Mary Catherine Spears

1895 - 1937  (42 years)

• Name	Mary Catherine Spears
  Born	7 Jan 1895	Whitehead River, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	11 May 1937	Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Obituary	21 May 1937  [2]
  	the Canso Breeze & Antigonish-Guysborough Advocate, p5
  	Obituary The death of Mrs. Walter Swaine took place on Tuesday morning in St. Martha's hospital, Antigonish, after an illness of several months. She is survived by her husband and eleven children as well as a number of brothers and sisters, some of whom were here for the funeral, which took place on Saturday, in the Canso cemetery, Rev. W. H. Johnson, pastor of the Canso Baptist Church, officiating.
  Buried	Fourth Hill Cemetery, Canso, Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I59322	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2009

  
  

  Family	Walter Lewis Swaine,   b. 21 Aug 1892, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1984, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1914	Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 4]
  Children	1. Clarence Leslie Swaine,   b. 23 Apr 1915, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 23 Nov 1971, Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 56 years)   2. Margaret Gladys Swaine,   b. 22 Aug 1916, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1986, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 70 years)   3. Frances Eunice Swaine,   b. 3 Dec 1917, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1984, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 66 years)   4. Walter Douglas Swaine,   b. 13 Apr 1920, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1990, Lefroy, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   5. Evelyn May Swaine   6. Elizabeth Katherine Swaine   7. Julia Beatrice Swaine   8. Mabel Estella Swaine   9. John William Swaine   10. Florence Mildred Swaine   11. Norma Jean Swaine   12. Ross Judson Swaine   13. James Rupert Swaine,   b. 5 Sep 1936, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1936, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F21286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 19 Nov 1914 - Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada Died - 11 May 1937 - Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S996] Info: Betty Dobson, Register Report for Elizabeth (Oulton) Kinney.pdf received 8 Aug 2009. [S695] Obituaries: General, Mrs Walter Swaine, Canso Breeze & Anitgonish-Guysborough Advocate, 21 May 1937, p5 . [S996] Info: Betty Dobson, Register Report for Elizabeth (Oulton) Kinney.pdf received 8 Aug 2009, citing Fourth Hill Cemetery, Canso, NS. Mary Catherine, wife of Walter L. Swaine, 1895-1937. [S1231] Newspaper article, Canso News, 26 Nov 1914, Spears-Swaine Marriage. The marriage took place at the Baptist parsonage, on the 19th instant, of Miss Mary Catherine Spears and Walter Swaine, both of Canso. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. R. Freeman. {provided by Betty Dobson, Aug 2009}