Born in Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Harding Theodore Spinney
and Helen F. (Barteaux) Spinney
Sister of
James Barteaux Spinney
Wife of
Noble John Lyons
— married
26 Dec 1894 in Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Roy Ernest Lyons Sr., Ralph Spinney Lyons, Reta Myrtle (Lyons) Schofield, Clinton Noyce Lyons and Helen Jelina (Lyons) Allen
Died
at age 40
in Kings County, Nova Scotia
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Biography
Rowena is the daughter of Harding Spinney and Helen F. Barteaux
Rowena was born in 1869 in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
In 1894, she married Noble J. Lyons from Blomidon, Nova Scotia. [1].They had 5 children: Roy, Ralph, Reta, Clinton and Helen.
It was February 9, 1910 when Rowena passed away from consumption. She is buried in the cemetery at the Pereaux Baptist Church, in Pereaux, Nova Scotia.
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I found the following social entry in the September 22, 1897 Berwick,NS newspaper (The Registry,) while searching for Lyons family info several years ago, at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbrnep/sept221897.htm
Greenwood---"Mrs. Harding Spinney is home after being absent a few months, and her daughter, Mrs. Noble Lyons, of Canning, and her children are at Mrs. James B. Spinney's."
Mrs. Noble Lyons of Canning, was my grandfather's first wife, Rowena. Her sons, Roy Lyons and Ralph Lyons, were most likely with her, when she visited her family in Greenwood.
Marsha Auger
posted 16 Sep 2009 by Marsha (Ciaramello) Auger
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S > Spinney | L > Lyons > Rowena Salome (Spinney) Lyons
Categories: Blomidon, Nova Scotia | Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Poor Grampa and my aunts and uncles! Uncle Clint was 7 and Aunt Helen just two, when their mother died. It has always been my understanding that my grandmother, Bertha Legge Lyons, initially came down to Blomidon from Scots Bay Road to take care of Noble and Rowena's children, aged 14,12,11,7 and 2 when their mother died.
Marsha Auger