Anne Agusta Holland (1899 - 2003)

Born 27 Jul 1899 in Manners-Sutton, York, NB

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Died 5 May 2003 at age 103 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

WORCESTER- Anna A. (Holland) Smith, formerly of 70 Coolidge Road, died Monday, May 5, in St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center.

Her husband of more than 50 years, Maurice E. Smith, died in 1978. She leaves three daughters, Ann Duffy and Margaret McLean, both of Worcester, and Mary Sabin of Boylston; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Ten brothers and sisters predeceased her. She was born in Acton, New Brunswick, the daughter of Jeremiah and Archangel (Chessie) Holland, and moved to Worcester in the early 1920s. She graduated from Fredericton Provincial Normal School in New Brunswick.

Mrs. Smith was a principal at the Thersetta School in Claresholm, Canada, and later taught seventh grade in Auburn before her marriage. She was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church and its Women's Guild. She belonged to the WPI Women's Club, the Foreign Policy Association of Worcester; the Worcester Art Museum and the Pen Women of America. She loved hats and trips to Canada.

The funeral will be held Wednesday, May 7, from Athy Memorial Home, 111 Lancaster St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church, 555 Pleasant St. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. A calling period will be held from 9 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Patients' Activity Fund, Radius Healthcare, Center, 119 Providence St., Worcester, MA 01604. Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp

Sources

• [S876] Census of Canada, 1911, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/006003-100.01-e.html).

• [S154] Census of Canada, 1901, Canada, (1901).

• [S197] Census, US Federal, 1930, Department of Commerce, (1930).

• [S22] Social Security Death Index, U. S. Social Security Administraction.

• [S588] Obituary of Anna Holland Smith, Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp.

• [S906] Obituary of Jeremiah Holland, The Daily Gleaner, (Thursday 20 June 1935).

• [S3] York County Marriage Register, Book E, Compiled By: Elizabeth Sewell, (2001).

• [S13] Vital Records Database: PANB, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/?L=EN).