Mary Jane (Shillington) Smiley (1852 - 1898)

Born 7 Feb 1852 in Goulborn, Canada West (Ontario, Canada)

Ancestors

Wife of George Smiley — married 22 Dec 1875 in Goulbourn, Manitoba, Canada

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1898 at age 46 in Lauder, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

Mary Jane Shillington (1852-1898)

She was the 5th daughter of John Shillington of Goulbourn. She married George Smiley (Principal Teacher at Nepean Public School #12) in Goulbourn, 22 Dec. 1875. At one point they moved to Lauder, Manitoba, where she died. He survived her.^[1]

Mother, Ann Kerfoot

Born 7 Feb 1852, Goulborn, Canada West (Ontario)

Christening: 16 May 1852, Goulbourn, Dalhousie, CW; recorded in the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register; residence Goulbourn; daughter of John Shillington & Anne.^[2]

1861 Census, Goulbourn, CW

1871 Census, Goulburn, Carleton, Ontario: livingd with parents, 6 siblings

Married GEORGE SMILEY (1849-1916), 22 Dec 1875, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. They were Methodists.^[3]

-- Angelina Smiley (1876- )^[4]

-- Ann Laura Smiley (1878-1922), m. A.W. Riddell

-- John James Smiley (1882-1930), m. Mabel Wintermute

-- Ida May Smiley (1887- ), m. Wesley Forbes

-- Mary Georgina Ena Smiley (1887- ), m. Thomas James Steele

-- William Herbert "Victor" Smiley (1892-1961), m. Margaret K Wood

Husband was the Principal Teacher at Napean (Public School).

A few years after their marriage they went west and farmed first at Carberry Plains and then at Elmore, Saskatchewan. Later they returned to farm at Lauder, Manitoba. Finally he gave up farming and operated a lumber yard ar Lauder, Manitoba. They remained in Lauder until their deaths. - Russell McKeown, familysearch

1881 Census, Western Extension, Manitoba

1891 Census, Brenda, Selkirk, Manitoba: self; wife, Marie; 4 children, 1 farm labourer

Death: 21 Nov 1898, Cameron, Manitoba (46 years), reg # 1898,00257^[5]

Burial: Lauder Cemetery, Lauder, Manitoba^[6]

After her death, her husband re-married Elizabeth Griffin (1858-1938)

Census Info

1891 Census, Brenda, Selkirk, Manitoba: George Smilei (41), Head, born Ireland, Methodist, Farmer (1 employee), read & Write Mary Smilie (39), Wife, b Ont, Meth., r&w Ann Smilie (12), born Ont, dau, Methodist, read/write John Smilie (12), son, born Manitoba, Meth, r & w; Ada Smilie (3), born NW Territories, Meth Mary Smilie (2), b NWT, Meth Allen Sweeny (20), single, lodger, b Ont, Farm Labourer, r & w

Saskatchewan Residents Index (SRI): Carnduff, Saskatchewan; casual mention^[7]Operations, Inc., 2013.

• Fact: baptism (16 May 1852)
• Fact: Residence (1871) Carleton, Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Burial Lauder Cemetery, Lauder, Manitoba

Sources

1. ↑ Information from the Ottawa Free Press - 1875 Marriages, cited in e-mail, Julian Everett (nee Smiley, a descendant, 30 Sept 2018
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Web: Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
3. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMN6-VGR : 11 March 2018), George Smiley and Mary Jane Shillington, 22 Dec 1875; citing registration , Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,897.
4. ↑ Her birth registration was submitted in writing by her father.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Web: Manitoba, Death Index, 1871-1John Smilie 947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156435985
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 November 2021, 19:16), entry for Mary Jane Shillington (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHKX-2X8 ); contributed by various users.