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Mary Helena (Mamie) Hennessey

Mary Helena (Mamie) Hennessey

Female 1892 - 1975  (83 years)

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  • Name Mary Helena (Mamie) Hennessey 
    Born 2 Jul 1892  Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Affidavit was made by Nora Hennessey, Mary's aunt for date of July 2nd 1893. Her headstone gives her birth year as 1891. A.Owen believes that she must have been born in July 1892 because her parents married in September 1891 and another sister was born in January 1894.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1901  polling sub-division of Joggins Mines Village, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • In family #115, she appears with her parents, twin brother and two other siblings. Their surname is spelled 'Henney' on the 1901 census.
    1901Census-Cumbeland,JogginsMines,page18fam113-121
    1901Census-Cumbeland,JogginsMines,page18fam113-121
    Occupation Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    helping to raise her siblings after her mother died in 1904 and her father died in 1917 
    Residence Joggins, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    lived in the house that was one down from the St Thomas Aquinas Church 
    Died 18 Dec 1975  [4
    Buried Ragged Reef Cemetery, Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Her headstone has dates 1891-1975 on it. See note with birth regarding her birth year.
    Person ID I10834  Annette - Research
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2010 

    Father John Hennessey,   b. Between 1853 and 1855, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1917  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Mother Alice Burke,   b. 28 May 1866,   d. 30 Aug 1904  (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F4460  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1904;Page:70605241-birth reg. & Affidavit.

    2. [S314] Census: 1901 Census of Canada/Nova Scotia/Cumberland, 30Cumberland;SubDistA1;PollDiv31JogginsMines;p.18;family#115.
      1901 Canada Census;30Cumberland;SubDistA1;PollDiv31JogginsMines;p.18;famiy#115
      Henney, John M Head M 7Jul1855 46 NS Irish origin Merchant
      Henney, Alice F Wife M 28Nov1868 32 NS
      Henney, Harold M son S 2Jul1892 8 NS
      Henney, Mary F daug S 2Jul1892 8 NS
      Henney, Hubert M son S 31Mar1897 4 NS
      Henney, Cornelius M son S 24Apr1899 2 NS

    3. [S317] Info:Stephen Comeau, email Dec2009.

    4. [S11] Cemetery:Cumberland Co.Cemeteries, none., p.80.


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