Daughter of Thomas and Mehitable Brenton born Jan. 10, 1879. She married Samuel Mclean Archibald May 24, 1900 at Graham's Siding. She had one son Brenton in 1900 and one daughter Marion Archibald in 1902. She died in 1973 at age 94 at Great Village, Nova Scotia. She was buried beside Samuel at Brookfield Eastside Cemetery. (see tombstone) She lost her husband Samuel in 1914 in a train accident in North Bay - he was in the mining profession and only 45 years of age. She never remarried. [1]
Sources
Brenton Genealogy & family documents
Vital statistics of Nova Scotia 1763-1957
Marriage registration year 1900 - book 1807 - page 151 number 56
Canada Census's
hhennigar.ca Family ID F23341
Family Search.org Ancestral File AFN 16ZJ-60N
hhennigar.ca Person ID 120924 Family ID 23351
Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Obituary Published Jan. 12, 1973 for Mrs. Samuel Archibald.
Thanks to Beth Babcock for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Beth and others.
Is Mabel your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mabel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mabel: