Born about in Puslinch, Wellington, Canada West
Ancestors 
Daughter of Duncan J. McNabb
and Hannah Cameron
Wife of
John Blake
— married
5 Dec 1883 in Wellington County, Ontario
Descendants 
Mother of
James Duncan Blake and Hannah Blake
Died
at about age 73
in Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
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Biography
Anabella was born in 1852. She is the daughter of Duncan McNabb and Hannah Cameron.
The 1881 census shows Annabella, 29, living with her widowed mother, Hannah, 50, and brother Alexander, 25, in Puslinch. John and Elizabeth Blake, both single, live next door. [1]
On December 5,1883, at 32, she married John Blake, 38, in Puslinch.[2]
The 1891 census shows Annabella, 39, with her husband John Blake, 47, a farmer, living in Puslinch with their children James, 4, and Annie, 2.[3]
Their families were members of the Knox Presbyterian Church, Crieff, Ontario.
"In the early period, the surname Cameron was common around Crieff. The record of pew occupants in the church, about 1870, notes that Kenneth Cameron and his sisters occupied one. They were the family of Captain John (Castle) Cameron and Annabella McLennan who came to Puslinch in 1841, settling on the First near the village of Crieff, according to the Alexander McLean account in the Wellington County (1906) Atlas.
Four of the sisters were Margaret, (Mrs. Donald Shepherd McKenzie), Christina (Mrs. Alec. McLean of Badenoch), Hannah, (Mrs. Duncan McNab), and Janet (Mrs. John Munroe) of Crieff."[4]
"LOT 19..... 1871,1877 onward John Blake: daughter Annie m. Taylor of Calgary. Son James m. Mary Cowan of Crieff. Their daughter Margaret m. Norman Wainman. Family retired to Galt."[5]
"John and Annabell McNabb Blake probably came to lot 19, front of Gore from Beverly. Their children were James and Annie (Mrs. Taylor who lived in Calgary). Mr. and Mrs. John Blake died in 1925 and are buried in Crieff Cemetery.
Their son James was born in Puslinch, and he succeeded to the farm and married Mary Cowan, daughter of Walter and Mary McPherson Cowan. The Blake's only child, Margaret (Mrs. Norman Wainman of Galt), was born in 1913. James Blake was active in the life of the church. As early as 1910, he was listed as acting on the Board of Managers and he was ordained and inducted into the office of elder on Friday, October 10th 1913 and the next year he became Clerk of Session. He continued to serve the congregation in this position until the Union vote was held in 1925. It was a great loss to the congregation when the Blake family favoured church union and elected to withdraw from the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Blake retired to Galt in 1949."[4]
She died February 28, 1925, after an extended stay in Ontario Hospital in Barton, Ontario, (now Hamilton) and was buried in Puslinch.[6][7]
Research Notes
Kenneth Cameron (c1826-1897), native of Ullapool, Ross-Shire was ordained as an elder of the West Puslinch Church in 1856. Kenneth and Janet McLean Cameron lived on lot 28 Gore and later moved to lot 27 front First, east of Crieff.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1881; Census Place: Puslinch, Wellington South, Ontario; Roll: C_13258; Page: 34; Family No: 165. 1881 Census of Canada. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1577/images/31229_C_13258-00247?pId=3497893
- ↑ Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 45. Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937. Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/164523332/person/282167491731/hints
- ↑ Year: 1891; Census Place: Puslinch, Wellington South, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6378; Family No: 101. 1891 Census of Canada. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1274/images/30953_148180-00008?pId=1254097
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Knox Presbyterian Church Crief: Families. http://www.clarksoftomfad.ca/KnoxPresbyterianChurchCrieff1840-1990.htm#familiesofcongregation
- ↑ Puslinch Historical Society Research: Lot Histories.http://puslinchhistorical.ca/research.php?page=gore-front-lots
- ↑ Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 331. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8946/images/ONMS935_331-0109?pId=526825
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #152789513
2. The Puslinch Annals 1859-1950
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