Mary Emma Dinsmore (1865 - 1949)

Born 30 Sep 1865 in Blanshard, Perth, Canada West

Ancestors

Died 1 Nov 1949 at age 84 in Sault Ste Marie, Algoma, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Mary Emma "Minnie" was born 30 Sep 1865 in Blanshard, Perth, Canada West. ^{[1] [2]}

Minnie became a nurse. ^[3]

On 21 November 1947, Mary Emma attempted to return to her sister Hester Dinsmore in Boscobel, Wisconsin where she was a resident. Although she had lived in Utah 1922-1924, 1924-1937 in New York City and in Boscobel, Wisconsin from 1946-1947, she was refused entry on 21 Nov 1947 in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, to live with her sister Hester Dinsmore on the medical grounds of vascular defect, _____ hypertension, senility, respiratory defect, ____ bronchitis which would affect her ability to earn a living at 80 years of age. ^[4] Once Hester reached retirement age, she was afraid to attend the celebrations of her family's weddings, etc. lest she lose her right to go home afterwards.

At the Plummer Memorial Hospital, Tuesday, November 1, Miss Mary Emma Dinsmore, of R.R. No. 2, Sault, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C Dinsmore, and Aunt of Mr David Bernie of R.R. No 2, Sault. At rest at the Arthur Funeral Home from Wednesday evening. Funeral in the chapel Thursday afternoon, November 3, at two o'clock, Rev. C.B. Noble officiating. Interment in Greenwood cemetery. ^[5] She was buried in Nov 1949 in Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma, Ontario. ^{[6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ Gwen and Stephen Dinsmore, Dinsmore family chart, entry for David Dinsmore 1828-1908. This chart has no sources.
2. ↑ 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce, Wiarton, David Dinsmore household, schedule 1 population, district 28, subdistrict F-2, p. 5, household 17; Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm C-9938
3. ↑ Dinsmore family chart, entry for David Dinsmore 1828-1908
4. ↑ "Michigan, Passenger and Crew Lists," online images, Ancestry (accessed 23 Dec 2019), manifest, Canadian National Rys., 21 Nov 1947, Mary Emma Dinsmore.
5. ↑ Arthur Funeral Home, no date or source given
6. ↑ Dinsmore burials, Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. This list, dated Jan./94, has no sources or references
7. ↑ Arthur Funeral Home to Gwen Dinsmore, letter, 27 Sept 1990; privately held