingshead (1877 - 1954)

Born 29 Aug 1877 in Toronto Gore, York, Ontario, Canada

Wife of Charles Albert Hollingshead — married 3 Apr 1901 in Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada

Died 14 Oct 1954 at age 77 in Ontario, Canada [uncertain]

Biography

Isabella Jane Duncan, daughter of Maria/Marie (Wiley/Wylie) and John Duncan, was born on August 29, 1877 in Toronto Gore Township, Ontario, Canada.^[1][2][3] Her mother was born in England and her father was born in Scotland and was a peddler at the time.^[1][4]

Isabella had several siblings: Frederic(k) W., James, Maria, Mary L., Hannah, and John.^[4][5] As of the Census, dated April 27, 1891, Isabella appeared to be living in the household of her grandfather, George Wiley, 64, along with:

• Hannah Wiley, 73, George's wife
• George Wiley, 33, George's son
• Frederick Duncan, 20, Isabella's brother, recorded as domestic help
• John Duncan, 8, Isabella's younger brother

Isabella was a resident of Chinguacousy Township when she married Charles Albert Hollingshead, 27, a farmer and resident of Vaughan Township on April 3, 1901 in Brampton, Ontario.^[2][3] Charles was the son of Elizabeth (Crosson) and William Hollingshead.^[2] Their marriage was witnessed by Christopher Thompson of Woodbridge and Mary L. Duncan of Chinguacousy, and solemnized by William Hall.^[2] Charles died in 1953.^[3]

Isabella died on October 13, 1954 and was buried with her husband in Nashville Cemetery in Kleinburg, Ontario.^[3]

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The other side of the gravestone can be viewed here: Hollingshead & Wood Gravestone (C3.16e)

Research Notes

Her father may have died in 1892, though her brother, John, was born more than 9 months after the death date of their father on the gravestone that appears to suggest this.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3S7-YG6?cc=1784212&wc=QZ3B-G35%3A1584203503%2C1584204303%2C1584207201 : 31 October 2020), Births > 1877 > no 22221-30067 > image 55 of 815; citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y399-ML7J?cc=1784216&wc=3NWM-7M9%3A1584309303%2C1584321801%2C1584322301 : 31 October 2020), Marriages > 1901 > no 12011-17295 > image 443 of 1503; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Monumental Inscription. Nashville Cemetery, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada. 14 October 1954 (b. 29 August 1877) HOLLINGSHEAD, Isabella J. Duncan. Photographed by: Anne Svihra, 29 November 2019.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, Library and Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3715612 : accessed 2020-10-31) Isabella Jane DUNCAN, Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada. p. 29 & 30.
5. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database with images, Library and Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2381397 : accessed 2020-10-31) Isabella Duncan, Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario, Canada.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 October 2020), memorial page for John Duncan (1838–31 Mar 1892), Find A Grave: Memorial #180475254, citing Harrison United Cemetery, Brampton, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SD Cowan (contributor 49049972).