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Marion Athsah Downing

Female 1915 - 2008  (92 years)


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  • Name Marion Athsah Downing 
    Born 2 Nov 1915  Riverside, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    AltBirth 2 Nov 1916  Chester, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Misc six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, all of whom reside in Ontario  [2
    Residence 1937–2004  Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 24 Mar 2008  Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Obituary Aft 24 Mar 2008  Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Sackville Tribune-Post 

    • Obituary

      Marion Achsah Duffy

      Born: November 2nd, 1915
      Passed on: March 24th, 2008
      Marion Duffy (92) passed away on Monday, March 24, 2008 at the Spencer Nursing Home, Moncton, New Brunswick. Marion, born November 2, 1915 was the daughter of the late Vaughn Downing and Pearl (Steves) Downing of Lower Coverdale, N.B. She was the wife of the late Byron Everett Duffy of Dorchester, N.B. where she resided from the time of her marriage in 1937 until 2004, when failing health forced her to move to a retirement home in Riverview. Marion was a loving and caring wife, mother and homemaker since her marriage. She was a graduate of Aberdeen High School in Moncton in 1931, Success Business School in 1932 with a best in typing and worked for a short time with the Department of Agriculture in Sussex, N.B. Having a way with the written word, Marion entered the Moncton Times & Transcript Millennium Memories Contest in 2000, submitting two stories; one of her mother Pearl and another of her earliest memories of her childhood on Caledonia Mountain. For this she won a prize for being in the top 10 finalists and had both stories published. Later Dale Garland made mention of her memories in his publication of Caledonia Mountain after interviewing her in her 90th year. A member of the Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Sackville, N.B. for over 50 years and more recently the Riverview and Salisbury Congregations, she had some of her happiest moments telling the good news of God’s Kingdom to all who would listen. What joy it gave her to show from the Bible the reason for the strong hope she held in a resurrection from the grave to life here on the earth when the earth is restored to a paradise. Her surviving family also keenly looks forward to this prospect, these being her daughters, Janet (David) Johnson, Amherst, N.S., and Molly (late Ronald) Legere, Shediac, N.B. and her son, Frank (Donna) Duffy of Mississauga, Ont. Predeceased by her husband, Everett (1977) to whom she was married for 40 years; her son, Edward (1960) and her daughter, Barbara (Don) Beattie, RN, (1992), Ottawa, Ont. She also leaves six grandchildren including Kyle Johnson, Moncton, whose special kindness gave her so much happiness in her old age, and seven great grandchildren, all of whom reside in Ontario. Marion is predeceased by her sisters, Maisie (late Harry) Block, Halifax, N.S. and Marguerite (Charles) Newton, Florida, and two brothers, Burton (late Elva) Downing, Ottawa and Vaughn (Doris) Downing, Riverview, N.B. Cremation has already taken place. A memorial service was held at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 71 King Street, Sackville, N.B., Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 2 p.m. www.brenansfh.com
    Person ID I14849  Arthur - Research
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2017 

    Father Vaughn Herman Downing,   b. 21 Nov 1889, Chester, , New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1983, Lower Coverdale, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Beulah Pearl Steeves,   b. 25 Jul 1889, Forest Hill, , New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1947, Lower Coverdale, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F5664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Byron Everett Duffy,   b. 1907, Lower Coverdale, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1977, Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 1937  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. Barbara Elizabeth Duffy,   b. 19 Sep 1938,   d. 1992  (Age 53 years)
     2. Janet Ruth Duffy
     3. Byron Frank Duffy
     4. Molly Joan Duffy
     5. Edward Humphrey Duffy,   b. 11 Nov 1947,   d. 16 Apr 1960  (Age 12 years)
    Family ID F22298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsAltBirth - 2 Nov 1916 - Chester, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1937–2004 - Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Mar 2008 - Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Sackville Tribune-Post - Aft 24 Mar 2008 - Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1467] Vital Stats: NB, Online Records, Marion Downing, lae birth, RS141A1b, 1915-800903, F24378.
      RS141A1b Index to Late Registration of Births
      Name DOWNING, MARION ATHSAH  
      Sex F
      Date 1915-11-02
      Place RIVERSIDE
      County ALBERT
      Father DOWNING, VAUGHN HERMAN  
      Mother STEEVES, BEULAH PEARL  
      Code 1915--800903
      Microfilm F24378

    2. [S695] Obituaries: General, Marion Duffy, Sackville Tribune-Post <http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-17087-marion-achsah-duffy.html>, viewed 10 Mar 2017.

    3. [S890] Info: David Fyffe, Tingley GEDCOM, received Jul 2000.

    4. [S49] BOK0006 Book: Tingley Family Revised, V.5, p.378.


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