Annetta B. (Gordon) Le Page (1870 - 1958)

Born 26 Jul 1870 in Cascumpec, Prince, Prince Edward Island

Ancestors

Wife of Chester Woolner LePage — married 26 Jun 1890 in Lot 6, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Died 22 Mar 1958 at age 87 in Summerside, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Biography

Nettie was born in 1870. She was the eldest daughter of Archibald Gordon and Margaret Simpson. She passed away in 1958.

In 1881, she was age 10, living with her parents in Lot 6, along with three brothers and 2 sisters. Her grandmother, Margaret Gordon, age 87 was also with the family. ^[1] Her father was a farmer on land he inherited from his father.

Nettie was a cousin of the "Gordon Martyrs", Presbyterian missionaries in Erromanga. ^[2]

Nettie likely got her education in a one-room schoolhouse in Cascumpec, followed by at least a year in Prince of Wales College to obtain a teacher's certificate. In 1889, Nettie was the teacher in Cascumpec. The next year, her younger brother John had taken on the position. ^[3]

Nettie married Chester Woolner LePage on June 25, 1890. ^{[4] [5]} Nettie joined Chester in Toronto, where Chester was a wholesale druggist. ^{[6] [7]} Nettie was a housewife, a teaching career was out of the question for a married woman at that time.

Chester died suddenly in Toronto, in 1921, at the age of 60. ^[8] Nettie's brother John S. filled in the death certificate.

Nettie had a talent for all kinds of hand work, and she studied occupational therapy. Her first job was helping blind soldiers from the first World War.

By 1931, Nettie Gordon Le Page, age 60, had been joined in Toronto by her sister Laura Gordon, a nurse who had served overseas in World War 1. Nettie's occupation was therapist, and she and Laura would work at the Belmont Retirement Home until they retired to Prince Edward Island. Nettie's family had been Presbyterian, but she and Laura had joined the United Church, established in 1925. ^{[9] [10]}

Around 1951, Laura and Nettie retired to Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island where they lived in a house on their brother's farm on Prince Edward Island. After Laura's death, Nettie lived with her nephew and niece, Mr and Mrs Charles Gordon, Alberton.

Annetta LePage died on Prince Edward Island in 1958. ^[11] She had been living in a Chronic Care Centre in Summerside since fracturing her hip.

She was survived by one sister, Mrs Lester Profitt of Rose Bank and one brother Heber Gordon of Victoria, B. C. ^[12]

Nettie and Laura were buried together in Lot 6, Prince Edward Island. ^[13]

Research Notes

Nettie or Annetta?

Nettie was not in the PEI Baptismal Index as Nettie or Annetta.

She was Nettie B. on the newspaper announcement of her marriage, and the PARO marriage record says Nettie B. The brother handling her father's estate listed her as Nettie in the administration papers. Her gravestone says Nettie - find a grave volunteer has added Annetta.

Nettie wrote a will, Prince Edward Island Probate Records, lib. 42, Folio 154, 1958 - index only on familysearch.org. Used the name Nettie.

Only found Annetta on her death registration.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVNQ-PPD : Thu Oct 05 18:15:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Archibald Gordon and Maggie Gordon, 1881.
2. ↑ Wikipedia:Erromango
3. ↑ J. Arthur Hudson and S. Jean Meggison, Preserving the Past A History of Cascumpec-Fortune Cove 1779-1979, (Cascumpec-Fortune Cove Heritage Society, 1979) p. 35
4. ↑ Leland Currie, Century of Immigration, Marriage and Death Records from Prince Edward Island Newspapers 1780 - 1900 (Hamilton, Ontario, Ballantyne Trail Press, 2019 ), pg. 634
5. ↑ Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office, Marriage, online database. Entry for Chester Woolner LePage and Nettie B Gordon, RG19, Series3, Subseries4: Marriage Licenses, 1890. Groom's Residence Toronto, Ont Groom's Status Bachelor , Bride's Residence Alexandra Bride's Status Spinster Date of Marriage Ceremony 25 June 1890 Officiant's Name J. R Coffin . Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office (http://www.gov.pe.ca/parosearch/ : accessed 8 Nov 2023).
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Year: 1891; Census Place: St Davids Ward, Toronto City, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6370; Family No: 328
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1901; Census Place: Toronto (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 3, York (East/Est), Ontario; Page: 2; Family No: 21
8. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZ2-PPD : Fri Oct 13 20:23:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Chester Woolnes Lepage and John Lepage, 30 Jan 1921.
9. ↑ Katherine Dewar, Those Splendid Girls, The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War 1914-1918, (Charlottetown, Island Studies Press, 2014). pg. 191.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1931 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2023. Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27299; Census Place: Toronto East Centre, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: h
11. ↑ Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office, Death, online database. Entry for Annetta LePage, RG19/s2/ss6: Death registration books, 1958. Entry Number 1168. Last residence Cascumpeque, d. 2 March 1958 at age 87. Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office (http://www.gov.pe.ca/parosearch/ : accessed 8 Nov 2023).
12. ↑ Alberton Lady Dies in S'Side; Funeral Today Guardian Tuesday March 4, 1958 pg 11
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204950991/annetta-lepage: accessed 05 November 2023), memorial page for Annetta “Nettie” Gordon LePage (26 Jul 1870–2 Mar 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 204950991, citing United Church Cemetery, Bloomfield, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Maintained by D Sharp Major (contributor 48853124).

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