Maretta Jane Mills

1872 - 1965  (93 years)

• Name	Maretta Jane Mills
  Born	22 Jun 1872	Linden, , Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  AltBirth	1875  [2, 3, 4]
  Misc	Aug 1965  [5]
  	22 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and six great great grandchildren
  Died	30 Aug 1965	Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 6]
  	year only on headstone
  Obituary	31 Aug 1965	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [6]
  	Chronicle Herald, p.23
  	Obituary MRS. F. F. CHAPMAN AMHERST - Mrs Frank F. Chapman, 90, of Baie Verte, N.B. died Monday morning at Highland View Hospital, Amherst. She was in poor health for the past year. The former Maretta Jane Mills, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mills of Linden, she lived all her adult life in Baie Verte. Due to ill health she spent the past year in Amherst with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Ross Chapman. She was a member of the United Church of Upper Tidnish, the United Church Women's Unit of Tidnish Bridge, and a former member of the Women's Institute of Baie Verte. Her first husband, Major H. Oulton of Baie Verte, died in 1931, a daughter Alberta (Mrs. R. A. Davey) of Toronto and a son Herbert Oulton of Hudson, Mass., both died in 1960. Besides her second husband, Frank F. Chapman, she is survived by three daughters, Mayme (Mrs. Wilson Allen) of Baie Verte; Minnie (Mrs. Roland Gorveatte); Grace (Mrs. Ross F. Chapman) both of Amherst; three sons, William Oulton of Brantford, Ont.; Robert and Reginald Oulton of Amherst; a sister, Mrs. Alma Wood of Amherst; 22 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and six great great grandchildren. Her body is at Furlong's Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at St. James United Church, Baie Verte, Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. Nathan Mair. Burial will be in the Baie Verte Cemetery. (From the Halifax Chronicle Herald Newspaper, published Tuesday, 31 August 1965, page 23.)
  Buried	Baie Verte Cemetery, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada   [3, 5]
  Notes	-RO Housewife -RO Also had twins who died at birth NAME:Marette J Mills - Catherine Dickie 18/10/92 BD:1875 DD: MD: MP: HUS: of Linden; name also given as Neretta J Mills; married by Rev. Benjamin Hills
  Person ID	I4140	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2009

  
  

  Family	Major Hiram Oulton,   b. 22 Jul 1872, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1931, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Married	29 Apr 1895	Pugwash, , Nova Scotia, Canada   [6, 7]
  	he was 22; she was 21
  Children	1. Herbert Major Oulton,   b. 9 Jul 1895,   d. 14 Jan 1961, Hudson, , Massachusetts, United States  (Age 65 years)   2. Phoebe May Oulton,   b. 29 Jun 1897, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1986  (Age 88 years)   3. Minnie Leticia Oulton,   b. 11 Apr 1899, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1986, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 86 years)   4. Alberta R Oulton,   b. 7 Jun 1901,   d. 30 Sep 1961, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)   5. Robert Golden Oulton,   b. 7 Jul 1903, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 24 Dec 1977, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 74 years)   6. William Courtney Oulton,   b. 12 Jun 1906, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 25 Feb 1973, Hamilton, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   7. Laura Grace Oulton,   b. 20 Apr 1909, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 26 Apr 1992, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 83 years)   8. Reginald Garnet Oulton,   b. 16 Nov 1912, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. Jul 1989  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Jun 1872 - Linden, , Nova Scotia, Canada Married - 29 Apr 1895 - Pugwash, , Nova Scotia, Canada Died - 30 Aug 1965 - Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Obituary - Chronicle Herald, p.23 - 31 Aug 1965 - Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S826] Info: Shirley Anderson, Oulton File, received 26 Apr 2000. [S137] PER0001 Information from Gladys Trenholm, Oulton charts. [S132] Cemetery: NB, Bay Verte: Bay Verte Cemetery (CEM0006/CEM0009) (Reliability: 2). [S761] Info: Ferrin Leavitt, GEDCOM received Sep 1999. [S1485] Info: Kathryn Jeffers, nscumber post 5 Apr 2009 (Maretta Mills's obituary). [S1485] Info: Kathryn Jeffers, nscumber post 5 Apr 2009. [S54] Vital Stats: NS, Cumberland Co - Marriages 1864-1913 (Reliability: 3).