Mary (McAllister) Merrifield (1847 - 1939)

Born 9 Jul 1847 in Eardley, Ottawa, Canada East

Wife of Joseph Nathan Merrifield — married about 1863 in Canada East

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1939 at age 91 in Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Mary McAllister was born in Eardley Township in 1847. She was the daughter of Thomas McAllister and Rebecca McMillan. She married Nathan Merrifield. She passed away in Port Arthur in 1939.

Resident of Port Arthur for thirty-seven years and known to many of the city's underprivileged through her charity, Mrs. Mary MacAllister Merrifield, 91, died at 3:30 Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Opie, 324 North Algoma Street, with whom she lived. She was the widow of Nathan Joseph Merrifield, who died here in 1928. Mrs. Merrifield was born in Eardley, Que. Surviving are two sons, Harry of Hudson, and Philemon of Richmond, Ont. and four daughters, Matilda, Mrs. Opie; Norah, Mrs. James Virtue, Hamilton; Emma, Mrs. E.P. Fraser, Long Island, N.Y., and Laura, Mrs. L. McMillan, The Pas, Man. Two daughters and four sons predeceased her. Also surviving are 35 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the chapel at 299 Arthur Street to Riverside Cemetery for burial in the family plot. Rev William Holmes of Knox United Church will officiate.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary The Port Arthur News-Chronicle 13 Mar 1939 page 1; Know by Many for Her Charity, Mrs. Mary Merrifield Dies at 91

• 1861 census Eardley, Ottawa, Quebec page 172, with parents Thomas McAllister Farmer, Ireland and Wife Rebecca McMillan Presbyterian C of S; Mary M Callister L Canada Presbyterian C Of S age 14 1847 Female;

• 1901 Census Victoria F3, Ottawa, Ontario Page 19, with husband Joseph Merryvale and children; Merryvale Mary F Wife Married Jun 9 1847 53 Quebec Scotch Methodist;

• Obituary The Port Arthur News-Chronicle 13 Mar 1939 page 1 Merrifield, Mary 91 12-Mar-1939 PA