Person:Janet Shearer (11)

Janet lived at home until her father died. His obituary specifically mentions her as "the housekeeper". According to Isobel (Cleland) (Shiell) Inglis, she was a nurse. On the 1901 census, she was living with Isabella Cullen. Her sister Marion's obituary mentions that she was living in Manitoba at the time of Marion's death. It is likely that Janet made the trip west and was Marion's nurse. She undoubtedly returned to Ontario and relocated to Sarnia.. Her obituary in the Sarnia Canadian Observer states that she had been employed by the late J.J Broderick as a tailoress..indicating that Janet had a fairly broad range of marketable skills that she must have used to support herself. Her obituary also provided a clue to her Grandmother's name...by using the name Elizabeth Cullen as one of her survivors.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ada Jane Shearer and The Shearer Historians. Shearer Family History. (Created in Elma Township in 1938 and maintained by Shearer Reunion Historians. Information was reported by knowledgeable family members and was well maintained in the early years.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Isa Cleland. Information that Isa researched on the Shearers. (This information was gathered by Isa until her death in 1999. Most is copied from the Shearer Family Tree.).
3.   Government of Canada. 1901 census records for Listowel, Ontario. (http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html).
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Obituary - Miss Janet Shearer, in Sarnia Observer. (Sarnia, Ontario)
   Page 14, 26 May 1928.

   The death occurred last night. of Miss JANET SHEARER, aged 74 years, following a stroke sustained on Saturday last. The late Miss Shearer had been a resident of the city for a number of years and was formerly employed as a tailoress by the late J. J. Broder­ick. The remains were taken today to Listowel for interment on Monday. The following brothers and sisters survive: William B. 'and James B.Shearer of Elmira Mrs. Elizabeth Cullen and. Mrs; J. B. Aitchison of Listowel towel and Mrs. Reid of Brandon.