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m. 30 Dec 1891
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[edit] Name and RelationshipsName: Isabella Mitchell. Mary Harper referred to her as Aunt Bella - source is Mary Irwin memoirs Parents: James and Barbara Mitchell - source is Isabella's 1891 marriage registration [edit] Personal History1866 - Birth: Isabella Mitchell was born on February 20, 1866 in Oro Township, Ontario. Source is 1901 census and 1891 marriage registration. 1891 - Marriage: Isabella 24 married John Thom 25 on Dec 30, 1891 in Burks Falls, Ontario. One of the witnesses is Alex Thom, Katrine, Ontario. Source is 1891 marriage registration. 1892 - Birth of Child: Isabella and John were living at part Lot 6, Conc 2, Armour Township when their first child Alma is born on July 26, 1982. Source is her birth registration 1895 - Birth of Child: Isabella 29 was living with John 29 in Katrine, Ontario on April 20, 1895 when their son James Archibald Thom is born. Source is his birth registration in 1953. 1901 - Census: Isabella 35, was living with John Thom, 35 and their 5 children: Alma 8, Sarah B 7, James A 5, Barbara I 3 and Agnes G 1 in Sundridge. Source is 1901 Census of Canada. 1905 - Isabella was the informant listed on Mamie Thom (her niece) birth registration form on May 4, 1905 (almost a year later) in Archerwill Sask (about 55 km north of Wadena). Isabella was living? in Archerwill, Sask. Annie Thom was her sister in law. WHY WERE THEY IN ARCHERWILL? 1906 - Census: Isabella Thom 38, was living with John Thom 39, and their 6 children: Alma 13, Beatrice 11, James A 9, Barbara 7, Agnes G 5, Charles M 2 in Saskatchewan on 24-36-17-2 (near Archibald Thom's farm on 26-36-17-W2). Source is 1906 census. 1907 - Death of Husband: John Thom died on July 13, 1907. Source is a reference in Sask Residence Index. John died at Quill Lake in the summer of 1907. Source is Archibald Thom obituary written by Alex Thom in Wadena Herald. 1911 - Census: Isabella 44, nurse, widow, was living with her 6 children: Alma 18, Compositor in print shop, Beatrice 16, Archibald 14, Barbara 12, Agnes 11, Charles 4 in Sask on 36-17-W2. Source is 1911 Census of Canada. 1921 - Census: Isabella 54, Maternity Nurse, widow, was living with 3 of her children: Archibald, 26, Machinist, Agnes G 22, Dental Assistant, and Charles 17, Newspaper Printer in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan. Source is 1921 Census of Canada. |