Born in Co. Down, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Smith
and Agnes (Hutton) Smith
Sister of
Robert Henry Smith
Wife of
Harrison George Coolidge
— married
1861 in Wolford Twp, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Wife of
Richard Tyrus Ferguson
— married
5 Jan 1911 in Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Harrison Kilborn Coolidge and John Clifford Coolidge
Died
at age 78
in Jasper, Leeds, Ontario
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Sep 2016
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Biography
Mary Jane Smith was born in Co. Down, Ireland.
She arrived in Canada sometime before 1851.
In 1861 she marries as his second wife Harrison George Coolidge.
After Harrison's death, she marries again in 1911 Richard Tyrus Ferguson.[1]
Mary Jane Smith died in 1915 and is buried alongside her first husband Harrison Coolidge.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS8S-FHC : 8 March 2021), Richard T Ferguson and Mary J Coolidge, 02 Jan 1911; citing registration , Jasper, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,888,059.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103433270/mary-jane-ferguson: accessed 10 February 2023), memorial page for Mary Jane Smith Ferguson (1836–1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103433270, citing Wolford Rural Cemetery, Jasper, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Patricia Casjens (contributor 46532323).
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6S9-J96 : 2 March 2021), Mary Jane Ferguson, 04 Nov 1915; citing Jasper Village, Grenville, Ontario, yr 1915 cn 19118, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,268.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 April 2020, 21:32), entry for Mary Jane Smith (FamilySearch Person: GC4X-PV7); contributed by various users.
- "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWT4-MTB : 10 November 2014), Mary Jane Smith, Elmsley North, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 23, line 50; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11732, Public Archives, Ontario.
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