Beatrice Elizabeth (Heard) Young (1901 - abt. 1971)

Born 8 Aug 1901 in Fenelon Township, Victoria, Ontario

Ancestors

Wife of Percy Lorne Young — married 10 Jul 1946 in Fenlon Falls, Ontario, Canada

Died about Jul 1971 at about age 69 in Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Beatrice Elizabeth Heard was born 8 Aug 1901 in Fenelon Township, Victoria County, Ontario. She passed away about 1971.

She was the daughter of Joseph Heard and Catherine Burtchaell.

Birth: 8 August 1901, Victoria, Ontario; daughter of Joseph Heard & Kate Burtchall

1911 Census, Colbourn St, Victoria County, Ontario: Kate Heard, Widowed, 43 (Oct 1867, b Ont.), Head, Mehodist, no occ.. With Hazel (12); Evelyn (11); Beatress Heard (9); Louia (29); Charles Heard (23); Helen Heard (22); Edgar Heard (18)

Her father died, 15 Jan 1911.

In the 1921 Census, she was 19 , and living with her uncle, James Burtchaell. With her were her mother, Catherine Heard, and older sister, Evelyn, as well as uncle, David B., and aunt Augusta, plus one male servant (17).^[1]

Was a nurse with St. John's Ambulance in England near the end of WWII. She sailed (age 44) from New York City, aboard teh Rengitata (Cunard White Star Line), arrived in Liverpool via ship 18 Feb. 1945. ^[2]

Mentioned in a letter, March 1946: that she had arrived at Halifax on Monday, 18 March (1946) on the "Ile de France", arrived at Toronto on the 21st and stayed a few days with aunt Ma---. She arrived in Bracebridge on the 23rd, spent the weekend and left Monday for Ottawa to be discharged. Planned to go to the farm, hiring a women to help her and do the house cleaning. "Bea is very much thinner and had quite a trying grind at the hospital - long hours and terrible food - or rather a lack of food." ^[3]

Had a cottage at Indian Point, near Coboconk, Ontario

Married Lorne Young, St. James Church (Fenlon Falls?)

He had an earlier marriage to Emily Daisy Boreham (1883-1945), and had four children.

Death: 29 July 1971, Toronto. ^[4]

Her obit (The Ottawa Journal, 31 July 1971) says she died in Toronto, Thursday, July 29, 1971. indicates her husband predeceased her. Survived by sisters (Hzel & Helen)Service held in Agincourt, internment in Fenelon Falls, Sat., 18 July.

YOUNG, Beatrice E. - In Toronto, Thursday, July 29, 1971, Beatrice Elizabeth Heard, wife of the late P. L. Young. Survived by two sisters, Mrs. H. G. Everett (Hazel), and Mrs. R. K. G. Sandford-Thompson (Helen), several nieces and nephews and three stepchildren, A. E. Young of Osgoode' Mrs. Nelson Harris (Freda), and Dr. Lorna Young, Ottawa. Funeral service was held in Agincourt and interment Fenlon Falls, Saturday, July 31.

Beatrice is buried in the Fenelon Falls Cemetery in #78, plot AH, next to her father (Joseph) and other family members. Inscription: "BEATRICE E YOUNG 1901-1971". It is possible she is "stacked" with Eda Brown (nee Heard) who died in 1924. [Glen Jones of F.F. Cemetery]

• Fact: Residence (1901) Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Residence (1911) Victoria Sub-Districts 1-71, Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Burial (1971) Fenelon Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ 1921 Census (1 June 1912) Fenelon Twp, Victoria, Ontario: James Burtchaell (56), single, Head, origin Irish, Farmer. With David Burtchaell (63), brother; Augusta Burtchaell (58), sister, single; Catharine Heard (53), sister, single; Evelyn Heard (21) niece, widow; Beatrice Heard (19), niece, single, C of E; Cyril Scott (17), male, single, laborer, born Ont, Scottish,Living in single-story Brick house, Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
2. ↑ e-mail, Peter Johnson, 15 Feb 2017
3. ↑ Letter from ____ [Everett] to Viginia (Everett) and John Olafsen , Bracebridge, Ont., 27 March 1946, in Everett Family Scrapbook, complied by Susanne Everett
4. ↑ Family Search image from Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Journal (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1885-1980

• Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/101813055/person/312087016190/facts
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 June 2017, 07:17), entry for Beatrice Elizabeth Heard(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L8RP-NJY); contributed by various users.

Research notes by Suzanne Everett; misc. family recollections, note in photo album See also:

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