Born in Fox River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Clarence Burton Dowe
and Clara Agnes (Fife) Dowe
Sister of
Corbett Ambrose Dowe, William Reginald Dowe, Mary Agnes Dowe, Sophia Edith (Dowe) Pugsley, Lillian Marie (Dowe) Duffy, Percy Samuel Dowe, Roland Edmund Dowe, Lavina Victoria (Dowe) Ehler, Rose Ella (Dowe) Arseneau, Clara Bell (Dowe) Pettigrew and Lemuel Clarence Dowe
Wife of
Albert Lloyd Willigar
— married
21 Dec 1932 in Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Wife of
Joseph E Canning
— married
after 1965 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jun 2017
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Biography
Flora Mae was born at Fox River on Feb 09, 1909, the daughter of Clarence (“Burton”) Dowe and Clara Fife.[1]
Flora appears on her first census with her family at Port Greville (Fox River), Cumberland County, NS, 1911 Census of Canada. [2]
Flora Mae married Albert Willigar on Dec 21, 1932 at 62 Pleasant Street in Amherst, Nova Scotia.[3]
Sources
- ↑ https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=238872 (Cumberland County birth registration at PANS, Year: 1909, Number: 57300542)
- ↑ https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=img&id=e001968630 (Page 8; the family begins at Line 4, dwelling and family #68, spelling LN “Daw”. Her father Burton (b. July 1873) is (37), a farmer. Mother Clara (b. Mar 1876) is (35). Her brothers are Corbett (b. July 1897, age 13), and Reginald (b. Aug 1899, age 11). Flora is found at Line 8, b. Mar 1902, age 9. The name of the community is mistranscribed as ‘Port Grenville’, this is incorrect, Port Greville is the correct name. These things (coupled with the misspelled LN) make it harder to find records in the censuses (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Greville).
- ↑ https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=210949 (Cumberland County marriage registration at PANS, Year: 1932, Number: 68484)
(from the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Monday, May 28, 1979, pg. #20; Reel #6103) OBITUARY: Mrs. Mae Canning, 70, of Parrsboro, died Friday in Parrsboro Hospital. Born in Wood's Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Burton and Clara (Fife) Dowe. Surviving are five sisters, Vina (Mrs. Joseph Ehler), Thorburn; Belle (Mrs. Wallace Pettigrew), Economy; Sophie (Mrs. Peter Pugsley), New Canaan; Rose (Mrs. Frank Arsenault), Halifax; ***Lillian (Mrs. George Duffy), Parrsboro***; four brothers, Roland, Halifax; Reginald, Fox River; Corbett and Percy, both of Parrsboro; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her first husband, Albert Willigar, and her second husband, Joseph Canning. The body is in Smith's Funeral Home, Parrsboro. Funeral will be today at 2 p.m. In St. George's Anglican Church, Rev. Whitley Trueman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Source: Dave Winter, 3 Mar 2009
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