Mary (Robertson) Allbright (bef. 1861 - 1924)

Born before 1861 in Edinburgh, Sct

Wife of William Henry (Albright) Allbright — married 1888 in Shell River, MB, Cda

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Died 18 Feb 1924 after age 63 in Shell Mouth, MB, Cda

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Mary was born in 1861 in Edinburgh, Sct to Walter & Mary Ann Robertson & married William Henry Allbright 26 Jan 1888 in Shell River, MB., Cda. They had 7 surviving children in this marriage. Her husband said she didn't take the loss of two of her sons in WW1 & thought that is why she died leaving him a widower again. Death Certificate shows she died from pneumonia on the 18th Feb 1924. She was buried on the Feb 21, 1924 - looks like her husband acted as undertaker as he has signed "Signature of Undertaker" [signed] W. H Allbright"j. She was buried in Shellmouth, MB, Cda

The poem written by Mary is quite touching. Obviously she missed both sons a great deal.

Biograpghy from Olive Parkes (now deceased) Grandma Albright was an Edinburgh seamstress who married Harry Albright in Shellmouth, Manitoba.. They had **five children but she named six**children Annie, Harry, George, Johnny, Hattie and Jim. [I show 7 children?] Three of the boys joined up in WW1. Johnny was not old enough but they did not question his age. The two older brothers died in France. One died in hospital with pneumonia and the other died manning a machine gun. Their mother was heart broken to hear of their death. The Station Agent came to their house with a telegraph each time. Johnny came home but he had become gassed and his lungs were not good.

Grandmother Albright used to put the fresh milk from the cow in a shallow round dish and place it in the pantry for the cream to rise. Then she would skim the cream off and save it until there was enough to churn into butter. One afternoon there was a terrible storm with lots of lightening. There was a ball of lightening hit Uncle Jim who was a preschooler and knocked him down. The it went through the open pantry window and right past my mother who was playing the organ. Jim was not seriously hurt but when they went into the panty the cream was all covered with ashes.

When Grandma Albright came to Canada from Edinburgh, she brought her sewing machine with her. She did a great deal of sewing. My mother learned to sew on it too. One time when Grandma went shopping, Mom got out the material she had bought to make Mother a pair of bloomers. She cut the material and sewed it on the machine. Her sister told her she would get heck for using the machine. However it must have turned out OK because Grandma did not scold her at all.

Grandpa farmed and had a bad time with rheumatism. It often struck him so hard he had to crawl to the house on his hands and knees. He also used to pick up the mail from Russell which was as far as the train came. He went with a team of horses and a sleigh or wagon once a week and delivered it to several towns a short way into Saskatchewan. Russell was about 20 miles from Shellmouth so it was a log way for horses. In his last years, Granddad used to come and stay with us for he winter. I remember one time he came; he brought us a gramophone that looked like a suitcase. We were thrilled with it. A Wilf Carter record and Wilf was yodelling. Dad had never heard this before. He said "What the heck is the matter with that guy? Is he sick?"

While Grandpa stayed with us, Dad said he was welcome to hitch up the old horse to the buggy or cutter and drive to town. Newdale, two miles away. He went quite often and enjoyed talking politics, etc. with the hardware man, the butcher and another man who was on welfare. One morning he said he didn't feel so well but he went to town anyway and saw all his old cronies. That night he died in bed with Dad rubbing his chest. He wa in the middle of telling a joke about the smell of the liniment."

That was all the Mom wrote. These notes were written about 3 or 4 months before he passed away in 2003.

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LAST NAME: ALLBRIGHT GIVEN NAMES: MARY DATE OF DEATH: 18/02/1924 AGE: 63 UNITS OF AGE: YEARS SEX: FEMALE PLACE OF DEATH: RM SHELLMOUTH REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1924,012376 REGISTRATION DATE:

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by E. Lauraine Syrnick, Friday, August 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by E. Lauraine Syrnick, Friday, August 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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